A fire severely damaged the home of Larry and Valerie Day (South Bend) on September 10. The blaze melted pots and pans, burned through walls and destroyed part of the roof. The home’s inside is mostly ruined, but its brick exterior is intact.
During community celebration week in mid-September, the South Bend branch hosted a day of field games called the Branch Olympics along with a pie baking contest.
The Evansville missionary men finished their third of three hitchhiking trips through the cities and rural towns of southern Indiana in mid-September.
“When we go through a neighborhood, we don’t always knock on every door,” Mary says. “But the Lord is leading us to the doors he wants us to knock on.
Pat Hrbacek was appointed as head of the Colorado Springs branch on September 10. He follows Louis Grams, who has served as the branch’s head since 2000.
