THE CANNY CHRONICLES

This post is long awaited and LONG overdue.  In November of 2010, between our visits to Pequot Lakes and Pine River, we spent a week in Wadena, Minnesota and had a blast.  We had time to share with a couple of small group gatherings of people from the Wadena Evangelical Church. We played some Farkel (Farkle?) at Jack and Grace Trosen's house. Jack took us on a tour of the town to show us all that was rebuilt since the horrific tornadoes hit the area last year.  A lot of our time was spent with the Ellingson family. Our visit is chronicled in the photo story below.  Baby and current pictures of each of the 8 kids "Art Class" with Bryan Emily just being cute.  Gathering Eggs from the laying hens Meeting The Cute Cows "hammin it up" Impromptu worship music jam session Butchering a Chicken 101 with Professor Ellingson THE GANG IS ALL H

Mechanic. Truck driver. Carpenter. Football fan. Counselor. Singer. Husband. Father. Grandfather. Brother. Community leader. Storyteller. These, along with many others, are titles that have been attributed to Stan Howard, but the best descriptive title for Stan is that of “Pastor”. Stan is a real “home town boy”. He spent his childhood about 5 miles from Oak Hill, Ohio, which at that time was a booming town of industry with 5 brickyards within the city limits. Stan returned to his hometown just thirteen years ago and planted the Oak Hill Evangelical Church where he is still serving as Pastor today. Stan is really far more than just a pastor to the Oak Hill EC, but truly a pastor to the whole town of Oak Hill and surrounding communities. This can be shown by the fact that in 2010 Stan performed 38 funeral ceremonies for people from the community of Oak Hill. Stan has such a comforting personality. He makes you feel welcome from the moment you meet him and the people of Oak Hill EC ar