I spent the last two weekends in Oregon. Two separate trips; two very different yet similar experiences.

Weekend #1 consisted of an 8 hour road trip to the town of John Day, in Eastern Oregon. I visited a shooting range, the wonderful people of John Day Mennonite Church, and a newly built mansion built to look somewhat like an old castle (see photos below this post).

The second weekend, I went down to Western Oregon with my family, for the Bible Conference at Hopewell Mennonite Church. The theme was Unity in the Brotherhood. A visiting speaker, Raymond Harnish, from Keystone Mennonite Fellowship over in PA, gave most of the messages. What he had to say was excellent. The devotionals by some of the local young men and leadership were also very good. I wouldn’t have wanted to miss any of it. I’d go into more detail, but I think blogs are limited in their ability to convey the spirit of an event except for those who participated in the event, if you know what I mean. If you were there, I don’t need to tell you what it was like :-) I’ll leave it at that for now.

Here are some photos from Eastern Oregon:

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