Updates
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While I would prefer to simply do one thing at a time, unfortunately life just doesn’t work that way. Does yours? If it does can you send me a few tips how you do it? We are busy with lots of prep for our Bible School which starts on Monday! This is very exciting and…
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As I walk to the bedroom with a crying Jay I comment, "that was a mistake." A moment later, Angela replies, "This whole day has been a mistake." No truer words have ever been spoken. The days that have really been "a mistake" have been few and far between since I was in high school…
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After three weeks of training in Sweden we sent out a team of four bible teachers to Armenia (this is the 3rd team we have sent there). This team has been there for 6 weeks and they have had a great time together! FUN is definitely the word I would use to describe this team’s…
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A few weeks ago we were in a time of transition between Sweden and Ukraine. We made a short video during our last week in Sweden. The information is a little dated, but we still thought you might like to see it. Enjoy!
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Finally the heat wave has broken, it is now only around 25 and it feels GREAT! It isn’t quite cold enough to ice skate but yesterday we went with our coworkers to an indoor ice rink for some team building time. We were allowed to skate for 45 minutes for around $1.50. It was so much…
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It is true, as I write this the sweat is dripping down my neck and there isn’t a fan to be found anywhere (I guess they have all been bought up!) It is easy to look at the negatives of a place when everything is new, and so we have started a ‘Great things about…
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We made it! We are in the land of the perogy! Our welcome night was wonderful! The team we are joining for this first year welcomed us with a dinner – homemade perogies and borscht!! It was really great! So now we are slowly cooking in the heat (over 35 the whole week!). You’ve…
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Even though we knew we would be in Sweden for only 3.5 months, we still chose to give totally of ourselves in terms of relationships. We didn’t hold back. We let our hearts get filled up with love for the people that we lived with and worked with in Restenas Sweden, and we aren’t at…
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I read a book today called ‘Being Holy, Being Human’ by Jay kesley – this next section resounded in my heart. "I find that many bible teachers begin to feel guilty or afraid if their minds start entertaining doubts like these (Is there really a God? How could He let suffering happen?). They think such…
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There are two things that I could write about: the amazing week we have had and the extremely frustrated feelings I have right now. I think I will go with the frustrated feelings since they are the most recent. Last week our participants had their first practice teachings. After videotaping each person it is now my…
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Tomorrow is the last day of staff training. We have had a great time with our team. Let me quickly introduce them: Reyna- A fun loving, kind hearted faith filled girl! She is Swedish, but she grew up in Guatemala and is now living in Taiwan. Uan- Or ‘Auntie’ as Cassie likes to call her.…
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Yesterday was A Big Day! I shouldn’t have to mention that in Fifa World Cup action, Paraguay advanced as #1 in group F. Just 3 wins away from the elusive prize! Then again, so are all the other remaining 16 teams. Even better than Paraguay advancing, the students who have studied the Bible…
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Check out the video to commemorate Father’s Day! Children need a DaddyFor many, many things:Like holding them high off the groundWhere the sunlight sings! Like being the great mountainThat rises in their heartsAnd shows them how they might get homeWhen all else falls apart. Like giving them the loveThat is their sea and…
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”The church isn’t here for us. We are the church, and we are here for the world. We need to become prophets of the unknown God. We must be the ones who say, ‘We have seen the invisible, we have experienced the unimaginable and we are here to tell you that what you do not…
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This year I started reading through the bible again from the beginning. I just finished reading through the 2nd book Exodus (out of 66 books- lots to go!) and I was struck by two things. In that time everyone had their different ideas of who God was. They knew someone had to have created the earth,…
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There is lots to do these days: decide who is going on which team, prepare for staff training, design and print journals, participant binders, organize the classroom, find housing for staff and students, figure out how meals will work, book plane tickets, create budgets for teams…. okay you get the point- we have lots to…
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I love summer days with the long evenings, just a really nice temperature and sitting on the deck drinkin’ an ice tea or around a bonfire. I just checked on the internet (what doesn’t google know?) and the sun is setting in Winnipeg around 9:30 pm this week, and then rising again at about 5:30…
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A little over 6 weeks ago we were anticipating Jay’s birth. We had family coming in, we had planned a baby dedication and we were counting on Jay coming into the world by the 24th of April. Thankfully, with not too much time to spare, Jay was born on the 19th. As I was…
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One of our wonderful friends and coworkers in Titus Project is Kerry Neve. She leads Titus Project in Montana and is a hero in our eyes! She has been taking bible teaching teams to Nepal for many years now and here is one story that has come out of those trips. This is an article…
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It is 8:30am (1:30am in Winnipeg) and I am sitting in our office, sipping a coffee, listening to great music and working on emails. Every morning after feeding Jay I will have a few hours in the office before FIKA (The Swedish tradition of a mid-morning coffee/snack break), then Ben and I will switch and…
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