tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57053812012-02-16T01:13:49.317-06:00Our place of ministry has changed. We are now in Langdon, ND. I am the new pastor of First Baptist Church here in Langdon. We will try to keep up with this blog better so friends and family can keep up to date with our lives and ministry.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246199873322006042noreply@blogger.comBlogger981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-25297946116474000892009-01-07T00:38:00.003-06:002009-01-07T00:41:11.696-06:00

I felt the need to simplify my online existence a little bit, so I am merging all of my blogging to a single location. I will continue to post picture and stuff about the family, but I am going to do it at my other blog. So for all of the family and friends who normally check here for news and photos and such. Follow this link to the new site. I am doing this partly so I don't have to try and

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One thing about living in North Dakota is that the weather is predictably cold this time of year. No worries about global warming here; no sirree! We decided to take a trip to Grand Forks today so that the kids could spend all of that Christmas money and we could restock the pantry and such. It was expected to be below zero all day, but we were prepared to dress warmly. I even packed

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Have to get some pictures put up for the grandparents and any others who might be interested. Here are the boys playing in Jonathan's room.Here is AllieRose pretending to be a bride. If you look closely, you can see her "bridal bouquet under the yellow.This is the kids in front of the Christmas tree.I took this picture Sunday afternoon at church.

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Just turned in my last assignment for the winter term. I am done until January 12 now. I have decided to take 12 hours this spring, so I am going to enjoy the month long break as much as possible. Everything else is going good here. We are preparing to batten down the hatches for the weekend. We have a blizzard warning starting tomorrow night and at least 6 inches of snow is predicted for

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Just the mention of the word thanksgiving is enough to stir a well of emotions in me. I am not the kind of person who generally thinks of doing those "little things" like writing notes or sending cards or things like that. My wife is the one who has a knack for saying the right thing at the right time or doing the little things that make a big impression. But even I can't help but stop and

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For those who come here to keep up with the family, I apologize. Between starting school again and the hectic nature of life, I have not kept up here at all. I will put up a post later with some cute photos of the kids from the blizzard in Mandan earlier this month. In the meantime, for those who might be interested, I have just set up a site/blog for the church so I can post audio files of

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I could say that I have just been very busy, which is true. But I have really meant to update the blog here for some time and just haven't done it. I will post some pictures from our Arkansas trip at the end of this post. Just a quick couple of notes for those who don't know. I did finally get a diagnosis for my mystery illness. The specialist that I saw in Grand Forks said that it was

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Summer must be winding down since school is starting this week. My mother was always fond of singing the line, "now it's time to say goodbye to the summer!" this time of year. Ironically, we are getting some of our warmest weather this week, but it won't last for long. And warm is a relative term since we still haven't seen 90 degrees here this year, nor are we likely to see it. I am still

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As many of you know, I have been sick for a couple of weeks now. We still don't have any complete answers to what is wrong, but I am feeling better. I have been living on Tylenol and Ibuprofen for a couple of weeks now to keep the fever under control so that I can function normally, but it is only suppressing the symptoms. I will see the doctor again tomorrow and probably next week and the

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T-ball is over and PeeWee is going to be done this week. Jeremiah is so proud of his medal that he has worn it to bed. Jonathan's team has put on quite a show this week. They have won all three of their tournament games so far with two of them being come from behind wins. Monday night they started the final inning down two runs. They scored five to take the lead and then took the field.

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Well, it looks like we will have back to back days with temps in the 80s so I think that qualifies as a heat wave. I will tell you all one thing though. The sun up here is brutal. I was out today to watch Jeremiah's t-ball game and managed to really sunburn the tops of my knees pretty badly. I had gotten a light burn on them a week or so ago that didn't really do much, but this one is bright

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Well, we finally got pictures from Jonathan's game tonight. I was the only coach there for our team and we were missing two players. Amelia was able to come and help keep order in the dugout for me. The other team only had 8 players, but we figured the kids would still have fun anyway. I got hit by a batted ball in the bottom of the second and the girl that was pitching to the other team got

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I had promised AllieRose that she would get to go golfing with me when her potty training was officially over. She has done really well for quite some time now and we no longer have pullups on our Wal-Mart list every time we go to Grand Forks. So yesterday, I was at the course and realized that the time was perfect to make good on the promise. Amelia drove her up to the course and I took her

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Well, my parents just headed out for more southward climes an hour or so ago. We miss them already. Jonathan went over to the spare room where my mom was staying right after they drove out. He stopped in the doorway and stared in with a mopey look. He put his head down and walked toward the kitchen. I gave him a quick hug as he walked by and let him know that I missed them too. It's usually

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I know that some of you are wondering how Amelia is doing after the surgery last week. I just wanted to give you a quick update to tell you that she is recovering well. She is feeling much better, but we are careful not to let her overdo it. My parents are still here helping out, but they are planning to head out later this week. It has been such a blessing to have them here with us. They

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Amelia was able to come home today. She is doing really well after the surgery. Thanks to all who have prayed and sent well wishes our way. God is good. Jonathan's baseball team had their first practice tonight. I am one of the coaches, so I spent the majority of my time hitting balls to a few of the boys to field. My arm is hurting pretty good right now, but I took some ibuprofen so it

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Well, this is going to be a fun and hectic weekend. We are going to the airport tomorrow to pick up another grandparent and then Allie will have two grandmothers to entertain and play with. She has been putting on quite a show the last couple of days with my parents here. I am not sure who is enjoying this more. The kids, the grandparents or the proud parents who get to revel in the show. We

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It could be because of my newfound fascination with the Hebrew calendar and my new awareness of it. It could just be that we all attach ourselves to certain dates like birthdays and anniversaries and such. Maybe it is because we have a babysitter to watch the kids for a few hours on Saturday. Whatever the reason, I am looking forward to our anniversary this weekend. This will mark 12 years of

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Every once in a while, I have someone ask why we homeschool our kids. There are lots of reasons really, but here is another good one. Under the question, what do kids do in school all day is this little tidbitWell, several recent research studies have shown that for every 50 minute class period, only 28% of that time is spent in engaged learning. That means that for every subject in school, the

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Just a bit of catching up for those who follow our family goings on here. Things are getting ready to get really crazy. Amelia's surgery is in just two weeks and we are trying to prepare for that. We have help on the way for that time, so that is a good thing. I have registered for my first two classes for my master's degree. I can't remember if I posted that I have my Bachelor's Degree now

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Well, it is springtime and some days it actually feels springlike here. On Sunday, we had a picnic/cookout at the home of one of our deacon's family to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. It was a lot of fun. The sun was shining and it was in the 50s. Felt warmer to me with the sun shining. Actually, we all ended up a little bit pink from the time spent in the sun with no sunscreen.

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I need to catch up the blog with a few pictures. It is hard to keep up sometimes. I always seem to be doing something all the time. I know I am not the busiest person. I know this for a fact because I know busier people. Even still, time does get away from us all. Here are some pictures.This is game time at AWANA. You will recognize Jonathan in the line. The young girl looking at the

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Well, my first year of work with AWANA has come to a close. It was a good year. I am still amazed at how many lives are affected by this program. We have seen several young people make decisions for Christ this past year. The program tonight went really well. I know the kids enjoyed the slideshow DVD. The young lady that put it together has a real gift for working with photos and media. I

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Sorry for the lack of posting lately. It seems like things just get really chaotic and nothing gets done some days. We signed the boys up for baseball this week. Jeremiah is going to play Tee ball and Jonathan is going to be playing Pee Wee. And through a strange twist of fate, I have been volunteered to be a coach for Jonathan's team. A couple of the homeschool families were talking about

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It has been a busy week or so. We had a guest here at the house the last few days. Bro. Mike, our former pastor in Arkansas, does a Bible teaching ministry now and we scheduled him to come here to our church. It was such a blessing for us and for the church as a whole. Our whole group really enjoyed the studies and I believe the Lord will use this as a springboard for us in our ministry. We

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I am late getting this put together, but better late than never as they always say. Here are some pictures from Allie's party at the church. We have another lady in our church with the same birthday a few years before. She came to the party and wore a crown with AllieRose. They had quite a good time playing games and laughing. Here are the pictures. Here is a picture of Allie next to her

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I got another crack a curling last night. I had a lot of fun and one really embarrassing moment. I also remembered to take a few pictures of the club before I went out on the ice. Practice really does make perfect. I was able to make the shots without falling over now and I am starting to learn how to make different shots as well. Unfortunately, I will now have to wait until next season to

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Well, we are beginning to thaw out here. For the last week or so the temperature has mostly hovered just over the freezing line so things are melting. Of course, we also have snow in the forecast in some small amounts for the next few days. There are actually quite a few winter weather warnings and advisories for the areas well south of here. We won't get much snow from the look of it. But

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The birthday party was a smashing success and the cake looked really great. Jonathan said it was his best birthday ever. Below are some photos from the event.This is Jonathan surveying his result inthe pin-the-helmet on the astronaut game.Here he is with his cake.

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Well, it is all over but the final grades. I have finished my Bachelor's degree at last. It is a good feeling really. I am glad to have it done with finally. I know I have one B and probably 2 A's for my final term, so it is basically unofficially official. Amelia asked me if I wanted to do something to celebrate and I am still pondering what I want to do. I guess it is appropriate to do

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This is a busy time in our church for birthdays. We have four people this week I think that have a birthday. One of those of course is Jonathan. He is getting very excited for his upcoming birthday on Sunday, and I am having a hard time realizing that he is turning nine. I talked to Dad earlier today and he said they were having a snowstorm in Arkansas and might get 5-8 inches. It took me

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I have been a busy guy this past weekend. We traveled to Rapid City for Joe and Bethany's wedding. It was good and I pray that they are having a great time in Hawaii right now. I got to spend some time with Joe on Friday night before the wedding and I am very happy for him as he starts on this new adventure. We had some adventures of our own as we traveled through snow for about half of the

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OK. There are probably one or two folks out there who are curious to know about my curling experience. I had fun, but I am a little sore. I learned very quickly that there is a lot of difficulty in doing this right. I had a very patient teacher who taught me to balance and move around on the ice first. In all the times I have watched curling, the people make it look so effortless as they

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As most of you know, I am almost done with my bachelor's degree.  One of the final classes I am taking is a course on evangelism.  Evangelism is one of those things that we all know we need to do, but many of us put off doing.  I for one have used more excuses than I can remember for why I couldn't talk to someone about Christ.  Well, I am getting sick of my excuses.  Sharing the gospel isn't an

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It is funny really.  One of the things that excited me about the fact that God had called us here was the chance to get a first-hand experience with the sport of curling.  I confess to being one of those folks that find this sport endlessly fascinating.  When it was shown during the Olympics a few years back, I think I watched almost every match.  This week I am planning on going down to the

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I have been meaning to get some more pictures posted from last week. Things are going well here. We got an unexpected snow shower last night that didn't amount to much. The night before we had a great view of the eclipse. We let the kids stay up to watch it until it was full and then got them to bed. We have been having some problems with allergies and Jeremiah's asthma has been flaring up some

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We have another winter weather advisory today.  This is the weather service's way of hedging their bets.  The bummer is that it has warmed up so much today that it may come down as freezing rain instead of snow.  As I sit here typing it is 32 degrees, which is a huge change from the past few days.  For my part, I would like to see more snow still.  But I am in the minority around here for sure.  

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We had a pretty busy day today. Amelia took the kids to the nursing home here in town to give Valentine's Day cards to the residents. The kids had fun and were very cute of course. Before they could leave though, I had a chance to put the snow blower through its paces clearing the driveway. I even found a way to get it on the porch to do some clearing there as well. I am going to post a couple of

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Well, we had a lot of fun with the Super Bowl party last night.  The game was a good one and the fellowship was a lot of fun.  The ladies hung out in the office area and changed the channel on the second TV.  When we got to halftime, I had planned to show a video to everyone and had to wait a couple of minutes so they could see the end of a show on the Food Network.  They also played Scrabble

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It must be the old youth pastor in me.  We have invited any and all of our church folks to come to the house tonight and enjoy food, fellowship and some football.  Truthfully, I would like to see the Giants win tonight, but it really doesn't matter all that much to me either way.  I am more excited at the opportunity to open our hearts and home to our family here.  We have a couple of TVs set up

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Well, the -55 wind chill or the -30 air temp managed to freeze up the pipes to the remodeled bathroom upstairs.  I was greeted this morning with a fun plumbing adventure as I first shut off the water and then tried to determine if it was just the hot or the cold or both that had sprung a leak directly about our kitchen.  It appears to be both.  So after we have our church folks over Sunday night

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I finally did it.  I applied for seminary with Liberty's DLP program.  I am planning on starting during the summer.  Actually, I am pretty excited about it.  It's funny, but the more writing I do, the more I am beginning to enjoy doing it (which will be a good thing).  Of course, it helps that I am able to do all of my writing at a computer keyboard.  If I had to do this by hand with a pencil or

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There are plenty of things that I don't necessarily like about school.  I get restless sometimes during lectures when the professor keeps saying stuff that I already understand or keeps repeating stuff that I already got.  I don't like busywork, although to be fair the classes I take through the DLP program at Liberty aren't big on busywork type assignments for the most part.  But what I do love

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I have been meaning to post a couple of times now, but things always seem to come up.  We are doing well.  The kids haven't been able to play outside lately because the temperature and/or wind chill has been below zero for most of the last week or so.  Right now as I am writing it is actually 5 above but it still feels like -12.  It isn't too bad but we don't get out and around as much in this

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Well, we are plugging right along in the new year.  I am starting to find a groove as a pastor.  I feel like I am beginning to understand better how to minister as a senior pastor instead of as the "youth guy".  Last night, I was invited to speak and sing at a weekly youth gathering here in town.  It was a lot of fun for me and I think the youth there enjoyed it as well.  I am attempting my first

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I guess it is inevitable that a family from the south would love the snow more than most.  After all, I don't ever remember having enough snow to do this.  We are continuing to work on building a snow fort in the backyard.  This is me on my knees behind the wall.  The kids are enjoying the snow.  It was in the low 30s today, so we got a chance to stay out and play for quite a while.

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I guess we can officially call our Christmas over now that the kids had a chance to spend all of their Christmas money.  We spent most of ours too in a trip to Grand Forks yesterday.  The kids went together to get a PS2 (that's Playstation2 for those grandparents out there who are now saying, "What's a Playstation?").  The kids each got their own games for it and they got to play some today.  It

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It was never really in doubt that we would have snow on the ground on Christmas day, but now the forecast shows that we will probably have some flurries falling today and tomorrow, so it will be a white Christmas on that count as well. I for one am thrilled. The kids are having fun playing around the house with the toys from the stockings that they were allowed to open today. This Christmas has

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I don't know if it is the past year's experience of going back to college to finish my degree online or the other changes in life that have moved me from a youth pastor to a senior pastor, but for some reason I find that I like to write more now than I ever did.  It could be that with all of the extra studying I feel like I have more to say.  Whatever the reason, hopefully the stuff that is

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Sometimes any excuse to act like a kid will do.  But the chance to play in a foot of snow is one of the best.This is Amelia with the kids This is Jeff in case you were wonderingThis is one of the snow angels that the kids made.After my recent studies in college classes, I found myselfwondering if they actually look like this at all.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246199873322006042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-11596107023707252782007-12-04T14:45:00.000-06:002008-08-27T21:12:23.521-05:00

Well, we have had a couple of small snow falls.  Today marks our first snow storm.  At least the first "real" snow storm.  There are advisories and a bunch of snow.  I just measured the snow in the backyard at 11".  We have drifts next to the house that are around 23" and I haven't bothered to measure the snow bank that we have created next to the driveway from shoveling and the snowblower that

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I learned a couple of things this weekend as a parent.  One of those was the depth of emotion that you can feel simply because one of your children is hurting.  We finally lost the last goldfish in our house.  A nearly six year run came to an end Sunday morning when my wife found Dorothy floating motionless in the tank.  Jonathan had been very upset by hear near death experience a couple of

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Recently, God has placed some questions in my path to give me a fresh challenge and perspective to my beliefs and faith.  Some of the questions and issues are ones that I have faced and considered before, but some are new to me.  The chief thing that I have gained from this internal debate is the realization once again that God is much bigger than we can comprehend.  I know it sounds like a duh

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I ran into a fascinating article a couple of weeks ago about Willow Creek and their admission that the old way that they measured success in church had been inaccurate.  What they found was that having lots of programming to attract lots of people didn't necessarily equate to those people being growing, maturing Christians.  In the article, Bill Hybels is quoted as saying the following: We made a

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We now find ourselves in North Dakota.  I have taken a step in a new direction in ministry from the role of a youth pastor to the role of a senior pastor.  It is not one I foresaw ever occurring, but it has been obvious that God has changed my calling and gifting over the last few months to a year to this direction.  We are excited for our new role here and the family is settling in very well

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Hey everybody.  Sorry for the long lag in posting.  I started back to school at Liberty online and somewhere in there Blogger changed their formatting and Amelia couldn't post here either.  She posted some additional entries at a new blog. You can view it by clicking on the link on the word blog.  I will try and do a better job of keeping up things here.  We are heading to Arkansas in a couple of

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Hi all. Jer and Jon have started school. It is going good. AR has been doing school work too. Praises some friend up here just had their second child. Mother and baby doing great. I have been making baby afghans to sell. Jeff has been sick. Please pray. Also my Dad has been sick and my family needs your prayers. Thanks. Our pastor also has been sick as well. I pray that you all are well

Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460578552951726975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1156480355689082542006-08-24T23:17:00.000-05:002006-08-24T23:32:35.700-05:00

I haven't posted in a long time. I would say it was just because of a busy summer schedule but it has been longer than that. I just wanted to post a few highlights from the summer. We have had some great blessings this summer. I just got back from the associational youth mission trip to Ossian, IA. We took 16 people total and God really worked in all of us as individuals and as a group. The

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We are moved and getting ready for the school year to start.We just finished Bible School. It went really well. At leastone kid saved. Here are some cute pics of the kids. Amelia

Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460578552951726975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1143057853669165542006-03-22T13:54:00.000-06:002006-03-22T14:04:13.680-06:00

Hello everyone. Sorry for the long hiatus. Moving and all the accompanying hassles will do that to you. We are finally settling in at our new place in Sturgis and getting everything packed and put away. Just wanted to give you guys some prayer requests and updates. Please pray for the youth group at Black Hills Baptist. We are taking the challenges from Aquire the Fire and running with it,

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Hey everyone. We have been staying busy. The kids are all getting healthy again. Jonathan was able to go to church with me on Wednesday night for the first time in a while. Please be in prayer with us. We are now on a timetable to move to a new place, mostly because we have a deadline now to get out of this one. We appreciate your prayers for us as we work to get ready to move. I am

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Hi All, We are on the mend. We are over the RSV, but the kids all have ear infections and Jonathan's ears ruptured. Please be praying that they heal well. Thanks Amelia

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Hi All,I pray this finds you all well. I thought Jer and AR were getting better. Now I think Jer has an ear infection on top of RSV. I am going to get him in to the doctor's later today. He just fell alseep. Please be praying for a family in our church their son has RSV and other things and two of their older childern are sick too. I hope you are all having a good new year! Wishing You All

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Hi All,We hope you had a wonderful New Year. We have had a rough start to the New Year. AR has RSV and now Jer has it. So far the have not required to be in the hospital, but I did have to take AR to the ER at 1AM on Sat. 01-01-06. Please be praying that they will get over their symptoms quickly. Thanks Amelia

Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460578552951726975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1135744776432429242005-12-27T22:34:00.000-06:002005-12-27T22:39:36.443-06:00

Hope everyone had a great Christmas. We enjoyed our time with our church family here. The Christmas eve service was great and I ended up with more and more duties for the Christmas morning service. : ) I really had a great day with all of the excitement from the kids. We are getting ready to launch into the new year. Please be praying for the youth group. We have a lot of things to go on

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Wanted to put up a picture of the kids. This was taken at church this morning. We had a great service. It was the Christmas program for the kids and youth. The trip to the mall went very well yesterday. I took three youth who were ready to share their faith. We all talked to somebody with different levels of results, but the main thing is the Gospel was shared. I highly recommend The Way

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246199873322006042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1134804836185319462005-12-17T01:30:00.000-06:002005-12-17T01:33:56.196-06:00

Hi All,I pray this finds you all well! Please be praying for Jeff and some of the youth today. They are going to be at the church helping hand out food baskets and then going to the mall to do some "Way of the Master" witnessing. It is very cold now. It feels like -7. I pray that you all have a great weekend. Merry Christmas!!!! Amelia

Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460578552951726975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1134715028654066432005-12-16T00:34:00.000-06:002005-12-16T00:37:08.656-06:00

This was taken this summer. Just wanted to share. I will get some Christmas pictures soon. Amelia

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Hi All,Sorry to be so long in writing. Things have been very busy. Getting ready for Christmas. Excited to start cooking for the big day. We are planning on having a birthday party for Jesus. I am going to let the kids help me make frosted sugar sandwich cookies, with peppermint flavoring. I am planning on making fudge and cookies to give out to friends up here. We wish you all a Very Merry

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Hi all, I pray this finds you all well. I think we are close to having everyone well. Other than lingering coughs we are all feeling better. We are looking forward to a trip to Arkansas in November. We had our first snow on the ground earlier this week. An hour northwest of us they had about 10 inches. We got only about an inch on the ground in town. Out at our church had snow drifts about

Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460578552951726975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1127662475511491312005-09-25T10:31:00.000-05:002005-09-25T10:34:35.516-05:00

Hi Please be praying that we get well soon. Thursday night Jer was sick all night and last night Jon was sick all night. The kids have been sick on and off for three weeks now. Now I have what the kids have. I think Jeff is over it. He missed one day of work. Thanks Amelia

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Please be praying for ours friends in Texas and I have family in Waco and that area. Jeff found out his morning that three people at work had meningitis. Please be praying that we do not get this. Thanks Amelia

Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460578552951726975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1126887614309961462005-09-16T11:12:00.000-05:002005-09-16T11:20:14.316-05:00

Hi Everyone. I pray this finds you all well. We are doing good. Jonathan got his new glasses in record time. Now he has a back up pair. We are going to a wedding this weekend. Things are going well at the new church. Dinner at church went well Wed. night. Amelia

Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460578552951726975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1126504660766181682005-09-12T00:57:00.000-05:002005-09-12T00:57:40.770-05:00

We had a lock-in with the youth this weekend. It went well. We had 14 kids. We joined the church today. AR has two new teeth coming in. Please pray for us that we are able to get caught back up on sleep soon. Also please be praying for several unspoken requests. Thanks Amelia

Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460578552951726975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1126108253249377682005-09-07T10:40:00.000-05:002005-09-07T10:50:53.256-05:00

Hi All, Things are going better. Two of the kids were sick this weekend. They still have coughs, but they slept better last night. Homeschooling is going well. Jonathan is also learning Spanish. Jeremiah is doing well with the phonics program that we have. We are very thankful for the cooler weather here. Rapid city might get 500 storm victims. We got AllieRose a really great deal on a real nice

Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460578552951726975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1125950248465299492005-09-05T14:52:00.000-05:002005-09-05T14:57:28.470-05:00

Here is a picture of all three kids enjoying their crowns from Burger King. I am showing Amelia where the blog is so that it will be updated more faithfully. Please look here for prayer requests and news about the family and our ministry.

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My apologies for the lack of updates to the blog here. I started a new job on Dec. 29th and we moved into town so we were without internet access for a bit as well. Things are going great. God is really blessing at the church. Tomorrow will be the 5th week in a row that we have had a baptism, with a total of 9 people baptised. It has been very exciting. Please be in prayer for my wife's

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Christmastime is here. It's our first Christmas away from family. We have enjoyed the holiday. The boys are excited with all of their new toys. Amelia has been doing all of the cooking and everything has been awesome. I help when I am asked, but she does really well so I don't get asked for help much. We have pictures of the boys that I will put on our main website. Also I am going to send

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Well, the Christmas season is upon us. We are spending our first Christmas ever away from family, but we are excited about what God is doing in our life. Our year has been an incredible journey of faith with God proving Himself faithful over and over again. I am humbled beyond measure at what God has done with us this year.

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God is so good. I got the job offer today so I will start training a week from Monday. Everything is moving in perfect timing. Thanks for your prayers as we have gone through this time of God's faithful provision. Make no mistake, God is faithful. We have received almost $1900 this month. Most of that was not expected when the month started. A special thank you to Concord Baptist Church,

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Well, I had a good job interview this morning. I will know by Monday if I got the job. Training would start on the 29th, and my insurance would begin on March 1st. Which is of course, perfect timing. God is so good. I will keep you updated here.

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Good news on the job front. I have a second interview tomorrow at ASI. I will post an update tomorrow night to let everyone know how it goes. Also, we found out we have until the middle of January to get moved to a new place. Once again, God is right on time with everything that is going on. Thanks for your prayers.

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I have finished the newsletter for the month. I meant to get it by the end of November, but I got sidetracked by Thanksgiving and family visiting and all. I went to the REAP revival service at Temple Baptist Church tonight. God touched my heart in a special way. I felt very priviledged to have been a part of a great time of worship this evening. I feel a renewed sense of purpose as we wind

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I have had a tough time finding a chance to update here, between a job search, the Thanksgiving holiday, ect. So I am going to try and get this caught up. I have done some skills testing for a local Temp agency so hopefully that will result in some work soon. I am still applying for other jobs as I find them. I went by another place today. Pray that God would put me in the right place.

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Sorry I have been so long in updating. I am preaching tomorrow morning and tomorrow night, so it looks to be a busy but fun day. Today they had Santa's Helpers at the church which means that Amelia and I got 5 hours of time without the boys to just hang out and have a date day. I am still looking for a job. I have had another interview but that didn't pan out at all. Plus it is definitely

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The weather here is the story of the day. It is in the teens right now with about a half a foot of snow on the ground. I haven't been able to get much done. We have been letting the boys play outside in the snow. And I have made another post to my older blog. The one that I started months ago as a place to vent over politics and life and things. I am going to try and post pictures tonight.

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Here it is a weekly type of update. The youth ran the annual Praise The Lord Party, an alternative celebration for Halloween, and it went very well. All of the kids who came seemed to have a lot of fun, and I know they all took home a lot of candy. We had the lock-in over the weekend and it went pretty well. I think more adults than youth made it through the night awake. We started the new

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If nothing else I guess I can at least update weekly. I preached last night and really enjoyed it. I am looking forward to starting the youth services next Sunday night. Amelia starts the preschool TeamKid this week. Please be praying for us, that God will use them for His glory. It is really windy today. The trailer is getting rocked by the winds and you can hear it howling outside. It

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Had a long week full of ups and downs last week. Tried to update here last night and lost everything I had written with one click. We are doing well. I am going to Sioux Falls on Wednesday for the Annual Meeting of the Dakota Fellowship. I am looking forward to getting to know Bob better as we travel together this week. Amelia is starting the TeamKid program for preschoolers next Wednesday

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Getting ready for the audition today. Not much else going on. Practiced last night with Kevin on music for the upcoming Sunday night youth services. I am really looking forward to those. Also pray for Amelia. She is getting ready to launch the preschool program for TeamKid on Wednesday nights starting on the 29th.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246199873322006042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1065928963544504442003-10-11T22:22:00.001-05:002003-10-11T22:22:43.360-05:00

It has been a good week. God is so good. I spent some time with Garvon, our association's Director of Missions, on Thursday. This week coming up will be very busy. I have my audition with the Black Hills Symphony tomorrow night, and then a dinner on Tuesday night concerning collegiate ministry work. We still need prayers (always) and financial support. We haven't gotten any support sent in

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246199873322006042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1065928944627967742003-10-11T22:22:00.000-05:002003-10-11T22:27:51.046-05:00

I think this was the first day since we have arrived that I have spent the whole day at the house.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246199873322006042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1065680003015562282003-10-09T02:11:00.000-05:002003-10-09T01:13:42.966-05:00

I have to update more often. Lots of exciting things to talk about. We are planning on starting a youth service on Sunday nights beginning in November. So please include that in your prayers. I am still working on job leads. I will be auditioning for the Black Hills Symphony on Monday night.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246199873322006042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1065453162197994762003-10-06T10:12:00.000-05:002003-10-06T10:12:42.170-05:00

Things are going great. We had a great service at church last night. There was a deacon ordination, a deacon activation and a commissioning service all in one. I am so excited about the things that God is doing. We are looking to do a youth rally here in New Underwood to help out the church here, and as a thank-you for their generosity in allowing us to stay here. The youth are planning a

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246199873322006042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1065150273588570702003-10-02T22:04:00.000-05:002003-10-02T22:04:33.656-05:00

We finally have internet access at home. So now I will be updating more frequently. I interviewed at KSLT on Tuesday and am still looking at options as far as employment goes, so please keep praying for that.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246199873322006042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1064871535679863372003-09-29T16:38:00.000-05:002003-09-29T16:38:55.436-05:00

We are here in South Dakota. We moved last week and all went well. I am settling in here at Westside Baptist Church and looking for a job. We are excited and thankful for all of the prayers and gifts and encouragement. Please pray for God to help me find the right job, that will leave me with time to work with the youth.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246199873322006042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705381.post-1061411661713581252003-08-20T15:34:00.000-05:002003-08-20T15:34:21.746-05:00

Welcome to my ministry weblog. This is where I will do my best to keep family, friends and all others who are praying for us and supporting us finacially up to date on the goings on in our ministry.

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