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Selected Articles from the First Alliance LifeLines Newsletter

KEENAGER CELEBRATIONS
By Mary Lou Mutchler

When JoeDee asked me to write this article, I told her I couldn’t do it. She said, “Yes you can!” so I said okay because JoeDee does not take no for an answer!

On Sept. 8th forty-two KeenAgers took a trip out to Bill & Allene Reiter’s farm for a picnic in their beautiful yard. The food was delicious and included hotdogs, fresh corn, baked beans, chips, watermelon, cantaloupe and cookies for dessert plus tea & coffee.

Bill cooked the corn in a large kettle over a propane fire. There was a lot of laughter & fellowship all around the yard. If you’ve never been to one of these get-togethers, you don’t know what you’re missing...

Fun! Fun! Fun!

My husband, Norm, enjoyed checking out Bill’s farm machinery. Bill also talked about his life on the farm which was very interesting.

We even played a couple of games, and everyone had a wonderful time!

Thank you, Bill & Allene, for your fine hospitality and sharing with all of us.

ALLIANCE WOMEN'S MINISTRIES
By Merle Kinnick

DO YOU KNOW STAMPS = $$$$ = BIBLE LESSONS?!

Alliance Stamp Ministry in Ft. Myers, FL sent $23,000 to the Sunday School project in Latin America and $22,000 in 2010. That is a grand total of $729,000 since the inception of the Stamp Ministry. More than 50 lesson series have been published and are being used in churches of 40 different denominations and missions in 19 Latin American countries. A big thank you goes to those of you who contribute locally by putting your canceled stamps in the stamp box on the counter in the foyer. Thanks go to Eleanor Johnson who sorts and cuts the stamps as well as mailing them in.

~ International Worker Profile ~ Edith Hansen

Edith was born in Whitetail, MT where her father was an auto/implement mechanic weekdays and a preacher on Sunday. She went to high school in Ronan, MT when her parents did the church plant there. Edith went to Ambrose (then Canadian Bible College) one year and four years to Crown (then St. Paul Bible College). She worked in the Finance Department of C&MA in New York City for five years. From there, she went to Dutch New Guinea (now Indonesia) in May 1961 and worked as a bookkeeper. Edith was finance manager in Papua, Indonesia retiring in 2011.

Edith spoke about her life in Indonesia at the October meeting wearing a dress made for her in the 1960s by a member of FAC!

YOUTH HIGHLIGHTS
By Tawni Palin

Well with October come and gone that means the Pumpkin Patch has too. With two false starts the pumpkins arrived on Sunday, October 9 at 4 p.m. There were an estimated 2,200 pumpkins unloaded that day, thanks to the help of dedicated members. All pumpkins were pretty much gone by the 29th and the take down process began.

The annual Harvest Party went off without a hitch. Games for all ages were available from Turkey Shoot to Darts. Arts and Crafts like doorknob decorations and sand crafts were also available. The head count for the evening was 47 kids and 59 adults. A large pumpkin was offered in a raffle known as the Great Pumpkin Raffle. The Raffle raised $127 and Patch funds are going to match that amount to be donated to the Montana Rescue Mission.

All in all the Patch and Party were a success. God has blessed us once again!

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