In which Erika describes bits of our lives for those who care.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Check out the website

Erika has written another article for MK2MK. Check out "Permanent Change of Station" at www.send.hr/mkcamp/mktomk or click the link to MK Camp at the left of this article.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Hiking with Kids

This weekend we went up north to visit some friends. We learned some valuable lessons about taking kids hiking:

1) Know how long your route is before you go.
2) Bring more adults than children.
3) Damp leaves = pre-moistened wipes.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Creative Writing

I imagined each of these photos being part of an independent and fascinating blog entry, but instead they're a series of semi-unrelated shots. I'll let you make up your own story for each one as you scroll down, and then I'll give a little explanation at the bottom:

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1) The reason they make pregnancy tops for women in their 8th month

2) Erika's first experience with cream horns (Dave used to get these after getting shots...although Erika's the only one who's gotten shots lately)

3) Dave arriving home from work and still looking fresh (and having just presented the cream horns)

4) After Erika's home-hair cut (compare to the mullet in photo 1 to see why this was necessary)

5) What Erika found when she got the bread machine out the other day. So that's where the leftover breadsticks went. (Also note the belly that couldn't keep itself out of the top-down pic.)

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Once more in the Woods

We really enjoy camping! We are so thankful that God gave us one more opportunity to get out in the woods this year. This time we went to Muskegon and even though we did not bring Erika's enormous marshmallos, we did have lots of great food over the fire and a wonderful day of hiking.

We even found a luge track...





The biggest luge-rs?

Thursday, October 9, 2008

What a way to spend a week







We had a wonderful and busy week when the Noble's came to town! After a month or two of plugging away with our support contacts, we were ready for a change of pace. Well, we sure got it! Dave started a new job at a charter school as a "para-professional" the very same week the Nobles came for a visit. It has been amazing to see God in work in our support discovery process. He is meeting the needs we have for future ministry as well as our current financial needs. AND we can see His hand at work in the lives of our family and friends, too. It seems like God has so much to do, but He is never too busy.