Latest Happenings
Hi Friends!
Anyone still checking this blog? It’s been almost two months since I’ve posted an update, yikes.
But, as usual, we are super busy with life and ministry!
Katrina is just a couple weeks away from her due date of August 31. She is doing well, but is definitely ready for this baby to arrive!
Less than a month to go!
Our ministry with the org is busy as well. Micah took recently took a trip up to Boone, NC to attend a contingency conference. It was about safety on the mission field. Micah is the contingency coordinator for the org, so it’s important for him to stay up the with the latest practices.
A simulated military checkpoint. How you pass when they want a bribe?
The planning for our “Exchange” internship is in full-swing as well. You can check out http://www.exchangeyourworld.com for more details.
We also had a recent visit from Micah’s dad and step-mom. It was their first visit since Thanksgiving so it was great to have them and show them around the area again. Here’s a couple pics from that weekend.
During the parade, so many beads!
We went sailing!
4th of July parade
Micah’s mom also just came for a visit, and that allowed us to get away for a night to celebrate our 10th anniversary. It isn’t actually until August 13th, but we took advantage of her babysitting skills, and figured the 13th would be too close to the baby coming.
The happy couple
The obligatory tea party
I’ll wrap it up after that happy note. Thanks for checking out our blog!
A New Post! Wow!
Hi Friends,
For those of you who have been following our blog faithfully for the last 6 years, we apologize for not posting as often as we used to. Since re-joining Facebook, we have posted updates about our life on there more, and less on this blog. But we do want to keep this blog active, so we will try to update it at least once a month.
Here’s a quick ministry update:
Since coming back to the USA last year, I (Micah) have stepped into a couple new roles with the mission that get’s me pretty excited. First, is the cool opportunity to challenge young couples & college students to serve overseas and second is to be involved in training new workers.
The pictures below are of us serving in both those roles. The first is of an event we had a couple weeks ago called “Global Impact” where we had a number of young couples and college students who are very serious about serving overseas come learn more about our org.
The second picture is of me visiting a local cross-cultural school that specializes in teaching sustainable agriculture. We may partner with this school in the future to better equip some of our workers who are doing agriculture projects in Asia.
Thanks for checking out our blog!
Global Impact Event
Visit to the H.E.A.R.T. Institute.
Back to the Motherland!
Hi Friends,
Sometimes people have jokingly said to me, “How is Mother Russia?” or “You’re going back to the Motherland!” But in reality, Russia is my distant homeland. My family immigrated to the US in the early 1900’s with roots from Russia & Ukraine, so I feel like a part of me is going back “home”. I was blessed to visit Moscow for about 10 days, it was a time of worship, fellowship, teaching & encouragement. Here are some pictures…
Conference
Visiting our old fellowship
Fun in the metro!
Catherine the Great’s ballroom
The oldest mall in Moscow – ГУМ – Goom
Visited our old apartment building
So good to see old friends!
With my old friend & language helper – Andrei. I miss that guy!
Time of singing
Five in Florida 