Mark and Hannah's Appointment Service

What a great privilege it was to be able to attend the appointment service of another one of our daughters. Mark and Hannah were appointed by the IMB to service as missionaries in Lisbon, Portugal. They will, along with Sahara, Cambria and Tirza move to Richmond, VA for orientation on April 28th and then on to Portugal in early July. Joan is in TN helping them get ready to move and Tim will join them next week to assist in finishing everything and get our house there ready to be sold.

Pray for Mark and Hannah and their girls as they say their goodbyes and begin this exciting journey. Also continue to pray for Kara and David and their boys in India. Pray for Letha at SE Seminary in North Carolina and for Heidi who has a new job in Longview, WA.

I have also included our family picture from January. God is good.

The Crowd and our friends.

Persian New Years Eve

We had a great time with our friends at the Iranian celebration of New Years last night in North Vancouver.

A trip in the van

Tonight I was the designated driver to a meeting in nearby Burnaby. I had planned to pick up a couple of my Middle Eastern friends to go to our planning meeting for our conference in July. I ended up with a van full of 7 of us. There were three guys from Kurdistan, two guys from Egypt and a lady from Kuwait. Although most of the conversation was in Arabic I enjoyed all the fun that everyone was having. We had a great meeting and made good plans for the meeting to celebrate the community of faith and to encourage one another in our witness to others. What a privilege to be a part of this vibrant community of faith that loves the Lord.

Sunday in Canada

We knew it could snow some in Canada but through Dec and Jan it seems to snow almost every Sunday. Yesterday we had to drive through more than a foot of snow to take our Burundi friends home after church. We wonder sometimes how much they are understanding but they sure seem to enjoy everything. On the way home Brickmas who is four years old was singing , "My Redeemer Lives" in perfect tune. As we looked at all the snow Shantal said that it looked like there was ugali in all the trees and covering all the ground. She thought it was very funny and that her family in Africa would never believe it. What fun they are.

Kids and Grandkids

Having a great time with family all together. Happy New Year to everyone.

Christmas in TN

We are off to TN for Christmas and the New Year. We can't wait to see all the kids and grandkids. We will return to Canada on January 13. Have a good trip Kara and David and boys. See you all soon.