5/14/17 Joel Enge Feature and Butterfly Release by Chelsea Purgahn
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Joel Enge collects monarch butterflies to put on him for a portrait at Kingdom Life Academy's garden in Tyler, Texas, on Friday, May 12, 2017. Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Joel Enge picks a milkweed bloom on the side of a county road in Tyler, Texas, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Joel Enge finds monarch caterpillar eggs on the bottom of a milkweed leaf in Tyler, Texas, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Milkweed blooms with caterpillar eggs attached sit in a plastic tub at Kingdom Life Academy's garden in Tyler, Texas, on Monday, April 17, 2017. Joel Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Joel Enge finds two young monarch caterpillars on a milkweed plant while searching for caterpillar eggs in Tyler, Texas, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Joel Enge laughs as a monarch caterpillar almost crawls up his nose as he poses for a portrait at Kingdom Life Academy's garden in Tyler, Texas, on Monday, April 17, 2017. Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Joel Enge collects milkweed, monarch caterpillars and monarch caterpillar eggs in a mesh laundry basket on the side of a county road in Tyler, Texas, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A monarch chrysalis is attached to the stem of a milkweed plant in Tyler, Texas, on Friday, April 28, 2017. Joel Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Joel Enge poses for a portrait with monarch butterflies at Kingdom Life Academy's garden in Tyler, Texas, on Friday, May 12, 2017. Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A monarch butterfly rests on flowers at Kingdom Life Academy's garden in Tyler, Texas on Friday, May 12, 2017. Joel Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Monarch butterflies rest on Joel Inge's hand at Kingdom Life Academy's garden in Tyler, Texas, on Friday, May 12, 2017. Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Elizabeth White smiles as she looks at monarch butterflies flying and she releases one of her own during a butterfly release at Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Joel Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Leslie White holds a mesh laundry basket full of monarch butterflies over Leilani Estrella's head at Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Joel Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Hadassah Chapman, 10, laughs as Michalah Garrett, 12, tries to touch a monarch butterfly while Joel Enge holds a mesh laundry basket full of monarch butterflies over her head at Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Joel Enge, not pictured, puts a mesh laundry basket full of monarch butterflies over Gracie Cearley's, 12, head as she holds a monarch butterfly on her finger at Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Kalynn Lloyd, 10, Andrew Lloyd, 1, and Julie Lloyd smile as a monarch butterfly sits on Andrew's head during a butterfly release at Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Joel Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Joel Enge, center, unzips a mesh laundry basket to show kindergarten Sunday school students a monarch chrysalis at Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Leslie White holds a mesh laundry basket full of monarch butterflies over Rachel Rocco's, 6, head at Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Joel Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Joel Enge shows kindergarten Sunday school students milkweed, what monarch caterpillars eat, at Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
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Children gather around a monarch butterfly during a butterfly release at Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Joel Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Joel Enge talks about the physical metamorphosis of monarch butterflies and how it relates to the spiritual metamorphosis through Christ to a fifth and sixth grade Sunday school class at Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Spencer Green, 3, looks at a monarch butterfly during a butterfly release at Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Joel Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
People release monarch butterflies during a butterfly release at Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Joel Enge has been raising butterflies as a hobby for 16 years and typically does a butterfly release each year with either his students or his church. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)