Monthly Archives: September 2008
The TourMagination Bus trip to Pennsylvania (including Sight and Sound) arrived in Lancaster County last evening. The fall colors were beautiful in northern Pennsylvania. This morning we toured the Herr Snack Food factory and enjoyed the drive through the country … Continue reading
What an adventure: We headed off in the September drizzle to find our parents’ original home and furniture factory in Neudorf bei Graudenz. Without a church or town hall in the village, we hoped we could depend on memories of … Continue reading
Each day of this trip has brought meaningful and unique experiences, discoveries, and fellowship. Today was no exception. Here are a few of my highlights from today. We began the day by searching and helping others search for ancestors at … Continue reading
Last evening 30 persons gathered at the Chambersburg Mennonite Church to meet Wilmer and Janet Martin and learn of the TourMagination program. The feature tour was Pennsylvania to Europe (A European Heritage Tour) and the Oberammergau Play 2010. The event … Continue reading
Today we visited Deutsch Kasun where we walked around the old Mennonite Church. Alice Funkenhauser, my mother, attended Sunday School here as a young child. The church building is now a family home and the owner was generous enough to … Continue reading
TourMagination is going to participate in the grand opening of the new Mennonite Museum in Khiva, Uzbekistan in June 2009. This museum, located in the walled portion of Khiva, is a collaborative project with the Kauffman Museum of Kansas. Come … Continue reading
As we left Bern this morning, John Ruth was reporting on a Republican political debate. JP, our bus driver, said, “John, I think it is time for devotions.” The tour members clapped. Yesterday we spent the day in the Emmental. … Continue reading
