Global Connections

For our last field trip of the summer, we had a fun afternoon and evening going up to downtown Toledo for dinner and a Toledo Mud Hen’s baseball game followed by fireworks.  We first ate at Frickers overlooking 5/3 Field; then we watched the remaining half of Friday night’s game against the Buffalo Bisons (which had been rained out) and seven innings of the regularly-scheduled game (also against Buffalo) before the fireworks began.  It started raining at the tail end of our evening, but it was a fun night nonetheless with great friends!

Saturday, July 10th, Global Connections celebrated their 2nd annual ISW Picnic and Household Item Drive.  It was held at a housing complex on Greensburg Pike Road just south of BG.

Household items were offered for the taking.  This was followed by great chili provided by GC volunteer, Rebecca Smith.  Toppings, salads and desserts were served by  partner church volunteers.  Games including ‘balloon toss’ and ‘hit the pinata’ for children and young adults were hosted by Mercedes Nabor, another volunteer.  The evening ended with donations of Welcome Bags filled with practical and fun items for teens and adults as well as goodie-filled backpacks for the children.

In all, probably 75 Latino workers and their families were served and about thirty volunteers also enjoyed the fun, food and fellowship of the night!

On June 26th sixteen International students and GC Volunteers traveled to central Ohio for a day of adventure!  We began by canoeing down the cool and clear waters of the Mad River followed by a picnic lunch.  Afterwards, we went to the Ohio Caverns, where a guide led us through the largest and most beautiful cave in Ohio.  We arrived too late to tour the Machochee Castle, but we were able to explore the grounds and take several pictures.  After some light refreshment and rest in West Liberty, we ended our day by having a delicious dinner together at an Amish farm.  It was a packed but fun day!

If you want to join a great group of girls who are crafters at heart, join our knitting/craft group.  All of us are currently knitting, but if you have another craft, you could bring this too!  We meet at Beth’s house.  All are welcome!  Craft Group meets weekly on Thursdays from 10:00AM- 11:30AM. For more info, email Beth at bmannahan@woh.rr.com.

Hope to see you there!

Come join us to watch the World Cup (maybe we will see more upsets like Switzerland beating Spain).  Cru and Global connections are sponsoring 3 events this weekend providing places you can watch the world cup with friends.

Friday at 2:30  England vs. Algeria.  Host:  Kurt and Ruth 419-575-1360, kjbubalo@yahoo.com

Saturday at 2:30: Cameroon vs. Denmark.  Host: Julie George, jgeorge@globalconnections-bg.org

Sunday at 2:30: Brazil vs. Ivory Coast.  Host: Brian and Solmaz, kwfeizhouren@yahoo.com

If you want to come please RSVP to the host or whatever contact information is besides the host’s name.  They will then let you know details about the location.  Bring a snack if you like.

GC’s second field trip of the summer was this past Saturday–we visited the Meyer Family Farm just outside of Bowling Green.  After a potluck lunch together, we took a tour of the farm house that has been in the family for three generations, learned about the crops that Scott, his  Dad, and brother farm, and then we traveled to the “home Place” just around the corner to look at the machinery used to plant and harvest crops and to look at the 1000 + pigs!  It was a fun and informative afternoon!

You are invited to watch the World Cup with Global Connections and CRU.  The fun will begin on Friday (today) at 2:00 PM at Kurt and Ruth Bubalo’s home for the game between France and Uruguay, Saturday at 9:30 AM at Kurt and Ruth’s home for the game between Nigeria and Argentina and finally Sunday at 2:00 PM at Julie George’s home for the game between Germany and Australia.

Please RSVP to the host of the game at kjbubalo@yahoo.com or jgeorge@globalconnections-bg.org.  Rides will be provided so email if you need this.  Bring a snack if you’d like.  We will continue to let you know of more games for next week but feel free to email if there is a game you really want to watch!

Here are a few pictures from visits to the Meyer Family Farm.  Come join us!

Our next field trip is coming up on Saturday, June 12th, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM–a tour of the Meyer Family Farm, one of the largest family farms in Northwest Ohio. We’ll be taking a tour of the farm, looking at the various crops that are harvested, the machinery that is used, and visiting the large hog pen. Bring a dish of food to share for our potluck lunch.  Children and families are welcomed.  Contact Julie to reserve your spot.

Last Wednesday we celebrated the last day of Community English Classes for the school year by having a picnic.  Everyone headed to The Davis’ farm where we enjoyed a beautiful summer morning on the farm.  The wooded landscape, outbuildings and pond provided  the perfect setting.  The weather cooperated holding off the clouds and rain till after our picnic!  Our potluck of international food was as filling as it was varied.

A second celebration was the senior Mr. Davis’ birthday on the following day.  A beautifully decorated birthday cake and well-wishing birthday cards were presented.  The third celebration was that three expectant mothers who had also been a part of our class received small baby gifts from class members in blessing for their soon-to-be roles as parents!