Dear Friends & Family,
It is hard
to believe that we are already mid-July! June has been a whirlwind of
weeks…moving and getting settled, a visit from Jason’s uncle and aunt, a
week away at camp and the start of online teaching courses for Andréa.
Here are two big highlights from the month of June...
Thursday, July 26, 2018
May 2018 Update
Dear Friends & Family,
We have successfully made it into our second home in Saint-Jérôme, Québec!! Thank you for your prayers and thoughts as we made the transition. Packing and moving ten minutes away wasn’t nearly as tedious of a task as moving 10 days away. Still, the actual moving days proved to be more difficult with a toddler, as one of the two of us were “detained”. We had Andréa’s aunt and another lady help with all of the cleaning in the new place and then had 6 men throughout the first day helping with all of the large items. It was many trips back and forth but we are settled and working on making the place our own.
We have successfully made it into our second home in Saint-Jérôme, Québec!! Thank you for your prayers and thoughts as we made the transition. Packing and moving ten minutes away wasn’t nearly as tedious of a task as moving 10 days away. Still, the actual moving days proved to be more difficult with a toddler, as one of the two of us were “detained”. We had Andréa’s aunt and another lady help with all of the cleaning in the new place and then had 6 men throughout the first day helping with all of the large items. It was many trips back and forth but we are settled and working on making the place our own.
April 2018 Update
Dear Friends & Family,
Yay, springtime is here to stay!! Granted, we still had cold weather in April and some snow but we are officially out of the long winter, here in Québec. Which means that everyone is out and about after the long months of hibernation. We hope that you are doing well and enjoying some spring weather. The trees received their greenery in a three days span (last week!) and we are looking forward to the flowers to blossom just as fast!
Yay, springtime is here to stay!! Granted, we still had cold weather in April and some snow but we are officially out of the long winter, here in Québec. Which means that everyone is out and about after the long months of hibernation. We hope that you are doing well and enjoying some spring weather. The trees received their greenery in a three days span (last week!) and we are looking forward to the flowers to blossom just as fast!
March 2018 Update
Dear Friends & Family,
Happy
Easter ! Joyeuses Pâques ! What a gift it is to be serving Jesus who
died on the cross for our sins and then was raised up three days later
for us, defeating sin and death! It’s a gift to be His chosen people
and we thank you for joining in the proclamation of this Good News. All
glory be to God!
February 2018 Update
Dear Friends & Family,
We
hope that you had a good (whirlwind) February and, possibly, even some
time to enjoy the Olympics! March has hit us very quickly and we are
enjoying a bit of "warmer" temperatures. The snow is still here and we
received a nice winter wonderland last evening. Jason has gotten to
enjoy the weather by skiing twice, now. A very kind family in our
church gave him free equipment and the "mountain" is twenty minutes
away! We look forward to next winter when we can teach Lydia to ski for
the first time. Lydia is one step closer to the slopes as she took her
first steps on her own, when trying to deliver a book to her dad. In
the next couple of weeks, our lives will change quite a bit as we will
be chasing her everywhere!
January 2018 Update
Dear Friends & Family,
We pray that this new year is going well for you. At the beginning of January, we had the added bonus of a second visit with Jason's sister, as she was delayed due to the winter storm on the East Coast! So, after a hard good-bye, we were able to welcome her back to our place for extra time between aunt and niece. It was also nice having Jason & his sister together, as their grandpa passed away at the beginning of the year. We continue to pray for their grandma and look forward to when she can visit or we can see her. We celebrated Lydia turning one year's old and are waiting with excitement for her to still take her first unassisted steps. We will let you know when that happens!
We pray that this new year is going well for you. At the beginning of January, we had the added bonus of a second visit with Jason's sister, as she was delayed due to the winter storm on the East Coast! So, after a hard good-bye, we were able to welcome her back to our place for extra time between aunt and niece. It was also nice having Jason & his sister together, as their grandpa passed away at the beginning of the year. We continue to pray for their grandma and look forward to when she can visit or we can see her. We celebrated Lydia turning one year's old and are waiting with excitement for her to still take her first unassisted steps. We will let you know when that happens!
December 2017 Update
Dear Friends & Family,
We hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year, and even more than that, a chance to rest and reflect on Christ and His birth! We have had the honor of having Jason's sister visit us for the winter break, as well as a memorable time celebrating with Andréa's Québec family over Christmas Eve and the eve of New Year's Eve! FaceTime/Skype also brought family closer and diminished the gap in distance with those not in Québec. We definitely had a white Christmas, here, and consistently under/around zero degrees F for several weeks. So far, we are enjoying the "difficult" winter, here, and praying that our exuberance for the cold and snow will hold us through the remaining months of winter.
We hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year, and even more than that, a chance to rest and reflect on Christ and His birth! We have had the honor of having Jason's sister visit us for the winter break, as well as a memorable time celebrating with Andréa's Québec family over Christmas Eve and the eve of New Year's Eve! FaceTime/Skype also brought family closer and diminished the gap in distance with those not in Québec. We definitely had a white Christmas, here, and consistently under/around zero degrees F for several weeks. So far, we are enjoying the "difficult" winter, here, and praying that our exuberance for the cold and snow will hold us through the remaining months of winter.
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