The Copeland Ramblings/

Lunch with Grandma Lynn

Besides preparing for our move to Guinea, one of our main purposes of living in both Canada and California before departing is to be able to spend time with our friends and family. We are loving it and today was no exception. We met Great Grandma Lynn at d’Amores and she had the opportunity to [...]

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The Newest CHP Recruit

We haven’t yet been able to settle down yet into any sort of routine for a couple of reasons: our belongings aren’t here yet and our apartment isn’t ready yet. Despite those things, we’ve been busy collecting donations from the church. People have been generously giving items to furnish and outfit our new apartment. We [...]

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California!

We’ve arrived, even if Canaan doesn’t know it. He’s been geared up for weeks and has talked non stop about California. Now that we are here, he keeps on asking when we are going to California! Both boys did wonderfully on the flights, Canaan played and watched TV while Emmaus slept. He cried a couple [...]

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On the move

Goodbye Canada! Today we crossed the border into the United States! Although we will be back into Canada for a couple very short visits, we likely won’t be living there for another four years or so! It was a strange feeling but exciting none the less to be moving on to another stage in our [...]

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Quick update!

Norm and Uncle Peter are on there way to Kitchener to drop all the boxes off at the trucking company! We ended up with 31 boxes to go to California and 14 to go to Missouri and ultimately Guinea! We did it! Now to tie up a few loose ends and clean out the house! [...]

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Wow, what a week!

I decided to take a few minutes out to put up a quick update. I spent the weekend in Québec, it was a very rewarding, fun experience! During our time in Québec we met a lot of people and made a lot of friends, most of which are from one church that we went to. [...]

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Québec Bound

I’m sitting in the Toronto Airport, super tired but excited about my trip to Québec City. I’ve been planning on making this trip for a while but Emmaus and Christmas got in the way :o) While we were studying French in Québec we went to a great inviting church. We’ve kept in close contact with [...]

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06.01.2009 Family1 Comment

6 weeks

Today our little boy is 6 weeks old! Sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday and sometimes it feels like he was always a part of the family. We love him so much and are so glad to have him! He is definitely a fussy boy at times and very time consuming, which makes [...]

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Guinea Coup d’État Update

I posted a couple of days ago about the situation in Guinea. Lansana Conté, the previous president of Guinea died on December 22nd. Hours later a group declared a coup d’état and suspended the constitution and government. While the international community in general has spoken out against the coup, the people of Guinea seem quite [...]

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