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.
Friday, June 13, 2008
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.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Janna in Singapore
We are more than half way through Janna, Jalen, and Kaya's trip to Singapore. I am still alive and surviving here at home in Papua. God continues to bless us with answered prayer. Some of the most recent examples are paperwork, tournament, safe travels, and the list could go on. We want to thank all of you for your continued support and prayer.
The Basketball tournament ended up very well, we played a team from Jayapura in the final and were tied with them in the fourth quarter. Then my big man got fouled out and we were in trouble, we kept playing tough and had a great game losing by 8 or something like that. The kids stepped up and played better basketball than they had all year and that was great to see.
Friday morning Janna, Jalen, and Kaya return so please keep praying for their safety as they travel.
The Basketball tournament ended up very well, we played a team from Jayapura in the final and were tied with them in the fourth quarter. Then my big man got fouled out and we were in trouble, we kept playing tough and had a great game losing by 8 or something like that. The kids stepped up and played better basketball than they had all year and that was great to see.
Friday morning Janna, Jalen, and Kaya return so please keep praying for their safety as they travel.
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
First night of tournament
What a night! The first night of the tournament is over and what a night it was. I arived at school at 7:20 am and did not step into the house until 9:45 pm. Now does that sound like fun or what. Looking into the crowd of people though it was worth it. So many people enjoying the game of basketball. Only a couple of twists. One team decided not to show so I had to make a new schedule, not really surprising in Indonesia. One of the games was crazy. One player thrown out of the gym, one coach thrown out of the gym, and probably about 5 other technical fouls. Wild!
The coach wanted to stay in the gym and so I escorted him out and told him that if he was going to act like this then he could no longer be a part of this tournament. We will see how he acts today. If it is like yesterday then I will ask him not to come back on Friday or Saturday.
Anyway glad the first night is over and now only 3 days left.
The coach wanted to stay in the gym and so I escorted him out and told him that if he was going to act like this then he could no longer be a part of this tournament. We will see how he acts today. If it is like yesterday then I will ask him not to come back on Friday or Saturday.
Anyway glad the first night is over and now only 3 days left.
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