Seeing with New Eyes

July 29, 2011

One of my favorite quotes is by French novelist Marcel Proust, “The real act of discovery is not in finding new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.” Certainly when Proust made this insightful statement he didn’t have in mind the content of this blog! 🙂 Back in the spring, while we were still in […]

And Then We Were in Oregon

July 29, 2011

Last week was a whirlwind. You know the beginning of the movie Wizard of Oz where Dorothy is hiding in her house as the tornado hits? Then she blacks out and wakes up in a new world unable to recall how she got there? Well, thats what last week was like… except instead of starting […]

Meeting Dennis McCallum

July 15, 2011

A couple nights ago I was able accomplish one of my “fun” goals while being back in the States for this maternity leave. My brother-in-law Davy, future brother-in-law Nathan (in one week) and I went to go see one of my favorite authors teach at his church in Columbus, Ohio! We aren’t supposed to put […]

Family, Friends & Goals

May 29, 2011

Wow. We have already been home for a month and a half. For sure, it has flown by! Our last few weeks have been met with an endless supply of encouragement from guests visiting our home, mostly missionaries preparing to leave for the field or fresh off the field on home assignment like Beth & […]

Mileage to Missouri

May 11, 2011

About a month ago, we contacted our home church in Adrian, MI with a need to borrow someone’s car for a short trip we were thinking of making down to Missouri, upon our return to America. A few people offered their car’s to us, but one couple in our church really wanted to rent a […]

Our First Week Back

April 27, 2011

We have arrived back home in the United States for our maternity leave! We will be home for the next 4-5 months, with most of our time spend in Michigan and some in Oregon. It is strange being home. On the drive from the Detroit airport to our home further south in Michigan we soaked […]

“Welcome Home, Sir.”

April 26, 2011

After nearly fifty hours of travel through eight airports, seven airplanes, three countries, two delays and spanning over eight thousand miles we are safely back home in the United States! We were very thankful that the local airport was opened in time for our departure. If you are on our email update list, you would […]