The Copeland Ramblings/

Shipping and Monster Jam!

First I will try to give you an update from Guinea and then from California!
Norm is working so hard to get out house all packed up and shipped to Dakar. He has been sleeping about 5 hours a night so that he can get as much done as possible and try to work during the [...]

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Song that encouraged me this Sunday

This Sunday at church they sang two songs in a row that really meant a lot to me. We have really gone through a whirlwind of stuff lately… and sometimes it leaves us wanting to ask God, “WHY???” But every time I started to think that He reminded me of so many verses in the [...]

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He has landed!

I haven’t heard from Norm yet… but as the picture above show… he has landed in Conakry! I wish these flight status things were a little more personal… haha.
“Your husbands flight has landed safe and sound! He is doing great and had a good flight. Now you don’t have to worry!”
Haha! Anyway, I hope [...]

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He should be arriving soon!

I was able to talk to Norm a few times yesterday. He contacted me while he was in Paris, it was around 1:30am here. He said he hadn’t been able to sleep yet, but that he had finished his first book. He had an extra seat next to him! Praise the Lord. There had been [...]

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Flying…

Norm should be somewhere over the Atlantic right now. He had a great flight from LAX to Atlanta, he had wifi on the airplane! How fun was that! He had a 2 hour layover in Atlanta. He called and said that things were going well… He is reading a few books that he bought at [...]

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Just dropped Norm off at the airport

Thanks for praying and please continue to pray for Norman’s travels! I just got back from the airport. We got up at 4 this morning to get the last few things done and left at 5. My sister Kathleen was kind enough to come with me to keep me company on the way home. [...]

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05.02.2010 Family1 Comment

A couple pictures

Emmaus always likes to taste all of his Crayons!

This is how Emmaus colors: one or two crayons in his mouth and the rest in his hands.

Oh no! The crayon fell out of my mouth… now what do I do??

This smile is Canaan in a nutshell.

Canaan loves doing puzzles now. =)

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Smilie!

Things have been pretty crazy for us lately. But this smile always cheers us up! Thought you might enjoy it, too!

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Norm 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 [...]

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God 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 [...]

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