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"There is no charge for awesomeness or attractiveness." – Po the Panda! I really enjoyed the movie – "Kung Fu Panda" – all 4 times I’ve watched it in the last two months. It ranks right up there with Aladdan! That’s no mean feat… Anyway, I don’t know if you’ve seen the movie but…
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February 1st was the third year that I celebrated my Freedom Festival! It was a low key celebration, but it was very fitting that the very next day we were teaching Galatians which is all about freedom. Freedom from works, freedom to live by the power of Grace- all because of Jesus. Things are really…
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Dino is our friend who translated for our team last year when we were here. Every time we taught in a village he would say- I want to learn to study the bible, maybe one day I can do the SBS. We saw his big smiling face (see picture in album) when we arrived back…
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Right now I am in a mall with AC! YEA! It is so hot here. I was trying to prepare myself mentally for the heat, but no matter what I do it is always such a shock coming to such hot countries and having no AC. I guess that just goes to show how spoiled…
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Well, we’ve gone and done it again – bikeriding! Actually, it turned out to be a really nice day – especially for winter. Our two friends, Brett & Lana took us across the river to Bali (literally: eight streets – sorry, its not the famous one). There we enjoyed some yuanbao (I think…but I’m probably…
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My friend Kelly reminded me that I was supposed to blog about my New Years Resolution. I like New Years Resolutions. You know, many people don’t like them because they say what they resolve doesn’t actually happen. But I really like them because it helps me realize there is still lots of things that I…
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Figure out the fees…make cookies for the staff party…check-in schedules…fill in forms for the UofN… Who knew that leading a training course would be so much work! Week 1 is over and it was a hit! We had 6 different people this week teaching our 24 students about all different topics related to teaching. It is…
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That is the name of the town that we travelled to on the East coast with Frank and Angelica. Have you ever been in a place where the beauty just takes your breath away? That was our experience this past weekend. It was really nice to get out of the big city. Breathing clean air has…
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Happy New Year Everyone! Our friends Angelica and Frank are here to visit us from Thailand. They came in last night and we headed downtown to watch the fireworks come off Taipei 101. They said it may be the last year they do it, so off we went. it was NUTS! There were SOOOOO…
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I am writing out of anger and passion…hopefully it comes across. Two news articles in CBC news on the web: Death toll passes 225 in Israeli offensive on Gaza UN says Zimbabwe cholera death toll over 1,500 Both of these articles were written the same day. One has under 50 comments, the other…
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On Christmas day I had a flashback. A picture flashed through my mind of sitting on a train going to south Taiwan. Last year on Christmas day we were travelling to visit a friend and do some sight seeing in Taiwan when all of a sudden for the first time I felt Cassie kick in my…
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Probably 2 weeks ago we received a number of Christmas cards in the mail. It was a great day as we delightfully opened and read each one. Some with sparkles, some with snow but every one with some words of encouragement and joy! My mom has always hung the Christmas cards around the house and…
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It is our eyes, our vision, that lets us see what is in front of us. In our lives, Ben and I try to keep our eyes on the present, while considering and planning for the future. In 2003 we went to South Africa and we saw the tremendous need in all of Africa for…
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Missionaries are often put up on pedastals, but we are just real people with struggles and problems too. I wanted to take a blog to share some of those so that you don’t get the idea that we are perfect, and so you can pray for us. Lately Ben and I have been getting stressed out about: finances, the school we are…
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This month went by SO fast! I remember thinking the first week, "How am I ever going to remember these peoples names; Gulzat, Sagan, Alibek…". But as we left on Saturday, these strange faces with strange names had become wonderful familiar friends. We were foreigners to their land but they welcomed us with hospitality and…
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9:00pm is our regular bedtime, if we make it that long! 6:00am seems to come so early. It is hard to remember back in the day when I worked for WestJet and 6 am would have been considered a ‘sleep-in’ day!This past week was jam packed with Rachel, Ben and I all teaching. I taught…
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Things are going great. Ben will be teaching on Tuesday – The Basics of Pre aching. Angela has Wednesday & Thursday – How People Learn. Our 15 students taught for the first time last week – they did great but there is still lots of room for improvement. Can’t wait to see how they’ll do…
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We are half way through our first week here. I shared yesterday and Ben did today. Both went very well! We have a great translator and the people here are amazing! They are warm-hearted and very kind – especially to Big C. We have 15 students who are all going to be travelling and teaching their own people! Ben…
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The bags are packed…well not quite! You would think after all the packing we’ve done this past year we would have it down to a science. Unfortunately..not so! We are off to Central Asia to train local believers how to teach their own people how to study the bible. It’s going to be awesome! We…
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Home. For everyone that word brings up different images and experiences, places and people and of course, emotions. For us, the simplest way to describe home is like a big sigh. Everything melts out of you as you take a few deep breaths. We just spent 10 days at home. Sigh. We got to…
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