Most of you reading this may already know. We left on Christmas Day afternoon for Atlanta and returned last night to our home in N.C. We helped my brother-in-law and sister-in-law put down a new ceramic tile kitchen floor. A couple of hours before we left, our daughter, Danielle, called us from N.C. My twin sister, Terri, had called her trying to track us down. Long story short, my 37-year-old, nephew, Karl, committed suicide at 1:40 a.m. yesterday morning. He is the son of my oldest brother, Dick. Please keep our entire family in your prayers.
I have little to say because all that I know to do during this time is to hold onto the truth that I know; that His ways are higher than our ways; that His grace is sufficient!
Right now, due to the nature of his death and what looks to be a bit of a delayed funeral, and the fact that we have airline tickets to return to Costa Rica this Sunday, and talking to family members, we are going to return as scheduled and take our flight. This Sunday, would have been Karl's birthday.
Thank you for lifting up our family during this difficult and painful time.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Sunday, December 04, 2011
Ummm...WOW!
It's really been since November 5th that I last posted on the blog? Really? What? Where has the last month gone?
Things like "presentations" have kept us busy the last several weeks with our last church presentation coming up on Dec. 18th to our home. We now have flight confirmations to return to Costa Rica on January 1, 2012. About two weeks after we return to Costa Rica we will be hosting a 35-person team from the States and Canada who will have a three-fold, two-week ministry of construction at the camp finishing the new cabin; medical/dental clinics in rural, low-income areas with simultaneous children's ministry. We've been working diligently at home here in the States doing what logistical work we can to prepare for the team, but all good, fun things must come to an end! When we return we will plan the menu for the two weeks, finalize the driver's, interpreters and other volunteers that we will use with the team, order construction supplies and get those delivered to the camp for the construction team, and make beds for the team's arrival, just to name a few things on the "to do" list.
We appreciate your continued prayers as we finish our furlough here with our families before returning to Costa Rica, Christmas Eve with our kids in our home here in N.C.; Christmas Day with Ken's Mom in her home with an early afternoon departure on Christmas Day to Atlanta, Ga. to visit Ken's sister and put down her Christmas present from her husband - a new tile, kitchen floor. We return to N.C. on Dec. 28 if all goes well to pack up our things here for our return!
Hopefully, I'll get to post more before we leave! Thanks for reading and for praying!
Things like "presentations" have kept us busy the last several weeks with our last church presentation coming up on Dec. 18th to our home. We now have flight confirmations to return to Costa Rica on January 1, 2012. About two weeks after we return to Costa Rica we will be hosting a 35-person team from the States and Canada who will have a three-fold, two-week ministry of construction at the camp finishing the new cabin; medical/dental clinics in rural, low-income areas with simultaneous children's ministry. We've been working diligently at home here in the States doing what logistical work we can to prepare for the team, but all good, fun things must come to an end! When we return we will plan the menu for the two weeks, finalize the driver's, interpreters and other volunteers that we will use with the team, order construction supplies and get those delivered to the camp for the construction team, and make beds for the team's arrival, just to name a few things on the "to do" list.
We appreciate your continued prayers as we finish our furlough here with our families before returning to Costa Rica, Christmas Eve with our kids in our home here in N.C.; Christmas Day with Ken's Mom in her home with an early afternoon departure on Christmas Day to Atlanta, Ga. to visit Ken's sister and put down her Christmas present from her husband - a new tile, kitchen floor. We return to N.C. on Dec. 28 if all goes well to pack up our things here for our return!
Hopefully, I'll get to post more before we leave! Thanks for reading and for praying!
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