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Back in Colorado

May 26, 2011

We said our goodbyes to friends and family in Michigan on Friday of last week and have already been in the lovely state of Colorado for three and a half days. Our trip went well…for the most part anyway! We had a good drive to Missouri and spent the evening at NTM’s Missions Training Center […]

On The Road Once Again

May 21, 2011

We are heading to CO tomorrow bright and early! Keep us in your prayers as we travel the next few days and as we settle in for the next 10ish weeks. It’s going to be a busy summer and we’re excited! See you on the other side.

Piles of Homework…and Ice Cream

May 12, 2011

It’s true. We have had piles of homework! Just this morning I finished all of the homework for 1 Corinthians class, which may sound like I’m being a goody-two-shoes getting it done a week in advance. But, the truth is, our teacher graciously cut out 3 chapters of homework–I wanted to have all of next […]

Photo-riffic

May 4, 2011

Here are some photos to give you a little visual of what goes on while we’re in school. This is what we do on the weekends: Fire. Sitting. More fire. Usually game (Ticket to Ride) and a dessert ensues. Saturday nights are for family and fun, homework permitting, of course. My sisters are growing up […]

Pennsylvania Part 2

April 12, 2011

So, it wasn’t all play on the trip. We had homework to do. The general consensus after the break was that everyone spent about 8-10 hours on it–I spent about 8 hours during the break. But, there was a good, rustic, coffee shop downtown where we were able to read and write. They also had […]

Pennsylvania Part 1

April 11, 2011

I didn’t know that PA was so beautiful. We were blessed to be smack-dab in the middle of the state and enjoying the Appalachian countryside for our spring break. It was on the rainy side, but we played outside anyway, roaming through the forests, pushing down old trees. I actually have 137 pictures from the […]

Time for a change of lenses

March 16, 2011

My weeks seem defined by the amount of homework. This week, for example, has 4 tests and 8 homework assignments. I realized that it’s become a habit as of late to see my week through the lens of homework. So, instead I tried to look at it through a lens which I wore a bit […]

Refunds, Rewards and Rescue

March 1, 2011

I know, I should quit with the alliterated titles, but titling blog posts usually takes me 20 minutes if my gears are sticky. I have to say, I’m excited about all I’ve been exposed to and learned in the past week or so. We had the privilege to volunteer at the Detroit Rescue Mission on […]

Milkshakes, Minor Prophets, and Miracles

February 18, 2011

Well, as you might have guessed, we’re still wading through plenty of homework, moving into the Life of Christ (finally, the New Testament!), finishing up some of the exilic and post-exilic prophets (finally, they are smaller than Jeremiah!), and diving into Anthropology/Hamartiology (which is fancy theological terms for the study of man and sin). If […]

Maher-shalal-hash-baz?

February 5, 2011

Maher-shalal-hash-baz? Well, it most certainly wasn’t voted as one of the top ten boy names this year, but in the 6th century BC, it was top of the charts, along with Shear-Jashub–and for girls names (about fifty years earlier), it was Gomer. Well, as you might have guessed, we’re smackdab in the middle of our […]