The Copeland Ramblings/

Two Weeks Left

I suddenly realized this morning that my first semester of language study is drawing to a close with only two weeks to go! It caught me by surprise and I was suddenly excited and scared at the same time. Lots of questions flooded my mind like, ‘have I learned as much French as [...]

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25.11.2007 Family2 Comments

More Car Trouble…

This month we’ve really been getting to know our mechanic (not to mention the plumber as well) and it looks like we will be paying the mechanic another visit. After 3 visits to the mechanic already, for a blown cam seal as well as regular maintenance issues, we thought that we were done with [...]

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«Ma Ville»

School work has been insane this last week causing a few less blog posts than usual, but I thought that I would at least write about what’s causing our busyness.  A few weeks ago we were given the details of our final presentation that is due in December.  The presentation is called «Ma Ville» which [...]

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Thanksgiving Snow Storm

Happy American Thanksgiving! And if you are in California I have something that you should be thankful for!! =) That you aren’t experiencing this….

We are getting a nice dumping of snow today! We were wondering if Norm would be able to [...]

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20.11.2007 Misc.No Comments

Car Update

After our car melt down yesterday, I met Debra at the shop and the mechanics immediately put it up on the hoist. To make a long story short it turned out that our problem wasn’t caused by the recent oil change but by a blown cam seal. I don’t know a lot about [...]

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Fuite d’huile!

or in english: Oil Leak! Debra called this morning with the news that on the way to see her tutor the oil warning light came on. She pulled over to find that the oil was just pouring out underneath the car. I was about to leave for school but am staying home [...]

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Let’s Go Remparts!

After supper yesterday I received a call from Denis, a friend from our church here in Québec City. He told me that he has season tickets to the Québec Remparts and was looking for some one to join him! Sounded like fun to me and it wasn’t long before we were seated amongst nearly [...]

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Autumn 2007 Newsletter

Our Autumn 2007 newsletter is finally finished and in the mail! If you have signed up in the past or usually receive them you should get yours in the next couple of weeks. We wanted to share our newsletter with new friends in Québec and thanks to our friend Carolle we have a [...]

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12.11.2007 Fun, Misc.7 Comments

Free Rice

For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. ~ Matthew 25:35
While in Guinea we witnessed many of the hardships of those who live there. One major struggle we witnessed was of course hunger. [...]

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09.11.2007 Family5 Comments

Colds and Coughs

Canaan has been absent from his nursery due to a lingering cough and cold.  About a week ago he started to develop a deep sounding cough which progressively got worse through out the week.  A cold came with it and his nose has been running like a faucet.  Normally he goes to the nursery Monday, [...]

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