visa update
Just letting you know that the office took all the paperwork and only needs a few additional papers! Praising God for the friendly, helpful lady at the visa office. As a side note, she ALWAYS asks about you, Meredith, and was happy to hear the latest about you.
Thanks for praying! Now, just pray that the visa goes through!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
31 January 2012
BRRR! It was cold here today! -9 degrees C! Have I mentioned that I really don't like cold? BRRRR!
Ok, enough complaining. Today is "hand-in-the-paperwork-at-the-visa-office" day. Tom is there as I write. We are praying for favor and that we can get the other visa we are wanting to switch to. It is called a Cultural Visa. Pray, please!
Here are few pictures of life around here lately:
Nate has a cold and so fell asleep on the floor in our room like this!
He is still stuffy today, slept (mostly) through the night last night! Thanks Nyquil!
Today Nate and I were playing and taking pictures. I just cut my hair again...it was almost to my shoulders and heavy...anyway...here are two of our favorites!
Tomorrow starts the new semester at CISP and that means Matt's last semester of high school! Time is flying! Hope you enjoy the day and keep warm!
Ok, enough complaining. Today is "hand-in-the-paperwork-at-the-visa-office" day. Tom is there as I write. We are praying for favor and that we can get the other visa we are wanting to switch to. It is called a Cultural Visa. Pray, please!
Here are few pictures of life around here lately:
He is still stuffy today, slept (mostly) through the night last night! Thanks Nyquil!
Today Nate and I were playing and taking pictures. I just cut my hair again...it was almost to my shoulders and heavy...anyway...here are two of our favorites!
Tomorrow starts the new semester at CISP and that means Matt's last semester of high school! Time is flying! Hope you enjoy the day and keep warm!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
inside out and backwards
head down
focus on poor mirror, in.
see limitations
what I wish I was.
sad, self-loathing
evil
head down
bowed in repentance
see human limits
see Christ's power in my limitations
glory in infirmities
no complaint
no pity
Jesus
head up
He made me
my limitations/infirmities are gifts/strength
i offer my gifts as a sacrifice
thanksgiving
2 Corinthians 12:9,10
17.1.2012
focus on poor mirror, in.
see limitations
what I wish I was.
sad, self-loathing
evil
head down
bowed in repentance
see human limits
see Christ's power in my limitations
glory in infirmities
no complaint
no pity
Jesus
head up
He made me
my limitations/infirmities are gifts/strength
i offer my gifts as a sacrifice
thanksgiving
2 Corinthians 12:9,10
17.1.2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
vacation
We just enjoyed our family vacation of the year in Austria/Germany! What a lovely place we get to stay in the Austrian Alps! We left on the 26th and arrived back home on the 3rd. We enjoyed time snowboarding/skiing/sledding...
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| Hannah snowboarding for the first time! |
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| Rachel |
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| Nathanael learning to ski |
baking Christmas cookies together....
Enjoying the last day of 2011 together, including our traditional ice cream and toppings meal and the showing of "The Great Muppet Caper"...
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| Nate and Tom worked for hours to make these fabulous snow forts. Check out the still-falling snow! |
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| toppings plus some healthy additions including some meats and cheeses. |
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| One happy 5 year old! |
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| Matt and Amy |
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| After opening our New Years "poppers"! |
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| Hannah, Amy and Matt in the snow turned to rain and their snowman named something creative that Hannah named it. |
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| Matt, Amy and Rachel |
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| Matt using his new camera...his graduation gift early! |
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| Rachel |
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| At my favorite Christmas store in Garmisch, Germany. Taken for my mom! |
Seen on the way home on the 3rd...
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| aqueduct |
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| north to Garmisch |
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| recognize this, Sue???? |
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| and this Pizza Hut? One of our regular stops in Garmisch. |
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| SMILE |
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| hmmm |
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Thanksgiving plus
Well, I am frustrated as my computer has a trojan and I have some, but not all of my pictures. I was going to write a blog with pictures of our Thanksgiving celebration. Now, I will tell you about it.
Our colleague, Renee, and I made Thanksgiving for 40 people on Thanksgiving day. This was complicated by the fact that we live 45 minutes away and the food, obviously would be cold by the time we got it to Klub. So, we loaded the car with 2 apple pies, 1 apple crisp, 3 pumpkin pies, 20 kg of potatoes to make mashed potatoes, fixings to stuffing, one cooked, sliced turkey, one cooked turkey, hot when it was put in the car!, cranberry sauce, pickles, serving bowls, spoons, plates, pans to cook the food in, frozen green beans and bacon to cook for in the beans and all the spices required to finish/cook the food.
We drove to Vlasim, dropped off what we could leave in the Klub room and drove to our colleagues' apartment in town. All of this involved many trips up and down from the 2nd floor of the klub building to the 3rd floor of the apartment building. We were tired before we even began in Vlasim!
The stove top was smaller than mine here is and didn't heat as quickly/efficiently as mine does, and the oven was just a bit smaller than mine...so the turkey didn't fit in it! :( The stuffing and other things did fit and heated up fine.
After working 3 hours more, we were ready to transport all the hot food to the Klub building. Thankfully, the Berankovi and Tom and the kids were there to help carry it up the stairs and set it in the club room across the hall from Klub Rachel.
I must say that I experienced my first Thanksgiving where I served from my knees as we used the benches from the hall to serve off of as the tables and chairs were all in our Klub room!
Rachel had prepared, in Czech, a powerpoint with pictures and words describing the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Then, on to the eating.
Our friends were amazed at all the food and all tried a bit of everything. The kids found out that they actually liked cranberries! Some adults found that they like turkey! Others didn't. All enjoyed trying the stuffing and beans . Even though they can be purchased here now, they aren't something "traditionally" Czech so many people had never had them before.
We were happy to send many leftovers (planned) home with them so they would have at least one more good meal!
Friday, we were happy to celebrate Thanksgiving here at home with two of our colleagues. We even ran the first ever Becker Turkey Trot. We ran it last year at the YMCA in Indiana. So, we borrowed the idea and did a 5k run/walk here! What a great time we had! Amy even participated in the "real" Turkey Trot in Indiana again. We did that before eating here. It made us even more hungry and ready to eat! :)
We are now gearing up for Christmas, as I am sure you all are doing as well. There are only 12 more days until Amy lands here! We are SO excited and take another paper off of our paper chain every morning to count down the days.
I hope to have a repaired computer soon, although there seem to be other issues than just the trojan. Who knows, maybe we will be down to one computer again?! In the meantime, God bless and keep in touch!
Our colleague, Renee, and I made Thanksgiving for 40 people on Thanksgiving day. This was complicated by the fact that we live 45 minutes away and the food, obviously would be cold by the time we got it to Klub. So, we loaded the car with 2 apple pies, 1 apple crisp, 3 pumpkin pies, 20 kg of potatoes to make mashed potatoes, fixings to stuffing, one cooked, sliced turkey, one cooked turkey, hot when it was put in the car!, cranberry sauce, pickles, serving bowls, spoons, plates, pans to cook the food in, frozen green beans and bacon to cook for in the beans and all the spices required to finish/cook the food.
We drove to Vlasim, dropped off what we could leave in the Klub room and drove to our colleagues' apartment in town. All of this involved many trips up and down from the 2nd floor of the klub building to the 3rd floor of the apartment building. We were tired before we even began in Vlasim!
The stove top was smaller than mine here is and didn't heat as quickly/efficiently as mine does, and the oven was just a bit smaller than mine...so the turkey didn't fit in it! :( The stuffing and other things did fit and heated up fine.
After working 3 hours more, we were ready to transport all the hot food to the Klub building. Thankfully, the Berankovi and Tom and the kids were there to help carry it up the stairs and set it in the club room across the hall from Klub Rachel.
I must say that I experienced my first Thanksgiving where I served from my knees as we used the benches from the hall to serve off of as the tables and chairs were all in our Klub room!
Rachel had prepared, in Czech, a powerpoint with pictures and words describing the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Then, on to the eating.
Our friends were amazed at all the food and all tried a bit of everything. The kids found out that they actually liked cranberries! Some adults found that they like turkey! Others didn't. All enjoyed trying the stuffing and beans . Even though they can be purchased here now, they aren't something "traditionally" Czech so many people had never had them before.
We were happy to send many leftovers (planned) home with them so they would have at least one more good meal!
Friday, we were happy to celebrate Thanksgiving here at home with two of our colleagues. We even ran the first ever Becker Turkey Trot. We ran it last year at the YMCA in Indiana. So, we borrowed the idea and did a 5k run/walk here! What a great time we had! Amy even participated in the "real" Turkey Trot in Indiana again. We did that before eating here. It made us even more hungry and ready to eat! :)
We are now gearing up for Christmas, as I am sure you all are doing as well. There are only 12 more days until Amy lands here! We are SO excited and take another paper off of our paper chain every morning to count down the days.
I hope to have a repaired computer soon, although there seem to be other issues than just the trojan. Who knows, maybe we will be down to one computer again?! In the meantime, God bless and keep in touch!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Fall happenings - pictures
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| Reach Global Prague City Team at our Compass Planning meetings October 2011 |
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| Hannah dressed as an elf October 31 2011 |
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| Matt dressed as...(what else?!)...a welcome mat. |
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| Tom, Ritch and John at RG Prague City Team (PCT) meetings |
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| Caleb, Judy, John at RGPCT meetings |
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| Sherry and Judy playing the beach ball game |
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| playing "picking up trash" game |
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| Sherry and Renee (mutes) signaling to Ritch what to say to their teammate (blindfolded) gathering "trash". |
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| Tom and Curt...alright boys, break it up! |
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| Ritch leading a meeting |
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| Mindy, Renee, Caleb, Vicky adding their notes to the board. |
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| Our team playing the treasure hunt...total of 2 hours or more! Matt and Renee planned it. |
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| Nate riding on Alex's shoulders. Matt walking with us. |
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| Nate had the key to the treasure chest! |
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| opening the treasure chest |
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| Alex and Matt making... |
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| slingshots! |
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