Wednesday, December 29, 2010

A special honour!

Over the last 2 years we have been blessed with Christian friend that lives in the town near our village.  He has a multicab that he drives daily between the two parts of town bringing passengers back and forth.  He has blessed us by being willing to take us to the waiting shed we hike from or picking us up there when we hike out.  He has also helped arrange for jeepneys to take us in and out of the village with it was dry enough last year.  He has made special trips to the bus station to help us pick up supplies that have come up from Manila.  He has also given us free trips between towns from time to time.  Elias has been such a good friend to us.

When we came out of the village for Christmas break we contacted Elias to come pick us up as we always do, several days before we hike out.  He agreed to be there this time also.

When we got to the waiting shed he wasn’t there yet but texted us to say he was on his way.  He told us when he arrived that he had to take his wife to the hospital first thing that morning as she was almost 9 months pregnant and having pains.  But they had stopped and the doctor said she would deliver within a week.  He left a cousin with her at the hospital and came to get us.

I, Shannon, always get the privilege of riding in the front of the multicab with Elias because in the past I was either pregnant or now have a baby to hold.  This is always a challenge for me as his English is limited and my Tagalog is limited plus he talks to me like I understand everything he says to me in Tagalog!!!  This day we talked about kids and the way it is in North America and the way it is in the Philippines.  We also talked about his soon to arrive baby, a girl they told them.  He asked me again the names of our kids as they still hadn’t picked a name for their little girl.  It was one of my better conversations with him!

We arrived in town without trouble and Elias returned to the waiting shed to pick up all our cargo and bring it to us.  Shortly after he returned with the cargo, Chuck received a text from him saying that while he was gone, the doctors delivered their baby via c-section!

He was the proud father of a little girl.

Then came the honour.  Elias asked if they could give their new little girl the same name as our youngest girl, Jenna Lee!  Oh course we said yes!  What an honour it is.

The next day we were able to go visit the new Jenna Lee!  Here she is.

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With each new baby being born in our village we get excited to be able to take a little gift from some ladies from Faith Evangelical Missionary Church in Wasaga Beach.  They have sewn many baby quilts and sent baby layettes for the babies in our village.

Here is the latest addition to our village.

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This little guy has a long name, that is Grandfather was proud to tell Chuck but all we can remember now is that they call him Junior!

We look forward to sharing many more baby gifts in the first half of 2011 as many babies are expected to arrive!

Some special ladies

Some of you may not believe me when I say that I don’t easily make friends.  It is hard for me to just get out an get to know people I don’t know.

I have been blessed though with some ways that help make it easier for me.  All of these ladies work for me.  Let me introduce them to you.

This is a young girl named Micah.

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Each morning this last month she spent a couple hours cleaning at Christina’s house and then came to my house for a couple of hours to look after Jenna as I began Ga’dang language study.  Jenna really enjoys spending time with her and Micah really enjoys spending time with Jenna.  The job of being Jenna’s “yaya” (nanny) was one well sought after by many ladies.  Micah gets teased about being Jenna’s yaya often but it is all in fun as those doing the teasing are jealous of her position.

In the New Year Micah will continue to watch Jenna in the mornings as I get more heavily involved in teaching our kids.  We have just been doing a light course load up till this point but we need to get more serious now that we are half way through the school year.

This is Jovilyn.

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Jovilyn has been such a blessing to our family.  She comes each day to do the house work for me.  She sweeps the floors, cleans the bathrooms, washes the walls, cleans Jenna’s toys and cooks us lunch (it is our main meal of the day) along with many other tasks.  I don’t know what I would do without her.  She is 28 yrs old and she and her family live in the house behind ours.  They have 2 children and are expecting their 3rd in April.

This is Amelia.

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Amelia comes 6 days a week, early in the morning to do our laundry.  With 8 of us we manage to make our fair share of dirty clothes.  We don’t have a washer or dryer like many of you have in North America.  We use a twin-tub washing machine.  Clothes are put in one side with water and washed for 15 min.  They they are put in the spinner beside the washing part of the machine.  Then they are rinsed in the basins seen here.  Then they are put back in the spinner and then hung on hangers on the clothes line.  Using the hangers makes it easy to hang the laundry under the house if it is raining or starts to rain or if it is just too cool and damp for the clothes to dry by afternoon.  Amelia then comes back in the afternoon to fold the clothes.  Amelia is just 19 yrs old and the mother of 2 boys.  She is carrying MJ in this picture.

Here is Annalyn.

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Annalyn was helping Amelia do laundry this last month as we had extra people in the house, making more laundry.  Annalyn and Amelia’s husbands are brothers.  They enjoyed working together each day.  Annalyn is the mother of 2 children, a boy and a girl.  Dennis Junior in this picture, is the youngest.

This is Crynalyn.

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She helps Amelia every Monday doing laundry.  She is 20 yrs old and is expecting her second child in May.  This is her son, Nardz.  He is 3 yrs old.

And here is my newest helper, Mildred.

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Mildred has been so kind in helping Christina and I to learn to speak her language, Ga’dang!  She gets to laugh with us and at us many times a day as we forget words and make a mess out of words we are trying to say.  What a gracious lady she is.  She is 24 yrs old and the mother of this little girl named Queen.  She is also Crynalyn's older sister.

All of these wonderful ladies are very eager to make friends with me.  Most days when they are done with the work I have for them they stay around on the porch just to visit with me.  Now that I am learning their language they are eager to see what I know.  Often they say things with a glint in their eyes, waiting to see if I understand them.  They also like to ask me where my nose is or my eyes are!  It is rather funny when I point to the wrong one!

Please pray for all these ladies.  I pray that I can be showing the love of the Lord to them each day.  Pray that His light shines through me.

December Update on Josilyn

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When we came out to Manila in October I was feeling rather discouraged with our attempts to help Josilyn gain so weight.  We left food for her with another neighbour hoping that maybe she would be able to get more food into her.  We had been only able to get very small amounts of food in her.

When we returned we learned that our neighbour did not spend time feeding Josilyn.  This made us sad but we figured we would try to see if anything had changed for her anyway.  Her mother commented that her appetite had increased in the weeks we were away.

We weighed her also and she was amazingly up about 100 grams.

So I mixed some formula in cup with baby cereal and tried her on it again.  She gobbled it up.  Each day I would bring this cup out and either go to her house or her mom would come to our porch.  Sometimes I would feed it to her while her mother pounded rice or her mom would visit with me while feeding her.

To our amazement she was eating more then double what she was in October!!!  And in just 4 weeks she gained 700 grams!!!  She is now 7.1 kg!!!  They are small steps but there is improvement.

The best part of it all was that each day I brought out the cup, she would look at me and then start reaching her hands out to try to get the cup!  What a joy it was to see.

This time we left food with another young lady in the village for her to try to feed her.  She seemed very eager to try to help them out.  We shall see if she was able to feed her in just a couple weeks when we go home.

Thanks for praying for Josilyn.  Please continue to pray for her and her family.

Monday, December 27, 2010

Melagros

Please be praying for this little girl.  She is about 19 months old.  Her family lives just 25 min away from us in a neighbouring village.  She is the youngest of 8 children.  Her mother brought her to see us just the day before we left to come out for Christmas break. 

Her mother says that when she was 5 days old she died.  Then she was alive again!  But she cannot sit, roll over, follow you with her eyes, reach for a toy and so many other things a normal 19 month old can.  She has had a poor appetite for a long time so she weighs just 9 1/2 lbs.

Thankfully we had deworming medicine on hand for the whole family plus formula and baby cereal.  Her mother was very happy to get these things to help her out.  We are seeking advice from a doctor friend here in Manila to see how we can best help her.

Please pray that we would be able to help her to get the right nourishment that she needs and any other help that we can give.  Pray also that we will show the love of the Lord to this family.

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Friday, December 24, 2010

2010 Reflections

Dear Friends and Family,

With Christmas just 1 day away and finally a spare moment to myself to sit at the computer, I figured it was time to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

I also wanted to take a few moments to reflect back on this last year.  So much has happened and so much of it is hard to explain in words, but I will try.

At the end of 2009 we were looking ahead to a big year in front of us.  We had finished getting much of the building material ready for our house in the the month of December, with hopes that we would have help building our house in the New Year.  In the first week of January it was just going to be Erik and Chuck doing all the building.  With a few days a fellow missionary volunteered his time for a couple weeks to come help.  We also had confirmation that 3 guys would be coming from New Zealand in February.  Within a couple more weeks two more guys from one of our supporting churches had booked tickets to come help build in February also.  Then another missionary that was en route to the Philippines said he would be coming too.  It was so amazing to see the Lord bring all these people together to help us build our house.  By the early part of March our house had a roof and was closed in on three sides!  It was truly amazing to see the work accomplished.  Chuck spent nearly 8 weeks in the village during that time, while the kids and I spent 4 weeks there. 

In mid March we all headed to Manila to await the arrival our baby #6.  During the time we waited for Jenna to arrive, we spent many hours in meetings with our field leadership regarding our team and our co-workers.  By the end of all those meetings it was decided by the Petersons that the Lord would have them move to Manila and be involved in ministry there.  This saddened us very much but we also could see the Lord working in all of us and we know it was what He wanted for us all.

On April 6th, six days early, Jenna Lee Talbot arrived.  She weighed in at 6 lbs 8 oz.  She just had a very little bit of blonde hair.  She was named after my mother, Jennifer, and myself.  My middle name is Lee.  She is a perfect fit to complete our family.  She has been a joy for the whole family.  As her hair gets longer, it gets more and more red.  I just might get my red headed little girl after all!

By the end of April Chuck started to make trips to the village to continue to work on the house.  In mid June we went as a family to the village for the first time since Jenna was born.  This was also the last trip that Jessica, our kids school teacher, would make to the village before returning to Canada to attend Bible School.  We had a good 2 weeks in the village.  The people were very pleased to see Jenna.  It was the end of a 6 month drought in the Philippines so it was very hot and dry in there.

On July 4th Jessica flew back to Canada and just days later a group of 12 people on a UK Summit trip came to help work on the house for almost 2 weeks.  Chuck had a great time with them in the village.  They were able to get a lot of work done on the house.  It got to the point that we were able to move into it.

In August we made the final move into the village, into our house!!!  It was very exciting and very scary at the same time.  There was so much packing to do in order to move and so much unpacking once we got there.  The house had many things not done on it so it was a challenge to get organized.  Plus the school year needed to begin for the 4 older kids.  There was so much to be done but we made it through our first 7 weeks living in the village.

We were encouraged by leadership to take a short break about 7-8 weeks after moving into the village as it can be stressful for the family to be in there for the first time for so long.  So in mid October we came to Manila for a rest plus to get some immunizations for Jenna and a check up for Hala.  After 10 days in Manila we were to head back home with visitors, a family that is in Tagalog language study.  But just days before we were to fly north Typhoon Megi/Juan came right over our village.  It caused much damage to the trees and rice in our area.  We still don’t know exactly to what extent the people suffered lose of rice.  They only plant once a year, thus harvest once a year.  So this crop it supposed to last them till next October.  Many have said they lost up to 75% of their rice.  Typhoon Megi delayed us 2 weeks in our return to the village.  Finally in early November we returned home with our visitors.  We almost didn’t make it as there was heavy flooding in the north.  But we finally did get home.

The Eastons spent a week with us and when they left a single lady came in to visit for a week.  Just days after she left, the Linscotts came in for almost 4 weeks to help work on the house.  What a blessing it was to have all these visitors.  I was able to start language study with our co-worker Christina.  What fun it is to be able to learn to speak their language.

A lot of work has been done on the house this last year.  There is still work to be done but it will be Saturday projects.  Chuck will begin full time language when we return in mid January.  We expect it to take Chuck about 2 years to learn to speak Ga’dang to a level where he is able to translate Bible lessons and teach in their language.  We look forward to that day with great anticipation.

This year Hala turned 11 yrs old in January and is soon to turn 12!  Chuck was next in line with his 35th birthday.  Then came Jenna being born on April 6th.  Eli became a teenager on July 1st, turning 13 yrs old.  Kyle turned 10 yrs old in September and Charlotte was right behind him and turned 8 yrs old.  Sophia had her 3rd birthday in October.  In November I turned 33 yrs old and then we celebrated 15 yrs of marriage.  Where have the years gone to?  We have been so blessed.

This year was filled with so many blessings and a big one was in the gifts that so many of you gave towards the building of our house and the regular support we receive so we can stay and work here with the Ga’dang people.  Thank you so much for your prayers and your giving.

What does 2011 look like for us???

It will be filled with a lot of language learning.  This will be our main focus this year.  Chuck will spend his days learning to speak like they do.  Along with that he will being learning their culture, how they think.  I, Shannon, will be homeschool the 4 older kids and also doing some language study.

We are looking to the Lord this year to bring along some new co-workers to join us in the work of reaching the Ga’dang people.  There are several families in Tagalog language study right now but none will be done until at least the end of 2011.  We are also seeking the Lord to provide a school teacher for the kids sometime this year.  Having someone else teach the kids will free me up to be involved in language study.

Thank you so much for all your prayers for us in 2010.  Please continue to pray for us in 2011.  It is going to be a challenging year.

In Christ,

Chuck and Shannon Talbot

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

The waiting game

We came to Manila almost 4 weeks ago with plans to stay here for just 10 days.  We had doctors appointments and shopping to do.  Then typhoon Megi (Juan) came through.  This added 2 extra trips for Chuck to the tribe, first to secure the house, then to check and make sure the house was ok.

We ended up cancelling our return flight because we didn’t know how the road was to get in.  It was blocked with fallen trees up until early this week.

So Monday we decided to rebook our return home tickets. With that we booked our hotel for on the way in, we shipped our supplies by bus and made arrangements for carabao to come out to get our supplies. Our friends the Easton’s also decided that they would rebook their visit with us too.  We were scheduled to fly today.  They are scheduled to fly tomorrow.

Yesterday a fellow missionary that lives up north was scheduled to return up there to his home.

Well, all our plans have fallen away!!!  Our friends flight was cancelled yesterday due to heavy rains and flooding up there.  He was scheduled to fly on the same flight as us today.

So, off we all went to the airport this morning, knowing that it was still raining very heavy up there.  Just after we arrived at the airport and got to our check in counter, they announced that our flight was cancelled!!!  We then waited until they rebooked our tickets.  So now we are re-scheduled to fly Saturday.

Did you notice that??? Saturday is our return flight.  This means our visitors will fly up the day before us!!!

As we look at the weather radar, it is looking like the rain has stopped for now, but that doesn’t mean that it won’t start up again.  It has been building in in the evenings.

Please pray for us as we wait it out another couple days here in Manila.  We are so thankful for a dry place to stay.  This will make 4 weeks in Manila for us.

This is all of us and our stuff as we left the airport this afternoon.  Just think we have to lug all our stuff back to the airport again Saturday!!!

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Monday, October 25, 2010

Typhoon Megi (aka Juan)

As many of you have seen and heard from the news over the past week, our tribal area was directly hit by very powerful typhoon.  Typhoon Megi, also known as Juan here in the Philippines was a category 5 when it made landfall last Monday. Even after passing over a mountain range and crossing approximately 100 km of land it was still raging at category 4 when it hit the hills of Ga’dang territory.  The 250 kph winds literally ripped whole trees out by the roots or snapped them in half, mangled rice fields, and damaged houses. 

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Our plan was to return to the village this past Friday after our 10 day break in Manila, taking the Easton family who are in Tagalog language study with us to visit.  Those plans quickly changed with the passing of the typhoon. Instead Dennis Easton and I headed north on our own to check out the damage and see if Christina and our houses were still standing.  We arrived in the village Wednesday afternoon after hiking in, while climbing over many fallen trees along the way.  The sight we saw can hardly by described with words.  The normally thick, green forests looked as though a giant upside down blender had gone through them.  Very few trees were left untouched by the storm.  Rice fields looked like they had been tied into knots and rolled over.  Houses were missing roofs or parts of them.  Praise the Lord, neither Christina’s or our house was damaged in any way. 

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As I talked to our Ga’dang friends over the next 2 days and walked around looking at the damage in the fields and gardens, it became evident that the next year is going to be very tough for many of them.  Virtually all the mountain rice was knocked over and/or pulled out of the ground at the roots.  They are now busily trying to harvest what they can before any more rain comes.  Some of the rice was ready to be harvested and can still be salvaged, but many of the fields were still green and therefore now lost.  All the fruit trees, including mango, banana, papaya and many other varieties were damaged or destroyed from the strong winds.   These and the locally grown vegetables which were also damaged are an important part of the diet for our Ga’dang neighbours, as it supplements the rice they eat with each meal.

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This comes as a doubly hard hit for the Ga’dang people as they are still recovering from the drought which plagued most of the Philippines during the first 5 months of this year.  At that time many lost their crops due to lack water then and/or were unable to replant their fields.  As a result, they are now coming to the end of their reserve supply of rice and are saying they will not have enough to use as seed and eat until the next harvest.  When I asked what they will do to provide for their families, I was told they will try to find work somewhere.  There should be some government assistance available as well, it’s just a matter of knowing how to access it. 

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On the bright side, this has opened up some doors of opportunity for us.  We will see what we can do to help in getting government assistance, and if need be, provide rice, etc. for those who are in need.  Some of the men in the village who were before very quiet around me have opened up and are more willing to talk.  We look forward to the day when as a result of this calamity we are able to share the Good News of the Gospel with the Ga’dang people.  Hopefully it will be because they saw that we really do care about them as people, not just physically hungry but spiritually as well, and we are offering that which can satisfy. 

by Chuck

Facebook Pictures of Typhoon Megi's damage in our area

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Outside and downstairs

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  This is the front of the house.  The siding is now done!

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All the shutters are on but the ones on the upstairs on this side.

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This is the kitchen and dining room.  Kitchen cabinets are still not done but we will get to it eventually.

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We have a bathroom with a tub and hot water shower!

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Now we have stairs to the upstairs!!!

Upstairs

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This is the girls room.  Their beds are now together.

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The boys are still sleeping in their tents until their beds get put together!

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Some small things are just as important as the big things.  Towel bars!!!

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A shower and toilet upstairs!!!

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This will become my linen closet!

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Rain = running water = hot showers!!!

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Last weekend our good missionary friend Bob came in to finish the plumbing in our house.  We had sewage pipes already but no water pipes.

In the process of getting things ready for Bob, an important fitting for our water holding tank was cracked.  Thus the tank had to be emptied in order to fix it.

Over the weekend all the plumbing was finished and the fitting was fixed but we had no water to test the system.  The night before Bob left we decided it would be best to pray for the rain to wait till Bob left.  No one likes a muddy hike.  The Lord answered our prayers and it didn’t rain.  Bob made it out with no trouble and little mud.

That Monday afternoon we added “RAIN” to our to-do list.  A few hours later we had a light rain.  We joked with Christina that we need to be more specific in what we need to do.  So we added “HEAVY” to our “rain” to do.  Within a couple more hours it started to pour!!!

In just 55 minutes this barrel was full and over flowing!!!

That made one more thing to stroke off the to do list.

That night I had my first hot shower in our house!!!  It was so nice.

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We have introduced this family to you before but we want to ask you to pray especially for little Josilyn.  She is turning one this month and is so very tiny.  She weighs just 6 kg.

A week ago we asked the family if we could give the baby some formula and baby cereal to help her as we are concerned for her.  They agreed with no problem.  So twice a day she comes to our porch with either her mom or her sister.  We have tried formula, baby cereal mixed with formula, a special malnutrition drink, and now peanut butter but she is just not wanting to eat or drink.  We get very little into her.  It doesn’t seem to matter if it is her mom or sister feeding her either.  Please pray for her and us as we try some different things to increase her weight and health.

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This is after 5 days of feeding her while in her mom or sisters lap.  She finally came to me and sat in my lap for about 10 min!!!

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   Please continue to pray for this family.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Moving In!!!

Dear Friends and Family,

This is just a short update to let you know that the time has finally come to move into our house with the Ga'dang people!!! This is very exciting and very scary all at the same time. There is still a lot to do on the house but we feel that we can live in it while Chuck works on it.
Please pray for us tomorrow as we hike into the village. It has been very rainy here and this makes the trail very slippery and muddy. It will not be an easy hike. It looks like the kids will have to walk some if not all the way too. This means Chuck is carrying Sophia, now weighing in at 30 lbs and I will carry Jenna, now over 15 lbs. This will not be an easy task for us. Pray pray for us.

I would normally send out an email to everyone about what we are doing but my mailing list in on my computer in Manila, at the repair shop. So please share this information with everyone that knows us!!!

Thanks so much for your prayers.

Shannon for us all

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Born again

Chuckie I’d like to announce the birth of another child into our family, our spiritual family that is.  For some time now, we’ve had a pretty good idea that Charlotte was saved.  More recently, both Shannon and I have seen evidence of that in her actions and what she says, particularly when we study the Bible together as a family.  The other evening Shannon took the time to sit with Charlotte and ask her some questions about what she believes.  It was obvious where Charlotte stands as she shared with Shannon and later with me about how she believes that Jesus died on the the cross to pay the price for her sins.  She told us that she knows she can’t get to heaven because of her own good works, only by believing that what Jesus did is good enough.  This is exciting for us as parents, as now 3 of our children have expressed their faith in Him.  If as a missionary and a dad I never get to see any others come to know Christ as their Saviour, that’s ok.  He has allowed us the opportunity to bring the ones closest to us to Him.  That’s enough for me.

by Dad

Friday, August 6, 2010

We worked all day…

As you know, we recently had a work team come from the U.K. to help us work on our house.  The goal for the 2 weeks they were here was to get the house ready for us to move into it in August.  We were able to accomplish that and then some.  I have to admit that at first I was a little sceptical about the proposed skill level of most of this crew.  The Lord quickly reminded me though that He more often than not chooses to use those who are not ‘skilled’ at what they do.  This way He can be readily glorified as He should be for the things He accomplishes through us.DSCF2759  Within the context of this work team, there were 12 of them, 6 guys and 6 girls.  1 was an experienced carpenter, 3 had a little knowledge of it, and the rest were simply willing to try and learn.  That’s really all we needed.  Everyone worked hard, learning how to swing hammers, read tape measures, and use power tools (without major injuries even!) to get the job done.  I couldn’t have asked for more, so thank you to everyone on the U.K. Summit Team of 2010 who came to help us. 

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

A teacher….just maybe!!!

It has been our desire since Bobbi Easton came to homeschool our kids in 2006 to have someone homeschool our kids every year while in the Philippines.  Having someone else teach the kids will free me, Shannon, up for language study and eventually ministry plus it keeps the kids at home with us instead of going away to boarding school.

Just this last July 4th, Jessica Wease left us to return back to Canada to attend Bible school.  She was a wonderful teacher for our kids and we will miss her very much.

Since February we have been praying for a new teacher for the kids for the 2010/2011 school year.

About 2 months ago we shared with leadership that Jessica would be leaving us and asked them to pray with us for a new teacher.  We were asked if we had contacted a young lady that was interested in coming last year but Jessica was already planned to come.

With life being busy, we didn’t get a chance to email this young lady.  But then 2 weeks later we received an email… It was from this very same young lady and she was asking if we had a teacher for this coming year yet!!!

From there we started communicating with her, our leadership here and the NTM office in Sanford, FL.  After several emails and phone calls everyone is in agreement that Dorothy would be a good fit for our family this coming school year!!!

This is very exciting!!!

It is not finalized yet as Dorothy still needs to fill out her application and raise some financial support to come.

Please pray with us and Dorothy.  Pray that things would be completed quickly.  Pray that she would be able to have enough people come behind her for support and to help with her plane ticket.

We don’t know when she will come but the new school year is just around the corner.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

The house…….

Here are just a few pictures of our house in the tribe.  I will let Chuck write more in a few days but I wanted to get some new pictures up of the house for you all to see.100_2500

The front porch was added.

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The front door was built.

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Plywood was put up on the walls.

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Shutters were made for the kitchen and dining room.

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The walls and floor upstairs had a sealant put on it.

That is just part of what they got done.  We will put more pictures up later.