What is your perspective?

Do you ever find yourself grinding through life with the intensity of a wood chipper?  Not really looking up, taking a break or taking that all important breath to regain perspective?  We certainly can find ourselves like that for three months at a time.  Ninety days can fly by very quickly.  This past school termContinue reading “What is your perspective?”

Story of Faith, Struggles, and God’s Provision

Sorry for the huge email earlier.  Had a glitch with the size of the picture included.  You should be able to read the whole story now.  Thanks for praying with us for this family. As you well know, life is not always clean and easy.  Decisions made can be accompanied with a major learning curveContinue reading “Story of Faith, Struggles, and God’s Provision”

Moving Day!

No, not our moving day just yet.  We have become very good friends with a dear Kenyan family.  We have been working for many years to get them moved from a “colder” climate to a “warmer” climate for health issues.  The new location is just eleven kilometres down the escarpment.  They have been waiting forContinue reading “Moving Day!”

What do you say when…

your seven year old daughter has developed a crazy fear of fruit bats. Recently Ella heard that fruit bats have been associated with the Ebola virus. Her older brother and sister came home the other night all excited because they had seen a whole bunch of bats. This was not good news for Ella andContinue reading “What do you say when…”

20 Thoughts: Field hockey, buses, interim, and volleyball among just a few things.

We have just finished the second term here at RVA.  A very busy and full term.  Those two words, busy and full, seem to get used a lot when we get to the end of terms.  It is hard to even qualify them into just how we feel  The best way to describe it isContinue reading “20 Thoughts: Field hockey, buses, interim, and volleyball among just a few things.”

Are we getting through?

On Cassidy and Todd’s recent trip back to Canada they had several opportunities to visit places that they normally do not get a chance to visit.  One place was Prairie Bible College and they were fortunate to bump into a staff member who was the Dean of Men at the college when Todd was thereContinue reading “Are we getting through?”

Many small cars and one BIG car

Just wanted to let you know that we are still here, hard at work.  Hard to imagine where the last few months have gone.  It really becomes a blur.  Right now we are in the last few weeks of the school term.  We have been involved in several big events as well as the teachingContinue reading “Many small cars and one BIG car”