We loved Thursday.
Mabel led us first off to Welland where we met Fred and Barb Plank at their home. From there we went to lunch and Fred filled us in on the long history of our Ontario Unit, which before 1983 had been part of the USA’s Eastern District. The Welland church’s history dates back to about 1928. It’s so fascinating to get to know the stories behind every pastor’s family. We learnt something from everyone we met.
After Welland, we got in our Volvo and headed north to Durham, Ontario. Louie and Gladys Foster have been friends since I taught them in Bible School in 1977. Both of them and their families are natives of Durham, so they know most everyone in that town. Although the Fosters already had children, when Louie felt God’s call to pastor, they left everything behind in Durham and moved to Vancouver to attend four years at LIFE Bible College. I highly admire this couple’s faithfulness and zeal.
Pastoring a rural church is very different from our suburban culture. After touring the mostly gravel streets between farms, we stopped at a small Mennonite café. Louie and Gladys greeted almost everybody there as friends. Almost all of our pastors hold down secular jobs as well as pastor, but while Louie and Gladys do both, they also run a very sizable farm in their spare time. I get tired just listening to their schedule.
Mabel led us first off to Welland where we met Fred and Barb Plank at their home. From there we went to lunch and Fred filled us in on the long history of our Ontario Unit, which before 1983 had been part of the USA’s Eastern District. The Welland church’s history dates back to about 1928. It’s so fascinating to get to know the stories behind every pastor’s family. We learnt something from everyone we met.
After Welland, we got in our Volvo and headed north to Durham, Ontario. Louie and Gladys Foster have been friends since I taught them in Bible School in 1977. Both of them and their families are natives of Durham, so they know most everyone in that town. Although the Fosters already had children, when Louie felt God’s call to pastor, they left everything behind in Durham and moved to Vancouver to attend four years at LIFE Bible College. I highly admire this couple’s faithfulness and zeal.
Pastoring a rural church is very different from our suburban culture. After touring the mostly gravel streets between farms, we stopped at a small Mennonite café. Louie and Gladys greeted almost everybody there as friends. Almost all of our pastors hold down secular jobs as well as pastor, but while Louie and Gladys do both, they also run a very sizable farm in their spare time. I get tired just listening to their schedule.
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