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The following is a quick summary of my summer (a summery?) If you'd like to share this in your church newsletter, I'd love that- especially if your United Methodist church is in southern Iowa. Feel free to share even if your church is in northern Iowa, or Hawaii, or your living room, or if you're Lutheran, or PresbyQuakeNazarLic, or anything else. :) 

You don't have to include the picture- it probably wouldn't print well- but you can if you'd like. Some nice cape clipart would do the trick too.

I velcroed my cape, hopped in the van, and took off towards a super summer...

This was my 10th summer working with Mobile United Methodist Missionaries. Devoted to making disciples in mostly rural southern Iowa, this organization spends summers working alongside church volunteers in vacation Bible school ministry. This year, we used Cokesbury’s Hero Central curriculum to show kids (and grown-ups!) that when they live with God, they are superheroes. Places I traveled this summer included Randolph, Van Wert, Osceola, Farmington, Orient, Hebron, New Virginia, Council Bluffs, and a park in Oskaloosa. The other two MUMM travelers, Cherie Miner and Paige Jensen, have similar lists.

Highlights from this summer:

• Giving a Bible to a girl who didn’t have one
• Watching local volunteers take ownership- one brought her own cape!
• Having a donkey and his human come share the message about the cross on his back
• Bringing 50 kids who wouldn’t normally have a chance to get to church camp to Wesley Woods for a week of JOY Camp
• Hearing kids echo our theme verse- “Do good! Seek peace! Go after it!”- Psalms 34:14b

For more stories, check out my blog: https://mummstheword-allison.blogspot.com/ or “like” Mobile United Methodist Missionaries on Facebook to see what we’re up to! We appreciate your support and your prayers!

Allison Engel

Senior Summer Assistant, Mobile United Methodist Missionaries (MUMM)