Safe and Sound

June 19, 2009

As some of our friends and family may know, we have been praying for a new vehicle for some time now. We have enjoyed our years with the our blue Dodge Caravan, but the time came that we didn’t know if she would be able to keep up with our traveling lifestyle. This spring, God […]

Going tribal (one of these days).

March 13, 2009

So all of our training here in Roach, MO is for one purpose– preparing us for our ministry overseas. I have to be completely honest. This training does exactly that. I have not yet been to the field, but I can be so sure about this because of the staff here. These people have been […]

FotoFest 2009

March 9, 2009

This is FotoFest 2009! We had a fun evening here at the school wherethe student body could enter photographs to be voted in four different categories. Nature/scenery, People, Open/Creative, and Slideshow. I entered in all the print categories, and won 1st and 2nd place in the scenery and people categories respectively. Evie entered a slideshow […]

Some (Happy) Holidays

January 19, 2009

What a rare blessing it has been to see both our families within a month! First we spent Thanksgiving in California with the Jones clan and then off to Oklahoma for time with the Shaw clan. It was filled with surprises of seeing “long lost” family members (Scott Shaw, I am still mad at you;) […]

Holding the Ropes

December 6, 2008

Praying for missionaries already in service either stateside or overseas is a huge part of the experience here in Missouri. “Hold the Ropes” (or HTR) is a ministry of the students here in training that takes place every day during the long break between classes. I feel myself at times disenchanted at the thought of […]