Right now, Doug and I are preparing for a missions conference in Lincoln Park, MI this weekend. I am working on a powerpoint presentation that represents 25 years of ministry. Doug started working with CEF in 1983 as an intern in Detroit, working under John Heron. This is our first house that God provided for us. We lived there for 10 years for $125 a month! We moved from there to this larger house on Detroit's East Side in 1994.

Still renting, our landlord was John Heron, so our rent was a higher but very workable for us. We lived here for 6 years - ministering to the children in the neighborhood through Good News Clubs, 5-Day Clubs and an open back yard.

Can you spot Phil, Bethany, and Joanna? Not to difficult.

Doug became the Director of Metro CEF I think in 1992 when John Heron retired.

In 2000, we left Detroit because God was calling us to Tustin to care for Doug's parents. Our first house there was owned by friends that hadn't been able to sell the house. So, again, we rented with the thought of buying the house. We were in the house for about 4 months when we realized we were not the only residents. Bats also enjoyed the spacious home. We did not like cohabiting with them, but you can't exterminate them, so we tried to live with them for about 3 years. Not a very fun thing to do. When Doug's mom passed away in 2003, Dad was still in the nursing home so Doug inherited their home, so we painted, carpeted, wallpapered and moved in in October of 2003.