Updates
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We are TOO excited to introduce our brand new little bundle of joy! She arrived in our arms at 1.56 in the afternoon, Fri May 23, 2008 (Taiwan local time). A strong 3,850 grams (8lbs 8oz) and 54cm (21.25") long she quickly captured the hearts of mom and dad. Mom and the little one spent three…
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…I don’t mean physically (although as I wait for this baby I feel like my tummy is growing and stretching by the hour). I’m reading a book called ‘Teaching to Change Lives’ by Howard Hendricks. He tells a story of an 86 year old woman. "The last time I saw her on planet Earth was…
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Hey everyone, just to let you know, no baby yet. Our due date was yesterday but the doctor said it could still be a little while, the baby hasn’t even dropped yet. Also, our computer just broke down so we have to send it back to Canada for repairs which is going to make emailing…
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Often our lives are so full of ourselves and our plans. For us, the excitement of having a baby seems to consume our thoughts, prayers and worries. However, today I just want to remind myself and anyone else who is reading this blog to pray for the people suffering in Myanmar where the death…
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Wow! This morning we spent two hours surrounded by many friends and family. Well, of course, we’re in Taiwan and most of them are in Canada but by using Skype Video we were able to chat with and see most of our female relatives and friends living in Winnipeg. Why female? Well, the reason is…
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Everyday we get questions like: "So does your doctor speak English?" "What is the hospital like?" "Are there rats running in the halls?" (okay well, maybe this one doesn’t get asked, but we know that people wonder!) Today we went to the doctor and took a video of the whole experience. Hopefully this will put…
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You’ll notice that we posted pictures of the base fun day we had yesterday. Every quarter we get everyone together that is associated with YWAM Danshui Taiwan and we do something fun. Yesterday we took a ferry across the river to a park where we played (or in my case watched) football and ultimate frisbee. It had been raining…
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Enjoy a few pictures and a quick update of our week. We spent three days in the office, getting acquainted with all the gadgets and gizmos. We continued to finish closing the last Titus and we started prepping for the upcoming one – those two things will compose most of our life for the next…
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I’m having a mind block about what to write… so I figure I will just tell you about our day. The day started out heading to a base meeting. Every monday all the ywamers here (about 70) get together. Our Titus team shared all about our time in Indonesia, each of us had a part…
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It always amazes me how much what we focus on determines how we feel. For instance, since getting home from Indonesia we have been swamped with a to-do list that feels miles long. Trying to prioritize the list and get the most important things done first seems impossible because they are all equally important. Does…
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The hospital serves a very important place in our lives. The Greek guy who started it all had a great idea (you’ve heard the motto) – "to always do the best for our patients". (Hippocratic Oath) Angela had her first appt in a long time and it went well – the baby is getting big,…
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We are in Jakarta for one night with our team on our way home and we decide to go to a shopping mall nearby since we saw that they had…yes a WENDY’S!!! Remember that we have had beef only one time in the past two months so a Wendy’s burger sounds REALLY good! At the…
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As I sit down to write this blog entry it is really hard to know where to start- how do I summarize 2 months of amazing and difficult experiences? I’ll break it down into four areas: Team: We had a team of six people 2 Americans, 2 Koreans and us. We actually had great team…
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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…
