The Athena (OR) Christian Church is full of loving people. There is a sweet spirit in that place. Lots of families. We loved it! I preached in the morning service, which is before Sunday School. Then we went to the basement where everyone sits around round tables and I got to do the LATM PowerPoint presentation. Good attendance, good attention, good questions. M/M Dan Wilcox, who served as PBT missionaries for several years in Papua New Guinea, were part of the congregation.
Delbert and Kayla Durfee took us to eat at a Mexican Restaurant ("La Ramada") in neighboring Milton Freewater (yes, Virginia, that's the name of the town)--on the way to our next stop. It was a sleepy, two-hour drive from there to Lewiston, ID, where we spoke at Orchards Christian Church. Adrian and Evelyn Burd were our gracious hosts for the evening. What a sweet couple! Their generous hearts are evident in the family pictures and stories of children, both their own and foster, that they've welcomed into their lives over the years. They were the ones who started the church back in 1982, and are still very active in the church, even though Adrian recently celebrated his 80th birthday.
As I was setting up the display, they said we could expect maybe 5-10 people, but somewhere around 30 showed up! Minister Chuck Powell remembered me from a missions program in which I spoke a few years ago in the Mountlake Terrace church near Seattle, and gave us a warm reception and gracious introduction. There was good interest from various ones in the crowd.
The weather is beautiful--light jacket necessary in the early morning & evening. There's something about the air here--the flowers just seem to flourish better than in the Midwest.
Phil
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