Slide show-Relay for Life, 2009

Cheryl and her husband Paul came up with a great way to honor our loved ones, that of a slide show that ran continuously showing their pictures. This was a very moving experience, especially to walk into the camp and see my dad's at his and my mom's 50th wedding anniversary party, the year before he died. This impacted others as well and gave us great encouragement to keep walking and praying.

CMA Relay for Life Headquarters

Inside of our tent, you see Cheryl W. and Jim P. They spend countless hours attending meetings and planning for the event. Jim's personal goal is to have some one from our church walking the track the entire 24 hours. I'm happy to report that we accomplished this goal, again! Thank you Jim and Cheryl for all that you do to make this a huge success!

Chapel

Here is the inside of our "chapel'. This was donated for use by one of our church members for the weekend. Hanging on the wall are pictures of friends and loved ones who either have cancer or have died from the disease.

The chapel was a first for Relay for Life here in Coshochton.

Thanks Bill and Shirley!

Luminaries

Here are 2 of the luminaries that we had at our camp site. They have sand and then a candel is placed inside and lit at 9 PM and remain until the morning.
While we walk, we have a "baton" if you would that we carry, it is actually cards with people's name printed on them that we can pray for while we walk.

Relay For Life- May 2009

The past 4 years our church has participted in the American Cancer Society's "Relay For Life". Our team captin is Jim P. and co-captin, Cheryl W. Each year the fair grounds become a "camp" for 24 hours. This year our church provided a mobil chapel for prayer and meditation for those who desired to do so. We raise money by selling luminaries, candy bars and walking the track. Each organization can choose a fundraiser of their choice. This year's theme was "Celebrate Hope". Tim sold candy bars, walked and I sold luminaries, walked and did the graphic's for our church and camp site.

Meet Ruth

As you can see, Ruth has a beautiful smile like Hee-Ran.
Ruth has a beautiful singing voice and sang with her school's chior, having the lead vocal voice.

We miss the girls already, they left a beautiful mark on our hearts.

Meet Hee-Ran

As you can see from her beautful fun smile that she was fun to be with. She blessed us with her beautiful singing voice before leaving for home last week. It was great to watch and see her and Ruth make friends, do well in school and to hear their English and comprehension improve in such a short time. We will miss both girls very much!