The Copeland Ramblings/

Bike to Africa – Today!

Today’s the day! Starting at 8am, Ken and Brendan will be biking 200kms to raise money to ship our supplies and belongings to Guinea. So far we have $1400 in sponsors! Visit http://biketoafrica.co.nr for all the details including a map with current location, live video interviews and up to the minute text updates! The live [...]

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Bike to Africa – TOMORROW!!

Our Bike to Africa event is tomorrow!  In case you haven’t heard about it, my brother Ken and a friend Brendan are biking 200km (125 miles) tomorrow to raise money to ship our belongings and supplies to Guinea next spring.  People are sponsoring per km or mile or even a flat amount. Their big bike [...]

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28.08.2008 Family1 Comment

Lots of Fun – Without Mom and Dad!

Yesterday was a day full of appointments at the hospital and our midwives.  Debra had to get an important shot and it took all day to get the paperwork and tests accomplished.  Thankfully, Canaan didn’t have to sit through all of that!  Debra’s Aunt Leah and Uncle Peter took him for the day and from [...]

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Bike to Africa Update!

Only one more week before the Bike to Africa bike-a-thon! Next Saturday Ken and Brendan will bike 200kms to raise money for our shipment to Guinea next spring. People are pledging either per KM or mile or giving one time gifts. All donations are tax deductible! So far, $660 has been pledged, we are very [...]

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22.08.2008 Family1 Comment

Freebie

Yesterday we were in a store here in Mount Forest when Canaan spied a great looking toy Camaro on the shelf.  It was only a dollar (which I thought I had in my pocket at that point) so I picked up and to his delight put it into his hands.  He was overjoyed and spent [...]

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18.08.2008 Family3 Comments

A Good View

The small town of Mount Forest where we are temporarily residing has been under construction for quite some time now.  Yes, the entire town!  The main street is dug down about 10 feet and crews are working on virtually everyother street in town running fiber optic lines.  Canaan has absolutely loved it, there are always [...]

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News Mishmash

It’s been ages (or at least it seems like it) since we last posted so I thought I would give a brief update.  We have been keeping very busy as we finish setting up home and start to tackle other projects.  I’ve been very busy keeping up French as well as helping our church with [...]

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99 days to go 181 down!

Well we are finally in the double digits! 99 days until the expected due date of our little one! I always look forward to this day! There is just something about being in the double digits that make it seem closer and like a lesser task! 280 days is a long time! The little guy [...]

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Congratulations Chris and Becky Prins!

Our good friends Chris and Becky were married today!  It was a great wedding, they made it very personal.  I left feeling like I new them a lot more than when I arrived.  Chris and Becky are both very musical and their love for music really showed, they both sang a few songs after the [...]

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06.08.2008 Family2 Comments

Water + Soap = Lots of Fun!

This summer we’ve been blessed with a nice big backyard which we’ve been taking advantage of it everyday!  Canaan loves to run around and even more fun lately has been the hose and a few buckets.  Today we added soap into the mix and Canaan had a blast!  I’m pretty sure he would have stayed [...]

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