Mission Oregon Trail a Success (BIG NEWS @ END of ENTRY)

Hey Everyone,
Sorry for the delay of this update. The past few weeks have been quite the adventure. We've been able to encounter God's beauty within the people and awesome natural beauty of this great state. It's been great getting aquainted/reacquainted with Oregon. Kelsey has been giving me the grand tour of her stomping grounds. With stops including fishing on the great pacific ocean to learning the cranberry business this trip has been one for the books. This one blog entry probably will not do the last few weeks justice but I'll try.

Camping on The Great Rogue River

When we left Wisconsin, Kelsey and I made it a point to challenge eachother to be out in nature more. What a better way to do this than to spend a few nights in the great Oregon outdoors. The trip was filled with an awesome 4 mile, I mean almost 7 mile, hike up the Rogue River Trail with no bear sightings. Thank God! The sights seen along the trail were breathtaking. We even stumbled upon this tree with an interesting image on it. What do you see?  We called it the Jesus tree or it could be an angel. Either way, it was an encouraging.

Fishing the deep blue Pacific Ocean

During the past few weeks of working bogs we were blessed with the opportunity to go out fishing in the ocean. I feel like even before Kelsey's father was done asking us if we wanted to go I had an automatic yes already being blerted out. The trip had a lot of firsts for both of us. It was both mine and Kelsey's first time out on the big water. Both of us approached the trip with alittle hestation with the whole concern of sea sickness on our minds but we faught our way through it all. "The ocean was perfect" at least that is what we were told. haha Even with that idea, we still found eachother turning white every now and then, while our bodies tried to find our sea legs. Fishing was a huge success. I caught a ling cod which was the biggest fish I've ever caught. Plus, our captian (Johnny O) even caught a halibut which put up quite the fight. Along the way we got to witness some sea lions on the reefs even a special appearence by a whale jumping a few hundred feet off the boat. God was definitely showing us the magnificance of his creation. Thanks Johnny O for putting up with us. It was definitely a great adventure.

 

 

Working the bogs

 

During our time here in Oregon we have been blessed with helping her parents in their cranberry bogs. This is a completely new experience for me and definitely a change up from the butchershop. It's been a great experience. I've been able to drive my first fertilizer spreader. For most of the days we are mending the bogs by cutting over growth around them. We've primarily been cutting down cedars and pine trees (I don't know if I am going to want a christmas tree this year).  I love the work and it's definitely nice being outside surrounded by the mountains.

 

New York in September

 

I (Peter) was recently blessed with a scholarship to attend a preaching festival in New York. As an attendent I will be presenting a sermon on the gospel. My mind has been filling with ideas. I'll keep you posted on that as it works itself out. GOD IS AMAZING!

 

Finally the BIG BIG BIG BIG NEWS

 

 

WE'VE BOUGHT OUR TICKETS TO AFRICA!!!!!!!!!

 

Please continue to keep us in your prayers.

 

Thank you all again for your continue support. Please let us know if there is any prayer requests.

 

With much love and praying God blesses each of you in amazing ways,

 

Peter and Kelsey

 

Grace Verse: " Therefore, the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore He exalts Himself to show mercy to you for the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for Him."