Oddwalk Ministries

Month: August 2006

Possibly the Greatest Website Ever

Those of you who don’t follow the St. Louis Cardinals, probably have no idea who Mike Shannon is. Mike Shannon played for the Cardinals in the 1960s until an injury ended his career. He then became an announcer (along with Hall of Famer Jack Buck) on KMOX broadcasts of Cardinal games, where he has been…

A Happy Day!

Today, our friends Brad and Joia Farmer met their newly adopted daughter in China. The little girl’s name is Ava Therese FuBin Farmer. The Oddwalk family has been following their adoption journey and are very happy that this day has finally arrived. Congratulations to the (newly expanded) Farmer family! The Farmers, along with Gene Monterastelli,…

70/30 – Week 1

Well…it turns out that I’m not a strong-willed as I thought I was. Weight: While it’s true that I cut back a lot on what I ate this week, there wasn’t a marked improvement. I am reminded that it’s important I change WHAT I eat as well. I also didn’t have a lot of time…

La Morita

From July 28 to August 5, Orin’s wife Erin took part in a young-adult mission trip sposored by the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows and Oblate Youth Ministry to La Morita, near Tijuana, Mexico (near San Diego, CA). The Oblates of Mary Immaculate have a health clinic there. The group spent most of…

70/30

On Saturday, Steve Allgeyer came to Jefferson City to provide training for the core team that takes care of our tri-parish Lifeteen Program. Steve works for Lifeteen nationally, and did an excellent job. Click here to learn more about Lifeteen. In addition to providing good tools and resources for our ministry, Steve talked with us…