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Sharon’s Birthday

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Zingerman`s Deli

If you Google "Zingerman’s Deli" you will come up with all sorts of mouth-watering results. Just writing this article is making me hungry. Now I’m eating a bowl of cereal as I continue writing. So here’s how the day went down:

We went to our internships just like we always do on Wednesday mornings. During our morning meetings we celebrated Sharon’s birthday with yogurt parfaits from McDonalds and birthday cards. It was nice of Leslie to remember her birthday even though we’d only been working for a few days.

We left the internship early and went south. It took us a while to find Zingerman’s because we don’t have one of those fancy GPS things in our car… too bad. We actually had do the old fashioned thing and stop into a AAA insurance store to get directions. Actually, I thought it was fun to drive around Ann Arbor.

When we arrived at Zingermans and parked we walked in and tried all sorts of new things at the urging of the staff, who are very friendly and helpful as you look through their massive list of sandwiches. After our meal we took a long walk in downtown Ann Arbor and went back to Zingerman’s for desert.

We didn’t have a problem getting out of Ann Arbor and we arrived in Detroit in plenty of time of time to see Sam and Kari step out of the terminal gates into the baggage claim. It was great to see them and catch up a bit while we were looking for a Taco Bell. Taco Bell? After returning from Honduras that’s where they wanted to go. It was, perhaps, strangest birthday celebration Sharon has ever had.

A Year Ago Today:

We were in Cambodia! It was our last day and we went to a nice restaurant to celebrate Sharon’s birthday. That trip was an incredible, eye-opening oportunity (and a hard birthday to beat!).

We hope that in another year we will be weeks away from going to Cambodia to minister. Sometimes the steps seem insurmountable, but we know we have a great God and incredible support from our family and friends.

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Saying Goodbyes

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Cappuccino, my uncle`s dog. We`ll miss having Sunday lunch with them and being so close.

Missouri grew on us. It’s sad to say goodbye to so many people at the end of our two year training here because we’ve made a lot of great friends and memories. Goodbyes, like packing, are part of missionary life. I’ve found over the years that goodbyes also mean new beginnings. So here’s what our new beginning will look like:

Daily Life in Michigan:

Moving is just the first step. After we’ve settled in we will dig into Partnership Development, or sharing our hearts for Cambodia with churches and indivdiuals. This is a huge task since it will require a lot of appointments, informal meetings, formal meetings, presentations, and casual conversation.

Partnership Development is our primary focus, but much of our week will also be spent in our church’s office. Sharon and I are both volunteering 30 hours for an internship with Trinity Church, which will be a give and take sort of partnership resulting in mutual benefit and certainly fulfilling whatever needs we can help with.

As far as housing goes, we will be staying at my parent’s house in Willamston, about 20 minutes from Trinity, where we will intern. The situation couldn’t be more perfect as the rentors of the house just moved out, opening the house for our use.

God’s Provision:

It has been exciting to see how God has been providing for us and going before us in this situation. We are trusting Him to continue to provide as we’re faithful to freely share our vision for Cambodia and our needs.

We can’t wait. Join the journey by giving, praying, and encouraging us. God bless.

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