Melinda and Christine are both proud graduates of Oregon State University and are now teaching English at the same high school in Keizer, Oregon (just north of Salem).  With summer now here, they have completed their first full year of teaching and have also moved to their own apartment!  (See "other photos" for pictures of the big day!)

Both are planning short term missions trips in July as part of their ministry with Rolling Hills Community Church.  Christine is headed to two different cities in Nigaragua for a 2-week trip to help an orphanage and some other very poor and needy people.  It will be a huge cultural experience and we're praying that God will use Christine to minister in a powerful way.  Melinda is also heading south, but she'll be working as a leader for a group of high school students headed to Mississippi to continue the relief effort for Hurricane Katrina victims.  We're very proud of both of them and would ask you to be praying for them as they both leave for their important work on July 12.