Updates
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I want to tell everyone what an amazing man Ben is. I know that you already know this but here are just a few examples in the past few weeks: Everyday he carries my purse with all of our homework in it Twice this past week he has done the dishes without me even…
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Twice a week we go to ‘The Rock’ (YWAM’s free coffee bar) to teach English and get to know the local students of the area. This has been so much fun, the Taiwanese are very friendly and kind. One thing (out of many) that has been a shock to us is the amount of questions…
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We’ll start with the packages – we’ve already received two, one from Mom K and one from Kevin & Tanya for Angela’s birthday – what a pleasure it has been to see a few familiar things! Thank you! And we finally put up some prayer requests – feel free to take a moment to bring…
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Do you ever feel like time is going by too fast? I was saying to Ben today, "I think it is almost time to update our webpage" and then we saw it had been five days since the last update! Between chinese classes, homework, and having a birthday, time has been getting away on us. We are…
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Every week in Canada you gather all your garbage and put it out at the curb. If you are like Ben’s parents, you have to put it out either really late or super early, if not the racoons will get it. The worst is, if you forget it is garbage day, you have to wait a whole extra…
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Titus Project South Africa ran for the first time this year. Serving with Titus South Africa is the ultimate goal for us, but Taiwan is excellent preparation for that as we study under the person who founded Titus. The South Africa team just put out a newsletter and we wanted to share a small exerpt from it.…
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Hey Everybody! Well, if you haven’t yet heard – we’re pregnant! We have our first little one on the way. It is about 9 weeks along in Angela’s tummy. Interesting, this month it will grow up to 3" in length and will be about the size of an apple. Fingers and toes get their…
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When we walked in we knew it would be perfect! A few days before we had emailed a friend here in Taiwan what we were looking for in an apartment. Second floor, close to the office, with an extra bedroom for all our guests that will come to visit (that’s you, hint hint)! It wasn’t…
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This week must be characterized by the word ‘new’. New temperatures, foods, languages (yes, multiple), events, people, places, sights, prayers, smells, experiences, the list goes on… I’ll highlight two for you, one pleasant, one putrid. Let’s begin with the smell first. It occurs along the busier streets and until you learn what restaurant and where that type…
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Ben and I made a little video to introduce you to Taiwan. The quality is not the clearest but that happens on the web sometimes. It may take a few minutes to load up so go surf the net a bit and keep your speakers turned up. You’ll hear it when it starts :) Just a side…
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Jet lag has its blessings, like waking up at 5 in the morning with total energy! That is one part that I wish would go on forever, but being tired at 5:30pm and ready for bed is a little challenging :) Anyways, this morning, up early as usual, I was reading in the bible ,…
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Today was very reminicient of last October. As Ben and I set up our computer to listen to the Bomber game, we experienced our first national disaster of Taiwan- a Typhoon! For those who don’t remember, last year, right around this time we were listening to the Bomber game when our island of Hawaii was…
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Everyone knows that when you come to a new culture, there will be lots of funny mistakes. Today I, Angela, in our first day in Taiwan was sitting in our temporary apartment when all of a sudden I heard birds chirping right in our house, and then all of a sudden they stopped. A few seconds…
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After 3 great months with family and friends we had a teary good-bye at the airport. It’s always hard to say good-bye. We’re now in BC. We spent our first night with Mark & Christina Prachnau who live in a super cute place – it was so great to see them. Now we have the…
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We’ve been home now for 2 1/2 months. It has been just amazing to spend time and to have meaningful conversations with so many friends and family. Thank you to all who have shared their summer with us! Yesterday we went to our last Bomber game for the next few years- it was so much fun and they…
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We have just finished five weeks studying through the last book of the Old Testament, Malachi. It was rather surprising to see that the people described could struggle with so many of the same things we often struggle with like feeling unloved and unknown by God. The answers God gives his children are both encouraging and challenging. It was a wonderful group…
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Have you ever tried to open your internet on your computer and it says, ‘there is no network connection’? That is very frustrating isn’t it. Similarily, there is nothing worse than having friends but never connecting deeper than the surface. Our goal this summer has been to connect with people, and we have tried to do that…
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After a week with Ben’s family in California we arrived back at home July 6th just before midnight. Thankfully there were no complications along the way, just a little culture shock. In the Oakland Airport in California we couldn’t figure out why everyone was running in all directions. Then we realized they weren’t running, it…
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Life change is always hard, but exciting at the same time. Last night as we all graduated from our School of Biblical studies three teams were commissioned: one team is going to India and Nepal , one team to Nigeria, and another team to Burma/Cambodia- all with the express purpose of going to teach people how to read and…
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Last week we had the renown ‘Steve Gregg’ teaching us about the book of revelation. Now obviously I can’t (nor would you want me to) write everything that we learned, but there was one thing that stood out to me. This book was written to a group of churches that were undergoing persecution for their…
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