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Elbing, KS

Feb 4, 2008

First service after fire sad, hopeful

“We may hurt but we're not devastated because he's in control.”

'And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.' --Romans 8:28, King James Bible version

ELBING -- Paul Minkevitch's church sat gutted and scorched in front of the headstones of Whitewater's well-known families -- Claassen, Busenitz and Harder -- Sunday afternoon.

As he walked with his family around what was left of Emmaus Mennonite, Minkevitch talked with fellow parishioners and fondly remembered what the building's front hall used to look like. Read more

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