Bethany Lutheran Mission Car - Rice and Pastoral Transportation

 Pastor Jordan Palangyos found a car for a reasonable price, which they are buying on payments of $100 a month. Members and friends can contribute toward this.

Rice is the staple for people in the mission. We have donated funds to help buy rice for the mission. The car will help greatly in getting to the mission (three hours by public transportation) and in helping people.

Getting out to the mission has been a chore, but the Wuhan Flu lockdown in the Philippines has made things even more complicated. They have to wait in a line for hours to get a permit to travel. Public transportation is in demand and slow.

Bad weather and the new restrictions have made it difficult for people to get enough food, so Pastor Palangyos has been taking rice out to them. Members have given toward this.

There are two ways to give - do not send a check directly to the Philippines. American checks are expensive and difficult to cash. We use PayPal to send it to this account.

1 - PayPal directly
amabelpalangyos@yahoo.com

We are using that account because the non-profit account gets tangled up in banking complications. Some people like to send their donation directly via PayPal.


2 - By Check to Bethany Lutheran Church, Springdale

We put the checks in our non-profit church account and immediately send 100% of the donation to the Bethany Lutheran Mission. Our address is 1104 Letha Drive, Springdale, AR, 72762.

People can also donate directly to us, using PayPal at

bethanylutheranworship@gmail.com

There is no fee for sending to us, 1) If it is marked as a gift;
2) if there is money in the account. It is easy to send money free from one's bank account to PP. 

You can mark how checks or PayPal donations are to be used. 

 I commissioned Photofunia to create this coin for the Bethany Lutheran Mission car fund.

 Instead of renting the plane, I did a Photofunia graphic. I did not want Paul McCain complaining about our "rented plane." He is very fussy that way.

Japanese Beetles and Roses - Old-Fashioned Remedy

 Easy Does It ranges in color from pure orange to sunset colors, grows long stems, and blooms constantly when pruned.

Easy Does It roses provide a burst of color and also develop long stems for vases. They have targeted by Japanese beetles, and Mr. Lincoln has been wrecked.

 I used to add one Mr. Lincoln to each vase of roses, because people always move in close for the fragrance of any rose. I was forbidden by the small but influential altar guild from calling them Stinkin' Lincoln. But their fragrance is very powerful; the rose fades to purple. Long stems? Was Abe tall?

 These are Mr. Lincolns with one Pink Peace and one Easy Does It. The altar guild (small but influential) decreed that the front yard would be for roses, not grass. "Grass is boring."

Japanese beetles have two main life cycles. As adults, they eat plant material above ground, especially roses. As larvae, they feed on the roots of the plant. Since the vitality of the rose depends on strong roots, the beetles can destroy the vitality of the plant. The Mr. Lincoln roses, veterans all, began this year by looking sick and weak. They have not produced anything.

Six Easy Does It roses grew on one long stem for this family of six, cut and photographed on Mother's Day, 2020.

I have used Milky Spore on the Rose Garden twice, then nematodes, both highly recommended by those who sell the treatments. The first bloom of Easy Does It made me think the battle was over, but the beetles emerged for the second bloom.

 Portrait of the rosarian using a Canon on the Easy Does It.

I have persistently killed beetles in the rose blooms, but this year I switched to pesticide for the blooms. I can see the amorous insects in their rose-scented suites, so I give them a spritz and maledictions that question who made them and where they are going to next.

 In memory of veteran Peter Ellenberger, Veterans Honor rose.

 Orchids in memory of veteran Gary Meyer.