Showing posts with label Photo update. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photo update. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Home Assignment Photo Update

 Many people are astounded when they look at our travel schedule during one of our home assignments. When asked how we handle that, I would answer that the travels are equal parts a blessing and a challenge. We LOVE and are blessed by the chance to see so many people who are dear to us, and the travels are also a wonderful adventure to experience together as a family. Additionally, our girls are getting the opportunity to explore America in ways that even some kids who live in America do not! We are thankful for this chance, especially because it helps them feel connected to a country that sometimes feels foreign to them.

On the flipside, we would be lying if we said that travelling is not challenging. We do get weary of sleeping in different beds all the time, spending hours in the car and especially packing and unpacking (and attempting not to lose anything along the way). We always breathe a sigh of relief when we arrive in a place where we will stay for a few weeks. It is a nice respite after lots of travels.

Here are some photo highlights from our recent adventures:

Sharing with a group of folks from Tucker Presbyterian Church in Tucker, GA

Nate celebrating his birthday in GA

Atop Stone Mountain (GA)

Ellie discovering a love for the auto-belays at the climbing gym!

Easter Egg Hunt!

Ellie and Maya with some of their cousins and grandparents

Visiting Bethany's cousin in GA



Feeding animals at a unique drive-through safari experience!



Some of the dogs we've enjoyed along the way...

Skyline Drive in Virginia with another cousin


Luray Caverns, VA


Washington, DC Sights


A park carousel and boba tea in the DC area


A ride with Uncle John in his mustang convertible!

Preaching and sharing at the Covenant Church of Easton

Friday, March 29, 2019

Photo Update

It's been hard to keep up with life and blogging recently. We apologize for the hiatus! Here are some photos highlights from the last two months of life and ministry:

Sledding at a ski hill - a fun family outing!

Sledding fun

Biologist Wolfgang Palme giving a lecture about vegetables. He talked about the Creator behind a diverse creation. It was a great way to reach out to friends and neighbors and make new contacts.

Skye and Ariel, celebrating "Fasching" (Mardi Gras)

Jill and Mark Savage, teaching a marriage workshop during their visit to Vienna. Bethany planned three weekend workshops while they were in town and 75 couples attended!


Ice skating date night

Our small group prayer time. Our group had added new members recently!

The precepts bible study course that Nate has been co-teaching at church

Nate attended a church planter training event and was really encouraged by the creative new ideas they shared!
Thanks for your prayers for us and the work we are doing here!

Thursday, December 20, 2018

2018 in Review

2018 has been a good year! Here are a few highlights from our family in 2018...

Ellie turned 4 and started her second full year in Kindergarten

Maya learned to walk and talk.

Ellie dressed up as a fairy for Fasching (Mardi Gras).

We attended our team retreat, with special speaker Landon Reesor from Darien, CT.

After a long, drawn-out journey with our previous car, we were blessed with a new vehicle

Nate turned 35! Wow, we're getting old :)

Our spring intern, Kendra, joined us for 2 months

The girls' friendship with each other began to blossom!

We attended our church's retreat. Our ministry continued at the church with small groups, music and discipleship

We flew to the U.S. for a summer of adventure, travel and sharing with churches and supporters.

We spent lots of the summer like this...

We went to a family reunion on the beach in NC.

We celebrated 4th of July at Nate's grandma's cabin in WI.
We visited 11 churches in 8 weeks! What a blessing it was to share an update with so many supporters!

We had a reunion with our 2016 interns!

We flew home in August and were happy to be back in our own beds!

We were thankful to return to our small group, which has grown to 4 families and 3 individuals.

Brian and Melissa joined our team and got their visas!

We took a trip to the mountains with Nate's parents.

Nate's parents explored a glacier with us!

Maya turned 2 and continued to be entertaining and fun-loving.

Halloween!

Our small group ministry (early steps towards church planting) continued. We baked cookies at Christmas for a ministry to prostitutes.

Beth got her visa! We celebrated!

Nate preached at Christmas time at our church.

We had our annual Christmas party and were thankful for many neighbors and friends attending!