Updates
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This is my first time in Europe (besides the one day I left the airport in England). What an amazing place. In Germany I was impressed with these beautiful small villages where all the houses have red roofs and are encircled by farm fields that look like patchwork. Here in England the brick homes that line…
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We’re in rural Bavaria. The people are friendly, the homes well cared for and the gardens tended. This week we’ve had a lot of meetings. Usually meetings tend to be pretty much the same no matter what you’re doing. But this time it was a little different. The nature of our department is that we…
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Blue Forty -Two! Blue Forty-Two! Hut Hut Hut!!! Okay, well, maybe we aren’t football coaches per se… But our lives are similar in a way. We have an on season, and we have an off season. But do coaches stop working in the off season? No way! Well, neither do we. Our to-do list…
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The book is called ‘The Reason for God, Belief in an Age of Skepticism’ by Timothy Keller. It’s divided into 2 parts: 7 doubts that people have about Christianity & 7 reasons for faith. You know for years I’ve looked for a book like this. Because often in my heart and my mind I’m divided.…
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So you are sitting in the little restaurant wanting to order something yummy, but there is a problem. The problem is that you can’t read the menu- you can’t even sound out the words because there are no words, only chinese characters. After a year and half of living here this is still a…
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Our friend Jay, a conscientious earth-dweller, recommended this site. It’s got a good message – that our consumption driven life is a one-way street with a dead-end. If you open the webpage http://www.storyofstuff.com and hit the play button, a 20 minute movie will play – its definitely worth a watch. The host is well-spoken and the…
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We are back. Back from where you ask? From a beautiful wedding in the Dominican Republic! Two people very special to me were married-My brother Kevin and my new sister-in-law Tanya. It was a beautiful wedding on a perfect tropical Day with lots of fun dancing, great food and friends! I’m so glad I went-…
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It’s just a book. The cover has got a nice picture and looks ok. It’s been a New York Times Bestseller – but a lot of books carry that title. Really, what’s all the fuss about then? One man. He failed to climb the mountain. Almost died on his way down. Really, what’s all the fuss…
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We had a great final week with our friends in Indonesia! We finished our final week with a graduation for over 50 people, including many local pastors. It was a truly joyful occasion, both for us but far more so for our students! Early Saturday morning we took flight for Jakarta and then finally Taipei…
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Ezra 7.10 says that Ezra set his heart to study the law, to do it and to teach others. For these past seven weeks we’ve been training our 25 students how to study the Bible and also challenging them to live it out in their lives. This next week is our last week here and…
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Every week we sit down to write our blog (since we can only write on saturdays) and it is so hard to know what to write about. Do we talk about the students the past week…our teachers we are discipling…what we personally are learning…? It is so hard to decide. So let’s do 5…
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We were told we would have to fly to Kota Kinabalu (K.K for short) to get our new visas for Indonesia. We were given 30 days when we landed in Indonesia, but in order to stay for the second month we had to leave the country, apply at the embassy in Malaysia for another 30 day visa, and then come…
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We’ve made it through the first month of our mini-SBS. On Friday we gave or students a New Testament test. As I lied in my bed the night before the test I could hear all the students repeating outloud the main ideas of the books we have studied, the dates of the New Testament, and…
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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…
