Friday, June 29, 2012

New Co-workers

For the last 2 1/2 years we have been praying that the Lord would bring along another family to join us in the work He is doing among the Ga’dang in the Philippines.

We are excited to announce that our prayers have been answered!

Dennis and Valerie Easton are going to be joining us in bringing the Gospel message to the Ga’dang.

They have 4 beautiful little girls that have already become great friends with our kids.  Another great thing about them is that they are from Bancroft, Ontario.  It is great that we know of some of the same areas and even some of the same people.

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Some of you may be wondering if they are related to our former home school teacher, Bobbi Easton.  They are related.  Bobbi’s dad and Dennis are first cousins.

Please pray for the Easton family as Dennis finishes up Tagalog language study and has a final language evaluation in July.  Pray for them also as they pack up their home in Manila.  They will be taking a 6 month furlough starting in August.  They need to pack and sort for their time in Canada, what goes to the village at first and what will come later, and what they don’t need at all!  That is a lot of work to do.

We look forward to spending some time with them while they are in Canada.  Lord willing some of you will get to meet them too!

Valerie writes a great blog too.  Check it out!  Musings of a Foreigner

Friday, June 8, 2012

Things I like about Canada-#2

I love being able to open a bag of chips, cookies, crackers or anything like that and NOT have to feel the need to put them in a container or ziplock within 30 minutes of opening them!  I have left cookies on the counter for several days opened and they are still CRISP!  Within a matter of minutes chips, cookies, etc are soft and stale in the Philippines.  The humidity is so high, even in dry season, that anything dry sucks up the moisture.

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The other GREAT thing…is no ants!

Friday, June 1, 2012

Things I like about Canada-#1

A friend of mine has been writing about the things she likes about the Philippines.  That got me to thinking about writing about the things that I like about Canada.

One of the things that is hard while in the Philippines, is the lack of grass and playgrounds.  Even while in the village, surrounded by trees, we don’t have much grass to play in, just mud!  While we are in town we wish we could just go to a playground and let the kids play.  But the number of playgrounds is rather limited.

We are very thankful for a yard for the kids to play in everyday we are in Canada.  We have also had the privilege of being close to playgrounds while visiting my mom and most recently while staying at Hope Valley Day Camp.

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