Angela’s Blog
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We often tell our kids we’re on their team. Every choice we make is considering them. These are the gifts we’re working to give them — not wrapped in paper, but built into their lives. Gift 01 The ability to create music Music is a language of its own. We want our kids to know…
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Every family has a rhythm — those little rituals and recurring moments that, when you look back, end up defining your life together more than almost anything else. Here’s a peek at ours, season by season. 🌱 Spring Spring starts indoors for us — we plant seeds inside first and watch them sprout on the…
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Maddy did her DTS in Lausanne a few years ago, then she went for some additional training with YWAM in a Bible school called the Discipleship Bible School. Since then, she has been serving at YWAM Lausanne in this same program and loving it! We also love it! Having other YWAMers in our family, here…
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In this past year alone I have taught many books/topics: Church history and heresies, Introduction to the Prophets and Amos, Gospel of Matthew, Revelation. Every time I receive lots of feedback: “Are you recording the teachings”, “I wish I could do the SBS”, “I would love to hear more about those books!” BUT I have…
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We were back in Canada and as I was singing some songs to Jesus, this idea popped in my head. How could I introduce people at home to the people we minister to? We always try a variety of methods to communicate, but this would be something a little bit different. Instead of long video…
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We have been praying this blessing over our sweet daughter for years as she left for school, and we will continue to pray this over her during her final year at high school: “The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you, the Lord…
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On March 4, every year, I will remember how thankful I am to have had the best mom. If she was still here, I would have called her, wished her a happy birthday, have sent her a beautiful bouquet because she loved flowers, and have had a nice chat about what she and my dad…
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I love fall. I love the colours changing, I love the new season of beginning. The routine after a summer of relaxation begins. The kids are back in school and SBS is in the final quarter! It will be a great fall that is for sure! There are 22 DTS students coming from around the…
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It is August 11, school starts again for the kids in 12 days! That means we have to get organized, cleaned up and supplied for the first day! Always an exciting day! We bought the kids their new school shoes from Ashan (like Walmart) and put them aside for the first day of school. The…
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At the beginning of 2016 I began the journey of writing the thesis for last part of my Master’s Degree in Biblical Studies. This past week I finally completed this huge project in my life! (You can read the thesis attached to this post if you would like). It was quite the road to travel.…
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I know… cheesy title but I couldn’t resist! Whenever someone asks Ben or I to come and teach, whether it be in a DTS, or on an SBS we always pray and ask God if this is the right decision for our family. Especially because we live on support, so every trip we take is…
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This past year I have been working on my thesis for my Masters Degree in Biblical Studies. It has been a really fun thesis as I have been studying the early church fathers and how their writings can be helpful and more applicable to evangelical Christians. I’m looking for people who would be willing to…
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Musings? Okay, weird word, but it is early friday morning so I am in a bit of a weird mood :) This past week our YWAM Kyiv Leadership team took 4 full days to meet, pray, and plan for the next year. It was a wonder-full time! One morning we read through Psalms 119 and…
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Going Fishing by Charles R. Swindoll Billy Wilder, the great movie producer, openly admitted: “I have a vast and terrible desire never to bore an audience.” With tacit agreement Jack Parr once declared: “The greatest sin is to be dull.” Those two statements ought to haunt anyone who regularly practices the fine art of communication.…
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It is a good question! We encourage our kids to ask it lots, but do we? Why do we do the things we do? Live in the place we do? Work the job that we do? Today in our staff connection time we asked our staff the question: Why? Why do you do your…
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Ten years ago, on this night, I went to bed early while my brother Jonathan and four of my best friends, Kyle, Juergen, Shaun and Colin were hanging out in the living room. Kind of strange. Maybe. I was of course, on the verge of getting married -the step in life that one is ever…
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I just dropped my Mom and Dad off at the airport. Saying goodbye is never easy, but especially when it has been such an amazing month! Having my parents here has been such a blessing in so many ways: from good company, lots of exciting events exploring Kyiv and Lviv (even visiting the village that…
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Our friends are out of town for a little while so we are planning to leave a small welcome home basket in their apartment for when they return. We were thinking some fruit, chocolate, maybe a few canned drinks. Today as we told our Ukrainian friend about our plans to put a little welcome basket…
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