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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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It is appropriate that we celebrate Easter at the beginning of spring, because spring conjurs up thoughts of new life… stark dead trees getting new buds, fresh green grass growing where it is only barren brown. That is what Easter is all about: suffering… death… RESURRECTION! As I reflect on Easter this year a few different…
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Have you ever done something that really took perseverance? Like about half way through you felt like you couldn’t go on, but you did? Well, that is what this quarter has been for us, a quarter of perseverance! We have gone through Genesis -Ecclesiastes book by book (except for a few we do next quarter) and what an…
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This week as we studied wisdom literature I discovered that much of the wisdom literature in the Old Testament (and the New for that matter) deals with how to make wise decisions not only for oneself, but also with the perspective of how it will influence the whole community. This is a very different way of thinking…
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This week we’ve been studying about Hebrew wisdom literature. So, we want to hear some of your favourite quotes, sayings, proverbs and cliche’s, email us at badoerksen@hotmail.com or add them as a comment. Here’s some to ponder if you’d like. Enjoy. One good turn deserves another. Every picture tells a story. Revenge is sweet. Divide…
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Xie Xie means Thank you in Chinese (prenounced Shie Shie). However, I was prenouncing it Che Che which means older sister…oops! Everyone had a good laugh at that! Bright and early sunday morning we drive to the Pastor’s house. She has a beautiful large living room that can hold a lot of people. What…
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We had such a great time with Troy and Tonya when they were here! We played games, kayaked in a bay with dolphins, went swimming in huge waves at the beach, and prayed together! It was such a blessing to have them here, they actually came during a week when we didn’t have a lot…
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Every area of the world has different things that drive you crazy! For instance, in Winnipeg it is the -40 weather in the winter time and the mosquitos in the summer. This weekend we experienced what would drive Hawaiian’s crazy-Termites! It is so interesting, they eat up the wood and then leave piles of wood shavings…
