A trip to Grace College and Seminary!

October 6-9th I represented AMF at the Grace College and Seminary missions conference with AMF partner Brad Lambright. It was a great time connecting with students and being in "college" again! Here are some photos!

Our displays were set up in the Orthopaedic Capital Center

a beautiful new sports center on campus.

My display. Exciting isn't it?!?

The candy bowl was quite popular!

The college is located in Winona Lake, Indiana.

It was a very popular Bible conference location for many years.

This is Winona Lake today!

This is how it looked years ago!

They had an awesome "Taste of the World" event.

I got too full to eat at all the tables!

A couple of beautiful Israeli Girls!

The students worked really hard to provide information
about each country and food as close to authentic as possible!

This is one of the growth groups I had the opportunity
to speak too! The students were awesome!

College has changed somewhat since I was there.
For instance there were no dinosaurs

and this room was amazing! It even had a washer and dryer!

And of course some things never change.
This is the room I stayed in in the boy's dorm!

I really enjoyed my visit at Grace college and we had some awesome discussions with students about missions and ministry in the US!

A big thank you goes out to all those who worked so hard to put this conference on and a big thanks to Samuel, Andrew and Kaleb who shared their room with me!!! It was a very comfortable couch!

Check out Wordle!

Our friend Karl Bastian pointed out this website from his friend Henry Zonio's blog. It takes words and makes interesting graphics of them. You can play at www.wordle.net. I am behind on blogging and will try to catch up! This "wordle" I made using AMF's motto and ministry points.!

An Extra Trip!

As many of you know my Dad, Ed Belleque, has been dealing with a form of Parkinson's Disease for several years. Last week I flew with my parents to Naples, Florida where Dad received treatment at the Pearlmutter Clinic. I was the official navigator through airports, hotels and freeways!

The clinic treats many types of brain disorders with an infusion treatment that also involves diet changes and hyperbolic chamber sessions. We spent the week there with dad having treatments and doing a little sightseeing when he wasn't too tired. Dad is progressing with the treatments and we will know in a few weeks just how much they are helping. We appreciate your prayers for both my mom and dad!

Here are some photos of the trip!

This mother duck and her brood adopted me while I was
walking around the clinic grounds. They have funny looking

ducks in Florida!

This may have been the daddy!

This is the Pearlmutter clinic where dad received his treatments.
It is a world famous clinic.

I learned that everything in Floriday is surrounded by water!

Dad got to meet his "idol" at a place called "Shell World"!

We found this fella on the side of the road in the Everglades!
We called him "Lefty" because he was missing his left foot!

He was very much alive!

Dad watches "Lefty" really closely!

Since we were in Florida we had to have seafood!

A beautiful Florida Gulf of Mexico Sunset!

It was a good trip and a wonderful opportunity to spend time with my folks. We are hoping and praying that the treatments will help dad reclaim some mobility to make his retirement a little more enjoyable! I am very greatful for my wife Cindy who covered the office for me while I was away! It is a bit difficult to do the job with only a cell phone and laptop!

AMF Tri-Regional Conference

Okay, so I could tell you about the great speaker, good home office sessions, times of prayer, worship and fellowship. But instead I think I'll show you some photos of our missionaries doing something they don't often get to do - Having fun! Wish you all could have been with us in Rapid City!

First we hit the mini-golf course!!

Fishing for strokes!

Stroke penalties are serious at Pirate's Cove Mini-Golf!

We also shot a few pidgeons - Clay pidgeons that is!

Bill shows us his technique!

Our new Director of Ministry Resources takes a turn!

My first time shooting traps!

Congrats to Mark and Lila Hutchins 20 years of AMF service!

And we picked up our 10 year service award too!

The Wedding!!

We finished our summer in Montana with Kristine's wedding. She married Thomas Rogers our new son-in-law on August 15th. The next day we moved to Illinois.

Ready to rehearse!

Ready to Rumble!!

Down the aisle we go!

Pastor Glen and Donna Small came to help out!

The show begins with the expectant groom!

Pastor Glen ran the show!

The Kiss!

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rogers!

Happy parents!

Wonderful new in-laws Pam and Bill Rogers!

Beautiful Bride!

All the girls!

Kristine and her brothers, the rose among thorns!

Dancing with Dad at the reception!

Okay she likes dancing with him better....

Dancing with Nick!

With Andrew...

And with Sam!

Ring bearer meets flower girl!

Sparklers!

The outdoor reception was really neat!


And off they go!!!