Archived News
Updated 4 Feb 2004
Our big news is that Becky is pregnant, and we know that we are having a boy. He is due in late June. Take a look at our photo gallery for some wonderful ultrasound pikkies.
Memorial Service
Becky attended the memorial service for Mark Rich, Dave Mankins and Rick Tenenoff in Sanford, FL on the 6th of Oct. Here are some photos from the weekend.
There is now a review of the book The Philosophy of Humanism on the views page. This is an assignment I just completed for my Christianity and Competing Worldviews class.
Cedar
Point
We had a fantastic time at Cedar Point
in Ohio with our good friends Roger and Deneen. This amusement park has been
voted best in the world for three years running. We had an entire Saturday
to try out every single rollercoaster in the park. What a rush!
The Millenium Force is supposedly the largest, fastest and steepest rollercoaster
in the world. The main hill runs down at 80 degrees and you hit 92 mph at
the fastest point. I'll say it again, what a rush!
Missions Small Group
Becky & I gave started our small group as part of Westwinds
Community Church here in Jackson. We are spending four months teaching
the group about missions and giving them opportunities to experience various
aspects of missions involvement.
Westwinds has supported missionaries and run short term trips for many years
now, but missions education is a new thing. We appreciate your prayers as
we seek to equip others here in Jackson to be world Christians. We are excited
about what God may do in the lives of the people that come through this group.
On the right is a photo from our first night.
Another exciting thing related to this is that on the 5th of September I took on the role of Director of Missions for Westwinds. This will involve coming up with ways to enhance and expand the missions vision of the church as it moves into 2002 and beyond.
Summer Institute
The NTM Summer Institute (SI) was fantastic; I especially enjoyed getting
to know the staff from the various NTM Missions Institutes in North America.
Mark Zook is teaching in the photo on the here. Coming Soon We are hoping to travel to Panama
this December. This is for a couple of reasons. The first is to spend Christmas
with Becky's family there and see the NTM ministries that they are involved
in. The second reason is to visit tribal works during our time there. This
is something that Becky & I have talked about often, but only now is it looking
possible. I was talking with Jerry McDaniels at SI about his work amongst the Kuna
churches in Panama and he will be able to take Becky and me to see some Kuna
churches during our time there. Jerry and his wife Joyce have been involved
in producing Bible study materials, training national pastors etc and it is
clear that God is doing some exciting things among the Kunas of Panama. It
would be great if we could see some of that first-hand. We are trusting the
Lord to raise all the necessary finances (for airfares etc), since we will
need to book flights soon in order to get tickets. It was also a good time for Becky catching up with her Mum and sister Adrienne
(& niece MaryJane!) and Mickey Mouse (a total of 16 hours at Disneyland in
only one day!).
Archives Here are older news articles describing what is going on in our little corner
of the world. Take a look to see what we've been up to. Oregon Trip I have put some photos from our trip to Oregon
in our photo gallery. Check out our day at the
Oregon zoo, and some snappies from the Newport Aquarium. You can also view
some Quicktime video footage from the
Missions Event that we attended at Salem First Baptist Church. - Updated
22 April 2001 Newsletter Online in Adobe Acrobat Format Our March newsletter is available as a Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file that you
can download from here and print out yourself.
It is 2 Mb in size. - Updated 12 April 2001 Newsletter Our March newsletter - Postcards from Michigan - is now out. We will
be publishing this every three to four months, so if you (or someone you know)
would like a copy please email us and let us know. If you are in Australia
then this includes you too! Most of the information on the newsletter will
be available here online, but we find that some people just like to have something
in their hands to read. If you are one of those people who likes things stuck
to your fridge or on your coffee table then this could be just the trick.
- Updated 12 April 2001 New Beginnings Many changes have occurred for us over the past 12 months.
Both our worlds were turned upside down —we got engaged, married (twice!),
traveled to Whistler in British Columbia, Washington State, Sydney, Perth,
Kalbarri, Geraldton and Carnamah! In all this... Read
full article. - Updated 6 March 2001 Back to Top Expecting Great Things Back to Top The main event for last year for us was our wedding on the
1st of July 2000. Everything that happened prior to that event seemed to be
leading up to it, and everything since then has been related to it. Many thanks
to our friends and family that came from all over the USA and as far as Panama,
Australia and Europe to share this special time ... Read
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Just
to give you an idea of what the workload was like, a normal Bible Institute
semester lasts 15 weeks and averages 16 credit hours of work. Sometimes students
take as many as 21 credit hours if they are feeling brave. I have 9 credit
hours for this entire five week course. You can do the sums
Becky - California, There She Went!
Becky
had a very busy week out in LA during the last week of June. She enjoyed herself
immensely in helping a good friend of hers (Margaret Hanson...now Margaret
Luevano) get married amidst the usual craziness that ensues a week before
a wedding. On the right we have Adrienne, Mr & Mrs Carlos Luevano(!),
Becky and Margaret's sister Annie.
What
does an 18th century Englishman have to do with our future? Probably more
than you think. William Carey was a British missionary who moved to India
in the late 1700's... Read full article.
- Updated 6 March 2001 
Wedding
and Honeymoon