Updates
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Sand whipping around our bodies we realized we were experiencing a sandstorm. We’ve been in the middle of the Gobi desert for the past week. There is a little tiny town here because of a nearby coal mine. Most everyone in the town works at the mine. There is a small church here planted…
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There is so much I could write about from our time in Kota Kinabalu Malaysia but I’ll just tell one story for now. This week we have been teaching the book of Ephesians. Since it is a book about the unity of the church we had a building theme going from the first day.…
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A few months ago I wrote about perspective. I’m reminded again today of the same topic. Why you ask? Well, thanks for asking, let me tell you. (disclaimer- sorry boys for the awkwardness of the topic) I woke up with my left chest feeling very sore. I thought maybe it is just because I need…
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This last week I had my birthday. Angela had two surprises up her sleeve. She sent out an email to about a million people asking for a few special words to be emailed so that when I woke up on my birthday I would be surprised… and surprised I was! Thank you all SO much for writing…
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A short video of clips from our Titus Project Training time is loading down the page, don’t forget to scroll down and watch.
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We’ve got our laptop back… So new photos from the training time earlier in July! Please enjoy. I guess I should give a little overview. The pictures highlight 3 things from training time. The teachings we give, how to prepare a lecture, how to present it, learning styles, Bible overview, teamwork. Second, we give time…
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We’ve been facing a dilemna, there is so much going on in our life we just aren’t sure what you are interested in reading about. We know our parents love to hear about their granddaughter…our friends and supporters want to know what we are doing here… and most people want to know about both! So we have come…
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Our blog is interesting because we have so many different topics to cover: ministry, baby, us, and every once in a while we don’t cover anything, just put up funny things to make you laugh. Well, today I got a cute email that I was laughing at, but really only because I am from Winnipeg. So…
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Today I think I will give you a little glimpse into my heart. About a week ago Ben and I were at a big group gathering when Cassie started to really cry (her little digestive system is still growing and sometimes she gets bad gas). She was crying really loud so Ben took her…
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Nearly 3 weeks ago a team of 17 people were greeted at the airport by myself and a few friends. For us it was the beginning of training them ‘how to teach’. For them it was the beginning of outreach, two to three months of living away from family, friends and most modern conveniences. Their…
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This weekend is Mongolia’s National Holiday commemorating its declaration of freedom as its own country. The festival is called Naadam and is known for its 3 main activities – horse racing, archery and wrestling. But no, I don’t want to get into the history…I just want to give you a glimpse into their world. …
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We have 17 amazing students who are excited to learn to teach and to go and train people how to study the bible! We have had a lot of fun getting to know them! I can tell we will be sending some awesome teams to Mongolia, Ch**a and Kyrgestan in 2 weeks from now. So…
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Our thoughts tend to be consumed by this beautiful bundle of love. So when I read this story I couldn’t help but think of Cassie: An old woman came into her doctor’s office and confessed to an embarrassing problem. "I do that all the time, Doctor Johnson, but they’re soundless, and they have no…
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Many of you probably know what I’m talking about. It’s not that you think she might be incapable, of course she could. No, rather its this gut feeling that says, she’s not like that, she likes me too much, I’m better with kids than most folks. Well, apparantly, I’m not. Tonight, actually just moments…
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When we go to different countries to teach people to study the bible, we warn them of seeing the bible through their own cultural perspective or making it say what they want it to say. Instead we encourage them to try and understand it from the original reader and writer’s perspective. To demonstrate this point we often tell this…
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Many of you who know me well know that I love things like organization, action planning and teamwork. I’ve even taught seminars on time management. And I will say that in my life I have usually been pretty good at managing my time and priorities. But now I have met my match in a 3 week old. …
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So you may have noticed the title – its basically just a joke we’re having around here. Dad comes from good stock that doesn’t waste too much, so when a couple of days ago he burned my grilled cheese sandwhich he said "Well, we are not going to throw it out, I’ll just eat it".…
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Finally some more pics. Enjoy! We’ll try to get some kind of video up soon… Cassie has been SO well taken care of by countless friends and family, and though our thank you cards are not yet all in the mail, our hearts are filled with praise to God and gratefulness to you who…
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For those who have just received our email, you can find the details on Cassie and the birth two blogs below this one. In about four days you can check back to this website for more pictures since we expect our laptop to be back by then. Tonight has been so wonderful. We took…
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We, all four of us, made it out today for a stroll down the riverfront. It was cool weather, a nice change from the humidity. So we decided to make an afternoon of it and included a stop at Starbucks to read our Bible. Well while Angela was getting the drinks, the three of us…
