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 […]

Webfast Wacktivities

October 10, 2013

What do you do when there’s no google? I’m sure everyone responds differently, but I took an awful lot of picture of bugs. I don’t know if was because of the webfast or coincidence, but we ended up doing some other odd stuff this past month too. Here’s a few:We kept finding stick bugs–this one […]

I Can Plumb and Read!

September 8, 2013

Our training here in Missouri is all about us getting involved and engaged with the world around us. They figure if we’re not doing it now, why would we assume it’s going to happen instantly when we cross over an ocean or a continent! Our training is comprehensive in that it is designed to force […]

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 […]

People Part II, Community?!

September 1, 2013

Okay, so maybe you’ve heard the buzzword “community” one too many times, or maybe it sounds cult-ish, conjuring up ideas of hippies living in communes with a lot of smoke and a general lack of hygiene. It’s pretty new concept for me–community, that is, not the lack of hygiene! We got a tinsy taste of […]

People! Part I

August 22, 2013

I have a collection of pictures and things that happened that didn’t get posted during the summer. They were tiny adventures or a few hours here and there that made our summer such a good one. I’m very thankful for the good things that I was blessed with–those “good things” came in the form of […]

Up in the Woods

July 8, 2013

Just this past Monday as we were finally winding our way up the pass and into the mountains when we saw something that made our breath catch in our throats. It was the sight of a thin trail of smoke coming from the trees. This was the second time I’d seen something like it this […]

And then there was VBS

July 6, 2013

VBS is a big week for our church. It takes hours of planning and hard work. I loved praying with about five women every morning before it started as we looked forward to what God would do that day! The kids hear truth all week and God always seems to be vividly at work as […]

Early Summer

July 6, 2013

I’m not sure how many weeks into our summer we’ve gone or how many are left, but I can count on one hand how many days I’ve spent by myself, which is so very different from previous years. This is a good thing mind you! You might have been deceived in the past into thinking […]

Popsicles and Bees

June 14, 2013

Payton’s brother Austin made a visit out to us at the MTC after he got back from Afghanistan! Everything was crazy as the semester came to an end, but he was able to jump right in. He got to check out our TPR (langauge-learning) class and see what life on campus looks like. But, one […]