One down, many more to go!

What a year it has been! God has blessed us so richly and surprised us so much! To see for yourself, you can browse around the archives for the site… there’s tons to look at.

For our anniversary yesterday we had a full day. We first went to the Mall of America to see “No Reservations”. The movie was comically romantic, and not bad for a chick-flick?. After that we went to the Solara restaurant in Downtown Minneapolis. We had a mixed experience there.

We had originally made reservations for the Patio at the restaurant. When we got there, there was loud music, and the ambience was more for a college bar, than a romantic dinner. We asked the concierge for a table inside, and they quickly seated us in a beautiful candle-lit booth in the near empty restaurant.

The service and the food left much to be desired. After 10 min, our waitress came and took our drink orders. She explained that the menu there was a bit different than most places. “The plates (tapas) are smaller, and priced between $6 and $10” We thought it would be cook to sample the different foods on the menu. We didn’t realize how “smaller” can be such a relative term.

I had ordered a spare rib dish, and toasted bread with prucheta ham and some fancy cheese. Kirstie had ordered some fried goat cheese balls. After 20 minutes, to our surprise, we received a 1.5 by 2 inch cut of ribs, 6 – ½ inch cheese balls, and 3 – 3 inch Italian bread ham and cheese sandwiches. We did the math and estimated for us to get full; we would be there for two hours at a cost of $120-150. Maybe we’re not gourmets, but we were not impressed with the food, especially at the cost.

So what do two college kids do? Go to Applebee’s!

After visiting Lake Calhoun, and the Walker Art Center, Kirstie and I had some GREAT food and dessert at Applebee’s, our long time date spot.

We rejoice at our first year together and look forward to many more. Thank you all for your prayers and support of our ministry and family!

  Guess what? Yet again it is time for Rob, Isabela, and  myself to move again. This time to my parents new home  in apple valley. We will be slowly moving our stuff in this up coming week! It is nice having the help of my parents during this time! Please pray for us that we don’t get stressed at this time of change!

Wow… My Dad is AWESOME…

As a graduation present (and motivation to meet his granddaughter) my Dad is flying us out to his home in Hawaii for 3 weeks following our graduation from Bethany on August 17th. This is a huge blessing. After full-time classes, and working over 30 hours a week in different ministries, this vacation will be a much needed break.

We are so thankful that God continues to give us blessing, big and small.

Isabela’s head is still doing well. And Kirstie’s parents are near the end of all of the hoops of buying and selling houses.

Prayer Request

Kirstie and I are working on what we are doing in the time between graduation and leaving for Ecuador in January. Kirstie and I had hoped that our support would be sufficient enough at this point where we could devote our time to full time ministry (Global Harvest Outreach, Plymouth Covenant Youth, and teaching English to Spanish speakers).

At this point in time we only have about 20% commitment of what we need to cover our monthly expenses.

I will most likely be looking for some IT contract work to cover our expenses while we are here. As an IT professional, most companies expect employees to have career prospects, and God revealed to me that my calling is not to corporate America. So finding a job may prove difficult.

We are praying for God’s will, and ask you to join with us.
Please pray that God will either present me with a good job opportunity, or provide the funds we need to stay in full time ministry,
Thank you all, God Bless you!