What to Pack?
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 4 Comments »Every Christmas we get toiletries in our stocking from my parents. This year, Mom was asking what we plan to stock up on from the US and what we plan to purchase in the Ukraine. That question has forced us to go through ...
So Long Chicago
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Last week we went downtown Chicago twice; once with Ben's family; another with high school friends Bob & Lexie. We thought we'd take advantage of the 50 degree week in this normally cold town.(But I just checked weather.com for Kiev, Ukr. and their ...
Thanksgiving Top 10
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Words can never really capture thankfulness, can they? Top 10 Reasons for us to Praise God Today (#4-10 in no order) #1 Jesus, who is working in our lives, changing us and helping us become more obedient to God. What a process! #2 Our Marriage ...
Catching Up on Some Reading
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »As we are in this holding pattern before we leave for the Ukraine, we've been able to read more. Our friend's blog always profiles the books their family is reading. I thought that was a neat idea. So here is ...
Alpha
Saturday, November 18th, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 3 Comments »Tuesday I had the joy of returning to my women's Bible study group that was started back in early 2006. For the past few years, I've been involved with ALPHA (www.alpha.org), a 14 week course about the fundamentals of Christianity, ...
Joys & Disappointments
Saturday, November 18th, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 4 Comments »It's about 1AM in Chicago right now, and I am not tired. We arrived here yesterday afternoon. As usual, it is fun to be back and spend time with family. It is starting to sink in more that we will be leaving so ...
Our Adult Small Group
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 3 Comments »Over the past week, we're reminded how much we appreciate the adult Bible study/small group that we've been in since March'03. These are the friends who knew us before we became youth leaders, before we decided to pursue mission work. ...
Farewell Manhattan & Philadelphia
Friday, November 10th, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 4 Comments »One of our favorite things about moving to NJ is the proximity to big cities. We've had a lot of fun visiting Manhattan over the past 4 years, and we got to go one last time on Tues. We visited some friends (thanks Noel&Alexa) ...
What Exactly is it that You Do Here?
Monday, November 6th, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »This blog title is a great line from Office Space. It also represents the question that many people ask us, now that our jobs at Lockheed Martin and our required training are over. We find ourselves answering "there are a lot of ...
Prayer for our Condo Sale
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »PLEASE pray for the sale of our condo in God's perfect timing. We desperately want to sell & close before 2007. We are asking God for wisdom and discernment about what to do in the case that it doesn't sell, ...