Tradeoffs: Minimizing Chaos

September 13, 2016

Here’s a look at how our daily habits and mindsets have started to change as we’re navigating language study and lots of moving: Transitions are by nature hard. You kind of have to go back into “survival mode” and do only the necessary things.…sickness, lack of sleep, and emergencies often force us to take care […]

A Day Like Today

April 20, 2016

Sometimes you have days like this: You start losing the 3 week battle with the tiny ants and are mostly just glad they’re not crawling on your skin at the moment, so you let them have at the puddle of sweet tea on the counter. This also means you’ve spent considerable time hiding food on top […]

Not So Different

April 3, 2015

Welcome to our new surroundings! We’re just beginning to find our way around our neighborhood as well as explore the city nearby. We’re not really allowed to drive yet because the traffic here takes some getting used to. For now we’re content walking and riding the little public transportation vans! They cost only about $0.25 […]

Travlin’ across ‘Merica

October 9, 2014

Our drive from MI to CA was daunting to say the least. I myself have never made the complete journey. I remember my dad driving our moving truck out there with a friend back in 1990 and probably in 1995 when we returned to MI after seminary was over. But, golly gee, it’s not very […]

Goodbyes

January 6, 2014

We did it! We graduated! And we met some amazing people in the process, which really did make it hard to say goodbyes and pack up. Whether it was our small group (elinc) or just working at the front desk for three semesters, I got to spend a lot of time with all sorts of […]

Flashback: The Last Week of MTC

January 5, 2014

The last week of school was quite memorable, while at the same time it sped by far too fast. We had a random assortment of Practical Skills classes to finish up. We dabbled in auto mechanics (very basic), with the basic rule of thumb being keep up on your maintenance if you get a vehicle […]

Back to the Ozarks

September 3, 2013

I can’t say that I like traveling the 12 hours back to Missouri. It’s always hard to leave Colorado behind, but this time, I was feeling that itch to return to my own bed–well, and to finish school for that matter. (We’re only one semester away!)The drive wasn’t really that bad. We enjoyed listening to […]

MTC – Our First Few Days

August 21, 2012

All of our earthly possessions arrived Thursday night via our friends the Millers and Cizdziels, for which we were utterly thankful! We were excited to know that our use of camping sporks was almost over. It was great to see familiar faces again and enjoy catching up. We explored the campus and met new people. They […]

Catch Up: Moms, Tea, and Finishing up

May 28, 2012

For the first time at WCC, the men hosted the monthly potluck in honor of the mothers. They did all of the cooking, set up, serving, and clean up! They did a great job. And they also got a sweet goodbye cake for Payton and I! And then there was the beautiful Ladies Tea hosted […]

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 […]