Updates
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Hello All!!! We’ve been gone for SO long and we are happy to be back in contact! We missed our friends and family a lot, and we really look forward to getting in touch with people again. We have about 30 minutes at an internet cafe today and then we won’t have internet again until…
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Indo Over 230 million people (that’s 4th/5th largest populated country in the world). Over 17 thousand islands (that’s the most islands for one country). Over 90% muslim (that makes it the most muslims in one country) – no Arabic country has as many. Kalimantan (Indonesian side of Borneo) The 4th largest island…
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Last year I was studying the book of Leviticus and I realized how important celebrations are. They help to memorialize things, give ‘spice to life’ and are one of the main features of Israel in the Old Testament. In short, God loves a good party to celebrate good things! And so I decided I wanted…
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With the amazing taco seasoning that Liza sent us, Ben and I put on a Mexican Fiesta for our classmates! We played games, ate tacos (had to make homemade tortillas but they actually turned out pretty good) and even had a paper mache piniata. Now I haven’t done paper mache since I was a kid,…
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Have you ever driven down the road, looked in your side mirror with a quick shoulder check and proceeded to change lanes only to hear the blast of a horn beside you? The car was in your blind spot and you didn’t even see it. After that your heart races and you think, oops, next…
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One of the most enjoyable parts of being here in Taiwan is getting to know the local culture and people. We try to have our english students over for dinner to our house. That is actually a little strange here in Taiwan. Most people will go out for dinner with others, not have them over…
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Well last night we learnt our first Mandarin Tongue Twister – yes, they have them too, and they are just about as silly! One is just a short line: se sher se jer se sher sher ze which means ’44 dead stone lions’ – but try saying that 5x fast! The other one we learnt…
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Always exciting times in Taiwan, especially when it comes to pipes. So this past week we came home from teaching at the Rock and our floor was totally soaked with water- thank goodness we don’t have carpet! This wasn’t the first time this has happened so we went across the street to where our…
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The year has gone by so fast, but it has been absolutely amazing. As I sat down and reflected yesterday morning I wrote down some of the major life events that we have experienced this past year: Jan-June: We entered the last two quarters of our SBS (School of Biblical Studies). They were very…
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We enjoyed a relaxing Christmas morning, phoning our families (their Christmas Eve) and opening the gifts we got for each other after listening to a wonderful sermon on the birth of the King and reading the Christmas Story. There was no sleeping in though, because some local friends invited us for four days of adventure…
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Grandma, where are you when I need you?!! :) Yesterday we got a card and letter from Grandma Krystik. It was so nice to read her writing and hear about her days. All of sudden I started to realize that Christmas really isn’t going to be the same without her cooking, so Ben and I…
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We found an article in the Los Angeles Times about the shooting tragedy in Denver. We thought we would post some of the article for those of you not very familiar with YWAM since he does a good job describing this ‘hard to describe’ organization. Sorry this blog is a little longer than usual. A religious…
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Angela loves to decorate for Christmas. Decorations and music create an atmosphere of joy and cheer, times of family and love and gifts and all things wonderful. It all began one simple day with a package from home including a CD performed by The Handymen. It begins with a resounding rendition of "Hammers We Have…
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Thank you so much for praying! It is late at night so this will be short, but we wanted to let everyone know that mom came through the surgery really well. This was a huge relief to us and the whole family. After the surgery she was even starting to get a little colour back…
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Being away from home is always hard, but right now it is even harder. Mom Doerksen is going to be having a surgery tomorrow (Wednesday) and we wish we could be there with her to support her through this. The amazing thing is that she has so much support and love from the family and…
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Well we had our first Doctor’s visit today since arriving in Taiwan over 2 months ago (wow time flies)! Actually, earlier this week a friend ours, Anna, who has had a child here took us through the process and registered us for our first visit … and thank goodness she did! If you speak Chinese…
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Every year my best friend Liza May Johnson directs the best Christmas musical in Winnipeg- and that isn’t biased at all!! This year it is called 4 Tickets to Christmas, here is the description: This year’s Christmas Production grows out of a captivating story set in 1905. When a touring musical family finds no…
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It is an incredible thing to be a part of God’s work. We are no great people and so for Him to include us is more than we deserve. Our time in the Philippines with the Pastor Edmar & Mangalona as well as Pastor Lemwel and Fredalyn was incredible! They serve the people of Santiago…
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We’re heading off in a couple hours for a week of teaching in a church in the Philippines. Yes, it does mean we will miss the Grey Cup, but alas such is life. Actually, we are super stoked to be going because that is what we’ve come here for!! We will be teaching their Bible…
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I’m sitting in my apartment right now drinking joy tea from Starbucks (thanks Michelle!) and listening to Christmas carols. I love Christmas! I wonder what it will be like here on December 25 since the Taiwanese don’t celebrate Christmas. This morning I finished sending out all of our Christmas cards. We thought about mailing them in bulk to…
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