Spring and Summer
As we read in Ecclesiastes 1:3-4: "What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever." Well, in this case, the members of the Irina Lutheran church gained a new church building!! Rev. Jean was able to travel down there for the repairs after the storms in the spring and as well for the Inauguration of the new church building, christened Fanilo , meaning "light" or "torch", on 19 June 2022. There were about 374 people in attendance at the Sunday service. Thank you to the St. John Lutheran congregation, and also for the special gifts from others in Wisconsin and Missouri, to be able to complete this project. Something unique this time for the House of Hope in Mission is they were joined by a sibling and team who has medical training. She offered free check ups to people of the church and the surrounding village, about 86 people in total. Hard at work! The ram the