Goodbye Canada!
This last Saturday we left sunny California for our other home: Ontario, Canada. We arrived late Saturday night and have had a great time with family. It is our last time with Canadian family and friends before our departure for Guinea on August 4th. In some ways, I feel like we are leaving for Guinea [...]
Read onNorm is 27!!!
Today was Norm’s 27th birthday! Luckily for him, while we were out to dinner, our server thought that it was his 21st birthday! He must not have seen the gray hairs on the back of his head!! =)
I am so blessed to have him as my husband and best friend! I could not imagine [...]
Garage Sale – Part Deux
Today we held our second garage sale. Almost three months ago friends and family started donating items for us to sell. We had the first garage sale a month and a half a ago and finally had the second this morning. Our street was packed all morning and we made a few hundred dollars. Thanks [...]
Read onMay 2009 Newsletter
Here it is, another newsletter! Most of you should already have received it in the mail. You can download it below by clicking on the image. If you would like to receive it in the mail, you can sign up here.
Enjoy!
Shipment #2 – On a slow trip to Guinea
Well, it’s been an interesting day. I won’t rehash the details since Debra wrote about it a few hours ago but after all the rain and interesting news we finally arrived at the shipping company with our shipment! It felt great to see it get piled onto a pallet and ready to go. Here’s a [...]
Read onGod is in control! That is our comfort!
ALL WE CAN DO IS PRAISE GOD!
We have been having a whirlwind of a day! A roller coaster for sure! As you know we have been busily packing up our supplies for Africa! The due date was set at June 12th so we had to ship all of our stuff out today so that [...]
Shipment #2 – Departing in the morning!
There it is, shipment number 2! It is packed and ready to go for the morning. Tomorrow at 10am we are going to haul it all down to a warehouse near Los Angeles where it will then be transported to Missouri then in a couple of weeks on to North Carolina. At that point it [...]
Read onGoogle Voice + Gizmo5 = Cheaper calls to Guinea
One thing that is VERY important to Debra and I is communication. We believe that with the tools available today there’s no reason we can’t keep in fairly close contact with you all no matter where in the world we are. We’ve been asking questions about what our communication situation will be in Guinea. Internet [...]
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