Welcome to our home on the web. Here you will find information related to our family and our appointment with SEND International as missionaries to a Croatian sports and Bible camp.
"How much longer 'til we're there? This is taking forever!" It has been two years since our appointment with SEND International to the Croatian camping ministry. We were hoping to be able to fly to Zagreb in January, but it didn’t happen. Some days are tough; we feel like we are living in limbo and we question why it is taking so long to get to Croatia. Most days though we have an incredible sense of peace that we are right where God wants us. Living in the missionary housing in Cambridge has been a blessing. We have met some wonderful friends, been stretched out of comfort zones, grown in our faith, and strengthened our relationship as a couple and family. We have shed more of our possessions and realize we really can live with a lot less stuff. And it has been great but...
We want to be in Croatia! So last weekend was especially exciting as four different families let us know that they would be supporting us monthly! WOW! This, in addition to Bloomington Baptist Church, individuals, and families who partnered with us in late December and January, leaves us at 87% of monthly support. We are pumped yet overwhelmed at your generosity and sacrificial giving. What a joy your prayers, support and partnership are to us!
Today Me, Ellie, and Dad went sledding.It was alot of fun! we pretended that dad was a horse, and we rode him!!!There should be a video of me riding him.
I had a new experience today. I have been making literally hundreds of phone calls in the past month or two as I have been trying to contact churches, verify addresses, and follow up on packets sent to churches. Apparently I have fallen into a rut. I just hung up on a phone call in which I said "Hi", and mentioned I was with SEND International and a ministry in Croatia. There was a moment of silence followed by the pastor asking if I was a person or a recording! Perhaps I ought to switch gears for a few minutes and stop the calling.
I was born in Bend Oregon. I have been to Washington to visit my Grandparents. I have been to Michigan to visit my Cousins. On my way to Mission training I went to Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Iowa and Mission Training was in Colorado.
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It was alot of fun! we pretended that dad was a horse, and we rode him!!!There should be a video of me riding him.
I had a new experience today. I have been making literally hundreds of phone calls in the past month or two as I have been trying to contact churches, verify addresses, and follow up on packets sent to churches. Apparently I have fallen into a rut. I just hung up on a phone call in which I said "Hi", and mentioned I was with SEND International and a ministry in Croatia. There was a moment of silence followed by the pastor asking if I was a person or a recording! Perhaps I ought to switch gears for a few minutes and stop the calling.