Sendusout

Today we sit down to write a special letter. A letter to the friends and family who have so graciously supported us over the past two years as we set aside the life we knew and loved in Nampa, Idaho and charged ahead to the place God has called us. …

t feels a little silly writing ANOTHER post on our Philippines 9-G Visa and I-Card process, but then again, that’s what personal web blogs are all about. Sharing the mundane, the exciting, the new, and the old. In some cases we get the chance to share about answered prayer and …

As Ian would say, “Grandpa and Grandpa came to visit this week.” Over the past 10 days we have had the pleasure of having Daniel’s parents visit us from Colorado. Being buried under several inches of snow, they were happy to come visit us in the Philippines and experience …

On September 28 our family was to fly from Manila to the U.S. to spend 7 weeks with friends and family. About a week before that, we found out there was a problem with the two year visas we had been applying for, but were hopeful the issue would …

We are so blessed to be a part of the mission work being completed on the Asia Pacific Region through WM Communications Asia Pacific by God’s grace, inspirations, and empowering. For the many, many of you who faithfully pray for us, encourage us, send us notes, and support us …

The rainy season of 2006 has been unusually heavy here in the Philippines. Many of you probably remember our report and pictures from typhoon Melino last October. Well, a 3rd “Super Typhoon” hit the southern Luzon and Bicol region of the Philippines about 10 days ago. Around …

It has been awhile. After waiting six weeks, a guy from PLDT finally showed up at our house today with our modem and I feel like the world is at my fingertips once again. Even though I could write an email or journal entry and then go somewhere …

Many have asked so we thought we would give you all an update on where we are and what is happening.

Short answer is that we are still in Manila awaiting our Visa approval and our iCard travel documents.

If I had any answers as to why there has been a delay …

As our close friends and co-workers Grace and Ervz Tia returned home late from a long day of errands and work at WMC-AP, they noticed the traffic was unusually bad. Metro Manila traffic can always be slow, however, the traffic climbing the hill from APNTS to …

The last 48 hours has provided as much adventure in one punch as I think we have had all year. As many of you know we should be back in the States by now however a mistake in the handling of our 9G visa has resulted in the pushing back …