My work is also to collaborate and work with the faculty at my high school. These are my friends, my cohorts, and colleagues. They encourage me, give me insights, and help me to laugh at kids and life. Recently I was invited to share a Christmas devotional with the entire K-12 faculty and staff at EMS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This fall, I worked to help bring a little light to a food pantry near Washington, D.C. Capital Christian Fellowship needed more food boxes, and so the National Honor Society students and sponsors, of which I am one, engineered a food drive to fill 80 boxes. It was fun to see them loaded on a pickup truck and driven to the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another element of my ongoing work is to produce a quarterly journal, Shenandoah Mennonite Historian<\/em>. The next issue features the Show Towel of a young Mennonite bride from Rockingham County, Va., who made a beautiful work of art for her groom to be. The date on the Show Towel is 1826.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My work, flowing out of the apostle Peter\u2019s writing, is to declare the praises of God, who called me out of darkness into his marvelous light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I try to light a candle in the darkness whenever I can, even in my work. Perhaps especially in my work. The apostle Peter wrote that we\u2019ve been called out of darkness into God\u2019s wonderful light (1 Peter 2:9). So what\u2019s my work, and what\u2019s this light? My day job is teaching high school students … Continue reading Working During a Pandemic<\/span> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blog.mennonitearchivesofvirginia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Trissels-Church-Historical-Sign-November-15-2020.jpg\")
<\/figure>My work includes writing a Trissels Mennonite Church bicentennial history book. I spoke recently at a Virginia State historical marker sign dedication at Trissels Road and Route 42, Rockingham County, Va. Seventh generation descendants of the earliest Mennonite settlers to the Linville Creek attended the event on a blustery Sunday afternoon in November 2020. The sign, describing Trissels’ bicentennial, marks the first in a series of celebratory events over the next two years.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"