Thursday, July 31, 2008

Statue of Liberty

More pictures from our trip to NJ...
On Monday afternoon, Mark & Christy took us to see
the Statue of Liberty!











The ferry also took us to Ellis Island, where we learned about the millions of immigrants who've come over the years.

The ferry docks & the old train station where they embarked on the final leg of their journeys.


Friday, July 25, 2008

Visiting Mark & Christy

Last Friday we drove down to New Jersey & stayed with Mark & Christy for a few days -- what a fun, relaxing visit!
Thanks so much for having us! :)

Emily, their youngest -- what a cutie! She enjoyed teasing Daniel -- just wanting to play with him, of course, but he didn't usually take it very well. Maybe someday, Emmy! ;)



More pictures to come...

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Guatemala Mission Team Blog

We just came across this blog about an FRC team that went down to the Guatemalan mission compound where Wilf & Sharon will soon be living for a whole year. Among other things, it sounds like the team did a LOT of work at their new home! To see all the (fascinating!) pictures, make sure you go through the blog archive links on the right. There are also a few videos of them driving through the mountains. Here's a picture of the mission compound: and here is a view from up on the hill that overlooks the village
of Cubulco. Highlighted on the left is the mission compound,
and on the right is the church.Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy!

Psalm 67: 3,4

Monday, July 14, 2008

Changes!

before...
during...
after!
Isn't it much more open now?!
Thanks for all your help, Kevin!
Last Saturday, Ralph & Damian (with the boys' help) took out the last piece & framed the new doorway, which is now very wide.
The boys enjoyed helping to take off the trim!
and Timmy pulled out most of the nails.
Damian & Margarita made some delicious tarator for lunch... Thanks!
Tarator (a tasty cold cucumber soup) is a traditional Bulgarian meal (Louise says they ate it there at least every other day.) This is what the kitchen looks like now...
As you can see, the Lord recently provided us with a beautiful pedestal table from the Bibles for Missions store nearby! We've been looking for one, because Ralph is planning to build a corner bench for our kitchen this year. (First he has to do some more urgent things!)

Aren't these Bibles for Missions stores a great idea? This one near us raised over $100 000 last year -- incredible! To God be the glory! Listen to this, from their website:

Bibles for Missions Thrift Centers have raised money to provide thousands of Bibles for people in Mexico, Bulgaria, Colombia, China, Ukraine, Kenya, the Philippines, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Ecuador.

...the money received from the sale of these donated goods is used to bring the precious and powerful Word of God to people who have never heard this vital message.

There are presently 13 Thrift Centers in operation in the United States. The first Center opened in Holland, Michigan at the end of 1992. Since then, over $13 million has been raised for Bible League Scripture placement.

I don't know how many stores they have in Canada...
do any of you have one close by?

Sunday, July 13, 2008

"Not Her Best"


Here's an encouraging post for us stay-at-home moms!

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Church Picnic

Time to do some catching up! The church picnic last month was
so fun & well-organized! Thanks, Brian & Liz and Kevin & Carole,
for all your hard work! Thanks be to God for the wonderful
blessing of such a special church family.