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I know we are winding it down here a little but last week we spent a couple of days on the last book of the Old Testament, Malachi. It ends with a powerful question for us in our own day to day lives. The people were saying, "it is vain to serve God, what…
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Today I checked our webpage and realized it has been four days since we last updated! The time is flying by! I just finished my book report for this quarter (35 pages later!) which feels amazing! Plus I am just about done my homework for this week; we finish the Old Testament this week! My…
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Home… We love our home. Growing up we have lots of memories. Ben thinks of fresh baked cookies, chocolate chip banana muffins…. yum! I think of a hot cup of coffee out on the deck with my two dogs running around. Then there is our home on Melbourne where we think of the days with Liza and Jacquie,…
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Do you ever do things without really thinking first? This is disaster every time! Well, the past few days I have had two experiences that show this to be true… Yesterday I left my room for a walk to the cafeteria when I saw a cute black cat on our walkway. This cat’s name…
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In the past I have often considered that God seems to be different in the Old Testament (OT) and the New Testament (NT). There is so much war and warning of judgment that it seems like thats all that is in the OT. This time of studying the prophets (the people who foretold the future and preached against…
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It’s hard to know what to write every few days that will help you to stay connected with us. So today I thought I would just share how I am feeling right this very minute. We have just finished two very long weeks of work and we have another very busy week ahead of us.…
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I mean if this isn’t entertaining – I don’t know what is! In the lineup tonight we’ve got the fuel 2006 summer camping trip – excellent dancing care of Philippe, Katelyn, Ang & Liza with a busy little Jacquie doing the dishes or somthin’. Follow this up with a rockin’ teaching trip to Cape…
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"I’ve always wanted to, but between costs and courage just never have." Do you have anything in your life like that? Well, since I was about 18 I wanted to get my motorcycle license. But I never did. It is easy to put off doing new things, especially as we get older because we start to…
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Last week we studied a BIG book- Isaiah! I think that was the most work we have ever had in a week, but it was great! The main idea of the whole book is that the Israelites needed to trust God for both their physical and their spiritual salvation. There is a contrast in the…
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Ever notice how we are always looking forward to something? If it is winter… we are excited about summer, if it is friday… we are excited about the weekend. We are always looking ahead! Sometimes that can take away joy from the journey, but it is also a cool thing because it represents hope in…
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We waved farewell to Howie & Kelsey on Sunday afternoon. What a great time we had with them and it only reminded us how much we love you all back home. So we cheer for Canada (in the World Cup) and the Senators this week as they skate it out on the ice. (BTW, it sounds…
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A blog entry by our guests here this week, Howie and Kelsey MacMaster: Some of you who are regular blog viewers probably appreciate Ben and Angela’s fantastic videos that are posted on this blog! Sometimes they make you laugh, sometimes they get right to the heart, you get the point. Well let me tell…
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Since we’re dwelling on love this week (happy 30th), I’ve paraphrased a passage of the Bible that we are studying this week (the book of Hosea) that describes the love of our heavenly father for his people. When Israel was a child, I loved him and out of Egypt I called my son. The…
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When Ben and I got married we decided that we would never use the word divorce. Out was not an option. Now after five years we still keep to our rule and when the relationship gets a little rocky or difficult we know that we are both committed for life and we will always work…
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Well folks, we are in the home stretch- two more months and we will have completed our training, having gone through every book of the bible verse by verse using the inductive method. We are getting excited to go out and give after receiving so much! As we prepare for working with Titus Project in Taiwan we…
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After a wonderful time with Angela’s family it feels a little like when Kevin is left home and the family leaves for Europe (from the movie Home Alone – you know, when he wakes up and he’s sad because they left without him). It was a real treat to have them visit. Especially because it…
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Well, I don’t really know if that is a word but it is what comes to mind when I think about tonight. For our worship service at the ywam base this evening we focused on children! We had kids greeting, a family with children MC’ing, a kid’s story book read, a song sung, and…
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Yesterday we went up the tallest mountain in the world (if you measure from ocean floor) to see the sunset and stargaze with Kevin (my brother) and Tanya (his girlfriend). 14 000 feet is pretty high up and it was amazing. Check out the video for the 30 minute sunset sped up to 1 minute…
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Good adventures come from family trips don’t you think so?? Well, last night my family flew into Kona (dad, mom, brother and girlfriend) at about 10:30pm. By the time we got their luggage, the rental car and some food it was about 11:30pm. Everything was right on track, but boy were they tired (it…
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Transition week – the week between semesters is now behind us. But we had a wonderful week filled with rest, hiking, windy roads and beautiful views! We hopped a short commuter flight for the garden island, Kauai b/c we had to leave the base anyway. We each made it through almost three books, some…
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