In the heart of Keizer, amidst the bustling routines of daily life, a remarkable story of faith and friendship recently unfolded. 

On the rainy, blustery afternoon in January, three Pleasant Valley Pathfinders were invested as Master TLTs at the winter Teen Leadership Training event. These TLTs began the Teen Leadership Training program four years ago, during Covid quarantine in the virtual world.

It had been almost three years since we last knew what this felt like, and we could not have made a more poignant example of why we need community in the post-COVID world.

On the weekend of September 29-31, 2023, a group of both young and not-so-young Pathfinders went on a mountain biking excursion in Sisters, Oregon.

You could hear the excitement in the youthful voices as the kids counted down with the timer flashing on the big screen center stage. “…3, 2, 1!” Right on cue, Rich Aguilera stepped onto the stage and thus began our Dinosaur Encounter experience.