Along the Oregon Trail

Oregon, just the name of it sounds organic. Jenny grew up in Oregon and her immediate family lives in Woodburn.

 Oregon also reminds Bobby of his city Shillong and the state of Meghalaya (in India) with beautiful pine trees, waterfalls and the constant rain.  We flew into the Northwest at 11p.m. on January 24th, which was 2 a.m. Indiana time.

Display

Our first day, we went to set up our display at the Oak Park Church of God (GHOG) and met with the Missions Commission. We  set up our display and made sure that the technical stuff was all ready to go for the “How-To" Convention. If you are wondering what that is, it is a regional convention that the Oregon/SW Washington CHOG congregations put on annually to inform and train pastors and church lay leaders.

Hoodview CHOG

                                       

 On Friday evening, Hoodview Church of God hosted a missions dessert for us and we shared our passion over coffee, key lime pie and cheesecake. The pastor, staff and the congregation at Hoodview were amazing. They all gathered around us and prayed at the end.

Lunch at the "How To"

The second day in the early morning, we headed out to Oak Park CHOG in Salem and met some old friends and made new ones. The event started with a morning service and the guest speaker focused on urban ministry. There were powerful stories of lives changed in Salem. The attendees then broke in to sessions. We spoke during part of the first session and during the second session, we had the opportunity to share in Dr. John Johnson’s session “Call to Missions,” where we shared a little about our cross cultural experience.

We also shared at lunch and were introduced during the third session, which was led by Dr. Bob Edwards.

The convention was a blast and we made some new friends that day!

Morning service

Missions Commission

Jenny and Bobby speaking in the morning session.

with a representative from Aloha CHOG

Voodoo Donuts

The convention was over at 3 p.m. and on the way home, Bobby had to stop and get tacos from a local taco truck in Woodburn -- known to be the best taco truck around! Later in the evening, after we had a family dinner, we made a stop at a well-known donut shop, "Voodoo Donuts." You may have seen it in some food shows; Bobby saw it in Anthony Bourdain’s "No Reservations." On Sunday, we visited Mt. Scott CHOG and later in the evening we had coffee with friends and ate dinner with the Johnsons.

      We had the Monday free and decided to go for a site-seeing, destination Multnomah Falls. (See video/check link below) Tuesday, we met with Ben Shular and drove up to Centralia, Washington. On the way back, we got to have coffee with a good friend, Randee Doe. Wednesday, we flew back to a much cooler Indiana. We enjoyed our time on the West Coast!

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