Monday, June 16, 2008
San Antonio
We are standing outside the Alamo in San Antonio, TX. Grandma and Grandpa are visiting from Holland for two weeks. The kids are having a great time. Please pray for Grandpa and Grandma as they fly back on Wednesday and continue their ministy. We will not see them again until 2011 or 2012.
Zach and Piper's Wedding
My brother got married on June 7th. It was a beautiful wedding and we love his new wife! (The two other young men in the picture are also my brothers. My nephew is the ring bearer.)
Sabrina
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Transitions
On Saturday, we officially moved out of our home. Our suitcases are now packed and we only have three more than originally planned. (We did spend a few days last week digging through suitcases trying to find that one item we had to have that was packed somewhere in one of those 13 suitcases.)
So many things went very smoothly while we were attemping to pack our belongings. The Lord was in control. My family pitched in to store things, transport things, and take things. (Thanks!) Two of our cats found great homes. The school year is coming to wonderful close. (Thank you to my wonderful students!) Jeremy's parents arrived from Holland and we will get to spend the next two weeks with them. (We have not seen them in almost two years.) My brother is getting married next week and we will get to attend.
There were other things that did not go so smoothly. The Lord was still in control. I changed hotels at the last minute and that did not work well. Thankfully, I have a husband who, in 14 years of marriage, has never once said, "I can't believe you did that!" (I am really blessed!) We did find another hotel that has worked fine. (The kids are loving the hotel life! They feel like Zach and Cody even though we are at Motel 6.)
Last week I received an email from someone who was searching for Christians near Hume Avenue in Singapore. He "accidentally" found our blog. I was a little nervous responding to this stranger. (Sorry, Robert!) As we have communicated, they told us where they lived and we realized it was our same apartment complex and in our same building. How great is God to give us new Christian friends who live a few floors above us. We are looking forward to meeting them next month!
We will be traveling around Texas for the next two weeks. After that, we will end up at Pre-Field Orientation outside of Memphis. In just over 5 weeks, we will be in our new home. We can't wait to arrive!
So many things went very smoothly while we were attemping to pack our belongings. The Lord was in control. My family pitched in to store things, transport things, and take things. (Thanks!) Two of our cats found great homes. The school year is coming to wonderful close. (Thank you to my wonderful students!) Jeremy's parents arrived from Holland and we will get to spend the next two weeks with them. (We have not seen them in almost two years.) My brother is getting married next week and we will get to attend.
There were other things that did not go so smoothly. The Lord was still in control. I changed hotels at the last minute and that did not work well. Thankfully, I have a husband who, in 14 years of marriage, has never once said, "I can't believe you did that!" (I am really blessed!) We did find another hotel that has worked fine. (The kids are loving the hotel life! They feel like Zach and Cody even though we are at Motel 6.)
Last week I received an email from someone who was searching for Christians near Hume Avenue in Singapore. He "accidentally" found our blog. I was a little nervous responding to this stranger. (Sorry, Robert!) As we have communicated, they told us where they lived and we realized it was our same apartment complex and in our same building. How great is God to give us new Christian friends who live a few floors above us. We are looking forward to meeting them next month!
We will be traveling around Texas for the next two weeks. After that, we will end up at Pre-Field Orientation outside of Memphis. In just over 5 weeks, we will be in our new home. We can't wait to arrive!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
We have a new home
As we are preparing to leave our current home at the end of this month, we were trying to prepare the kids (and outselves) for an unknown amount of time without a place to call our own. Dr. Beeson, our principal in Singapore, has been looking for apartments for us. We have seen pictures of everything from very expensive condos to local housing with mold, squat toilets, and no airconditioning.
On Saturday, we got a list of some very reasonable priced apartments and one caught our eye. They did not need us to pay rent until July, it was furnished, and it had an oven and a dryer (both very rare in apartments in Singapore). It was only on the third floor and that made me quite happy because I wasn't sure if I could live on the 15th floor. Dr. Beeson said it would be Monday before we would hear from the owners. Less than 30 minutes later, we received another email with confirmation that the apartment was ours and for $200 less than the asking price.
It is next to a nature preserve and a park so we hope to do lots of hiking. It will be about a 30-40 minute bus ride to our school. We give the praises to God for taking care of us as we prepare to leave. Knowing more about our living arrangements has given us (and the children) a peace. As our plane lands on July 12th at 1am, we can go directly to our new home.
Here is a link to various pictures of the outside of our new home.
http://www.singaporeexpats.com/singapore-property-pictures/condo/hume-park.htm
On Saturday, we got a list of some very reasonable priced apartments and one caught our eye. They did not need us to pay rent until July, it was furnished, and it had an oven and a dryer (both very rare in apartments in Singapore). It was only on the third floor and that made me quite happy because I wasn't sure if I could live on the 15th floor. Dr. Beeson said it would be Monday before we would hear from the owners. Less than 30 minutes later, we received another email with confirmation that the apartment was ours and for $200 less than the asking price.
It is next to a nature preserve and a park so we hope to do lots of hiking. It will be about a 30-40 minute bus ride to our school. We give the praises to God for taking care of us as we prepare to leave. Knowing more about our living arrangements has given us (and the children) a peace. As our plane lands on July 12th at 1am, we can go directly to our new home.
Here is a link to various pictures of the outside of our new home.
http://www.singaporeexpats.com/singapore-property-pictures/condo/hume-park.htm
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