Favorite Time of the Year!!

Although fall is my favorite season, spring is my favorite time of the year. Everything is in bloom, and the color of flowers and trees paints the landscape. I love the warm weather that chases away the brisk cold of winter. But the main reason I love this time of the year is because of the Missions Meeting, a meeting our church has every year in May.

Excitement! All of us at the church feel it as we prepare for our guests. Sometimes we have close to a dozen missionary families that come to our meeting. Most of the time we have about half a dozen missionaries that come to share their burden. Because we try to make their stay comfortable, we always have a lot of work to do.

We can accommodate about 3 families at the church, depending on the size of the family. We have several cleaning days prior to our meeting, inside and out! The men work on the outside, while the women strive to make the inside spotless. One of my favorite parts of the preparation is the hanging of the flags from each country we help send a missionary to.

There's always so much anticipation leading up to the meeting. This year we have some very special guests. The Hof family, who have a Christian film and photography ministry, will be with us. Bro. Hof was with us a couple of years ago and made a wonder DVD set of the meeting. His work is very high quality. When he was with us in '07, he brought 2 of his 5 children with him. This year, his entire family will be coming. We are so exited about this! Our children and other kids from the church fell in love with the Hof kids, even the ones they haven't met in person yet. Sam and Rio came two years ago, and several of the teenagers have kept in touch with them over the past two years. It will be great for the teens to get together again. I am anticipating some very late nights! But that's o.k. Mission's Meeting comes only once a year!