Apartment

August 16, 2011

Yesterday an apartment for us was found in Senegal. The apartment sounds just perfect for us. It is on the 3rd floor of the same building where we will be doing our language school everyday. It has a separate bedroom and bathroom for Tori, our nanny. The rooms are a good size for Senegal. Our […]

Work Progress

August 9, 2011

Shed Our shed is now close to completion, minus the ever important front door that should get put on this week. Joel has been working on this project for over 2 weeks and it looks amazing. It has been fun to be involved in building something from nothing. It will be so nice to have […]

Beach Trip and More…

July 20, 2011

Beach We got an amazing opportunity to be at Long Beach for the 4th of July. We traveled there for a week with our boys and Joel’s sister Becca. This time was a gift from God. It was an important opportunity to relax and fellowship together. The boys loved the pool and the beach and […]

Summer and Sizzle!

June 26, 2011

This week our church hosted a Vacation Bible School in Nazarath. Joel and I were each responsible for a family of children that we got to travel with and teach. Throughout the week we experienced the market place of Nazarath, visited Mary, and played many games. It was a lot of work, but also a joy to be […]

School’s Out

June 20, 2011

This year I could not have asked for better experience in teaching. I was blessed by God just to have a job, but as the year went on I realized that I was blessed in many more ways. The students at Heritage high school made such an impact on my life. It was neat to […]

Our Belongings Have Arrived!

May 9, 2011

The summer is quickly arriving and we can really feel the clock ticking. We got notice that our stuff has arrived in Africa and is waiting for us there. Praise God that everything arrived safely! We are staring at the calendar as it quickly fills up and realizing that these next months are going to […]

We’re back

April 24, 2011

We are now back in Portland. Our trip to Haiti was amazing. The beginning was a great relaxing time with family and then time with the team was very productive. God really blessed our time and the work the team set out to accomplish. The boys did amazing with the traveling. Even when tired! It […]

Adventures in Haiti

April 3, 2011

Wednesday we left for our trip to Haiti. It was quite an adventure at the airport with mistakes made on our boarding passes and baggage. We almost missed our connecting flight, but by God’s grace we made it here on time! The boys did fabulous sleeping through the long flight and running at command. Joel […]

Haiti Relief Trip

March 10, 2011

A year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti and estimates say only about 5% of the debris has been cleared – let alone rebuilding! We have the chance to lead a team from our church to do some relief work in April. We are excited about this opportunity to work in Haiti and to do […]

What we have been up to

February 4, 2011

These last couple months we have been scrambling to pack up stuff to send to the field. We got word that they were sending a shipping container which is about 1/3 the cost. We have been gooing through all our kitchen and household items that we have had packed away since before training, sorting things, […]