Sequoia National Park
With plans to join the the Tabor choir on a visit to the Sequoia National Park, Ryan and I set out a bit late this morning. The choir however was running a bit early and when we arrived at the church we had just missed them. We decided to head out on our own in hopes of catching them on the road or seeing them in the park.
Ryan and I entered the southern part of the park near Visalia. As we drove through, we were in awe of God’s mighty creation. We saw some of the world’s biggest trees, majestic mountain tops, rushing rivers and beautiful valleys. We also experienced a drastic change in temperate-from sunny and mid 60s on the valley floor to snow and low 40s in the giant sequoia forest.
On our way out of the park, we stopped to take a final picture of a valley covered with orange wildflowers and much to our surprise we finally saw the Tabor charter bus.
College Community Church MB
One of my favorite parts of this week has been reuniting with Tabor alums. Tonight I had the opportunity to reconnect with Matt Insley (he graduated in 2004) who is also the youth pastor at College Community MB. Ryan and I treated some youth to pizza, soda, and fellowship before the concert. It was a blessing for me to hear Matt explain to his youth how Tabor prepared him for seminary and service. The youth had great questions and I truly believe this was one of the best interactions I have had this week. 
I found out that Matt is about ready to graduate from the Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary (MBBS) along with another Tabor grad, Matt Regier. I was so excited to hear that Matt Regier and his wife, Tia, will be returning to serve at Main Street Ministires in Hillsboro.
And that’s not all, it was also a blessing to reconnect with former Tabor faculty member and current Interim President of MBBS, Lynn Jost and his wife, Donna. We greatly miss them but are proud of where God has taken them and called them serve.
The best part of this day was for choir members Ashley Siler and Ben Friesen, who got engaged at Sequoia National Park. If you get a chance, ask them about their story-it’s a good one!
We are so excited for them!
Enjoy this song that the choir performed tonight!
