It is great to back up and running with this blog spot. Thanks for your feedback.
Tomorrow is fun festival for Jalen and Kaya at school and so after school they can run around and have a great time. The different classes have each set up a little booth, something like you would see at a carnival, and then the different children get to go around and try each thing out. It is a great time for the kids.
Janna has been teaching some of the local kids English on Wednesdays and yesterday the children stayed for 2 hours just wanting to color and learn english. What a great way for Janna to be involved in the local kids lives. God has been good in giving us opportunity to serve.
Lately Janna and I have been praying that God would give us the courage to use use the opportunities that He already has given us to serve Him, to talk to others about our joy, and to love others. May God bless.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Wow long time...
Wow has it ever been a long time since Janna or I has written anything on this blogspot. We are happy to say that we now have a way that we are able to access it!! So once again I will try to update it regularly on things that are happening out here. Sorry about the inconvience to everyone.
School is now already 1/4 of the way done for the year and we are continuially amazed at how time is flying by. The school year is going well and the kids are loving school. Jalen is currently in grade 2 and Kaya is in Kindergarten. Kaya absolutely adores her teacher and is learning (at what we think) is an amazing rate. The teacher here has them learn a bible verse for every letter of the alphabet and so the other day Janna and I were quizzing Kaya on her memory verses. Unbelievable, my eyes could not help but water as she wizzed through all the memory verses that she has done from A - J. What a blessing to be able to have this type of education while we are trying to follow God's will in our lives.
This past sunday our pastor spoke on the parable of the talents. What a great reminder to be using what God has given us for him. Last night one of my friends came over and wanted to talk with me. He had a need which he asked me about and then we began talking about what we think our talents are and how we are using them for Him. What an amazing time of sharing and trying to encourage. He is a national guy who will be celebrating his 30 birthday in November. God use us.
School is now already 1/4 of the way done for the year and we are continuially amazed at how time is flying by. The school year is going well and the kids are loving school. Jalen is currently in grade 2 and Kaya is in Kindergarten. Kaya absolutely adores her teacher and is learning (at what we think) is an amazing rate. The teacher here has them learn a bible verse for every letter of the alphabet and so the other day Janna and I were quizzing Kaya on her memory verses. Unbelievable, my eyes could not help but water as she wizzed through all the memory verses that she has done from A - J. What a blessing to be able to have this type of education while we are trying to follow God's will in our lives.
This past sunday our pastor spoke on the parable of the talents. What a great reminder to be using what God has given us for him. Last night one of my friends came over and wanted to talk with me. He had a need which he asked me about and then we began talking about what we think our talents are and how we are using them for Him. What an amazing time of sharing and trying to encourage. He is a national guy who will be celebrating his 30 birthday in November. God use us.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Saskatoon
Quite something to be in Saskatoon again and it has been great seeing everyone. We will leave on Sunday to the Watrous area and then on to Herbert. If you would like to get in touch with us please contact Janna's parents and we would love to hear from you.
God is good and is really blessing us with the relationships that we have. It is great to see people and reconnect. Please continue to pray for our kids as they just are not that settled with all the visiting and moving around that we have done and will be doing. It just is not easy on the children to always be waiting for their parents to be done visiting. They are doing great but just do not quite know where they fit and what they should be doing.
Once again thanks for the support and I really hope that we can connect with as many people as possible on this trip. See you soon.
God is good and is really blessing us with the relationships that we have. It is great to see people and reconnect. Please continue to pray for our kids as they just are not that settled with all the visiting and moving around that we have done and will be doing. It just is not easy on the children to always be waiting for their parents to be done visiting. They are doing great but just do not quite know where they fit and what they should be doing.
Once again thanks for the support and I really hope that we can connect with as many people as possible on this trip. See you soon.
Monday, June 02, 2008
Back in Canada
Wow sorry that this has taken so long to update. I do have a good reason... The computer department in Sentani decided to upgrade the firewall and so all of a sudden my blogger pages were blocked. I will be getting this all fixed when I return after this summer.
Anyway we are back in Canada for the summer and not quite used to the cold. WE arrived in Vancouver on June 1st and are freezing. I think that we are going to need to go shopping right away for warmer clothes. Our trip went well and God answered all prayers in terms of the children and safety. We feel so blessed right now to be in my parents house and seeing some of our family.
School ended well and as always the goodbyes are so hard. It is just that you never know if you are going to be seeing the people again. Especially hard this time was saying good bye to some of my teaching friends. We made good friends from Northern Ireland and the States and none of them are returning to the school next year and so that was difficult. We know that it is just part of the missionary lifestyle to always be saying goodbye it is just that it still is difficult.
We are here in Canada until the end of July so please get in touch with us if you can. Looking forward to seeing all of you.
Anyway we are back in Canada for the summer and not quite used to the cold. WE arrived in Vancouver on June 1st and are freezing. I think that we are going to need to go shopping right away for warmer clothes. Our trip went well and God answered all prayers in terms of the children and safety. We feel so blessed right now to be in my parents house and seeing some of our family.
School ended well and as always the goodbyes are so hard. It is just that you never know if you are going to be seeing the people again. Especially hard this time was saying good bye to some of my teaching friends. We made good friends from Northern Ireland and the States and none of them are returning to the school next year and so that was difficult. We know that it is just part of the missionary lifestyle to always be saying goodbye it is just that it still is difficult.
We are here in Canada until the end of July so please get in touch with us if you can. Looking forward to seeing all of you.
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