Welcome to our blog! Since we've heard from so many people that they miss us having a website where we post updates & photos, we figured it was time to enter the 21st century & finally establish a blog. We will do our best to keep this updated with what's happening with our family, our ministry & also new photos that we have. Our first post is going to be long as we are including our prayer letter (way over due...)!
We'd love to hear from you, so feel free to leave comments & suggestions & we'll do our best to keep in touch & use this blog as much as possible.
Summer prayer letter:
In the midst of our annual fast paced summer, we'd like to give you an update of what is going on in our lives.
As many of you know, this year has brought with it some very unusual and trying times as we lost Mom (Branda) to cancer in March, just 1 year after we lost Dad. We have learned in a deeper way how God's grace can surround us and comfort us, as well as how God's people can surround & comfort us. Mom's home-going has been bitter sweet...bitter in the sense that we greatly miss her and have lost a strong prayer warrior, but sweet in the fact that she is now with the Lord and is also able to be with Dad again and loved ones who have gone on before. Some days are difficult as we miss having Mom here with us, but we rejoice in the fact that we will be with her again some day. It is difficult to understand how those who have no hope can cope with death.
Dan did a lot of traveling to different schools this spring, talking with students & promoting opportunities for service. He has also visited churches, talking with individuals & couples who are seeking God's will as they take the step of pursuing full-time career missions.
Debbie has been busy caring for our home & Aurora, and working 3 days/week at ABWE while Aurora was in school. During the summer she works mostly from home, helping with special projects in the President's office.
Aurora continues to bring such a dynamic into our family. She is growing like a weed & seems to talk non-stop. She recently sang in her first musical at church, had her first ballet recital, & just completed a week of worship arts day camp. Last week she participated in Game Day Central at our annual ME Conference. She went from 8 AM to 9 PM each day non-stop! She's looking forward to starting second grade - although she thinks summer should be just for playing & not practicing math, writing, etc. Gotta work on that!
Candidate Seminar continued on into the ME Conference last week & we appointed 54 new missionaries. That was exciting! We both had lots of responsibilities during those events - co-directing, teaching, interviews/screening, ladies luncheon, registration, teen program, board meeting...along with overseeing the 10 college MK's that are participating on our QUEST team this year. It's been crazy busy! But sooo much fun! We appreciate your prayers so much. The Lord has given us the strength we've needed to remain healthy & coherent, but we're anxiously looking forward to a vacation next week.
The fall schedule is filling up quickly with travels, including a trip to the Central America Regional Conference held in Mexico. We all hope to go on that trip for a few days. Plus school is just around the corner & all the programing that that brings.
Thanks for your prayers & support - we couldn't do this without you. It's always a challenge to balance family & ministry, but we're doing our best to keep that a priority. Please pray that we'll have the wisdom of when we need to say "no" to travel, responsibilities, etc. & to keep our family a priority.
Welcome to our blog...the place where we post updates on our life and ministry, along with various family photos along the way. We try to keep it current but sometimes our schedules don't allow us to update it as often as we'd like, so please check back often.
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