Monthly Archive for October, 2007

New Bela Video

It was brought to our attention that we have not had new video of Bela up recently. Well, ask and you shall receive!

Here is a video of Miss Big Girl trying to drink out of a glass…

She has been doing grabbing at and drinking from our cups for about a month. :)

Here are a few random pics too!

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A trip to the Zoo

Today Bela, Catrina, Mom, a friend from church and I went to the Minnesota Zoo! Bela of coarse posed a lot! I found out today that she really loves watching dolphins!

Bela at the Zoo
She also enjoyed climbing (with mommies help) in the land o lakes jungle gym( thank you grandma Karen!)

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Overall it was a fun and tiring day for Bela!

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October 2007 Newsletter

Hey Everyone, :)
We just sent out the newest edition of “The Knock” for the first time through email. If you missed it, you can view a web edition here.
If we missed your email for this newsletter, you can subscribe to our newsletter.
:( Some of you may have noticed that the site has been a bit buggy with things like the sidebar disappearing and “inline comments” not working. I am working on new theme for our site that will take care of these issues. It will look very similar to this theme, most of the changes will be bug fixes.
Thanks for checking in on us, and keep coming back to see what God is doing!

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God’s Plans for us and Ecuador

We have been in prayer and seeking God’s will for our lives for the next step now that we have graduated Bethany.

God has made it clear to us that Bethany College of Missions is not going in a direction that aligns with the vision and calling He has put on our lives. Realizing that, we felt led to not go on internship with Bethany. Bethany has been restructuring the program over the last two years, and to make a long story short, it is a very different program than what we signed up for.

What’s Next?

We have been talking with our sending organization M.E.D.E. (Misión Evangélica del Ecuador) and our friends and mission partners The Masons and we have started the plans for our permanent placement in Ecuador.

This is an exciting and nervous time as we plan for this huge step.

This April, the three of us will be traveling to Ecuador to work with M.E.D.E. to see what locations and ministries God can use our gifts in most effectively. After the three month trip, we will return to Minnesota to expand our ministry partners, and prepare for the final move to Ecuador!

We are excited, nervous, and anxious to see what God has in store!

How can you help?

There are many ways that you can support our ministry…
Pray for us - Pray for the next steps in our lives, and clear guidance.
Partner with our ministry - Join our support team!
Contact Us - Contact us to encourage us, and let us know your needs.
Pledge Finances - Bless us with financial giving. (Our Budget)
Connect us with ministries - If you know of a church, business, or ministry that may want to partner with us, let us know!

We pursue God’s calling on our lives as we follow the path He has laid before us!
THANK YOU, for your prayers, guidance, and thoughts as we continue our ministry. God Bless you!

Cooking for a wedding

This weekend was some friends of ours(from Bethany) wedding. The bride actually asked Rob to cook for the wedding so he was really excited for that! Well when we got there we found out the help that Rob was getting for cooking wasn’t coming until half an hour before the serving time so I was in the kitchen too! It was a lot of work and a lot of chicken! we cooked so much chicken so I’ve decieded not to look at chicken for a month. It all went once we were done!

Then there was the ride home! I never mentioned this but the wedding was in Wisconsin. So going there it was a five hour drive. Coming back…. Eight and half hours!!

These last two day we have recuperating from this long weekend!