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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Ministry Update

It’s been a long time since our last update and and a really long time since our last update about our ministry in Guinea. We apologize for the silence on our end, I suppose it has been hard to write when we haven’t had many answers to share. We want to share with you today [...]

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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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Time Flies!

We are super busy packing, ordering and getting ready for Guinea! But I wanted to let yoy all know that EMMAUS IS SIX MONTHS OLD!!! Wow! He is such a joy and is really trying to get on the move. He is so close to crawling all over the house. He loves to be on [...]

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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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Part II: November 2008 Newsletter

Last month we sent out the first part of our three part series about us, our ministry and country of service.  Here is part 2!  In this issue you can read about our ministry, our time line, and the plan for a new guest house in Conakry.  The brochure version was mailed out yesterday so [...]

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Online Classes

As time passes before we leave for Guinea, it’s important to me to continue studying French, to keep what I learned and hopefully even improve.  Speaking is the most important thing right now, I can study as much as I want in my books but I need to be using my French if I want [...]

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A Great Opportunity

Yesterday I had the opportunity to go to my old highschool and share in a french class about Guinea!  My friend Jannah is their teacher and asked me if I would be willing to share.  I was a little nervous at the beginning but it really was a lot of fun and the kids seemed [...]

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October 2008 Newsletter

Our October 2008 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 few days. You can download the PDF version here.
It’s been far too long since our last newsletter so we’ve decided to take the next few [...]

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SonWorld Adventure Park

Today was a strange day.  For months we and a group of others from our church have been preparing a Kids Day called SonWorld adventure park.  It was similar to a Vacation Bible School but just for one afternoon.  We did a lot of promotion, particularly last weekend at the Shelburne fall fair.  We gave [...]

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