The other day our son Samuel (who is only two) grabbed my wife's computer and opened it and said "I need to check my email." He obviously doesn't have an email account, but that is the world we live in...
Showing posts with label Samuel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Samuel. Show all posts
Friday, September 25, 2009
Monday, June 08, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Pictures from Easter
Justin with all the kids on our American team...
Mommy and "Een"
Baptism #1
Baptism #2
Testimony and singing
Mommy and "Een"
Baptism #1
Baptism #2
Testimony and singing
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Jesus Loves Me
This afternoon I was sitting in the middle of lots of teenagers at our evangelistic outreach. Justin created a video especially for this Easter event, and scenes from The Passion of the Christ were appearing on the huge screen. Samuel was sitting on my lap, watching along with the rest of us.
I whispered into his ear, "Samuel, what happened on the cross?"
Samuel: "Jesus loves me."
That's exactly what happened on the cross! And so sweet to hear "from the mouths of babes".
I whispered into his ear, "Samuel, what happened on the cross?"
Samuel: "Jesus loves me."
That's exactly what happened on the cross! And so sweet to hear "from the mouths of babes".
Monday, April 06, 2009
Saturday, April 04, 2009
NATO Day
As we mentioned before, Albania has officially been inducted into NATO. Today was the big celebration day, and we took in all the sights. As you can see....it's a really big deal....
Evangeline really enjoyed her time in the Mei Tie. She was tied to Justin for a long time... :)
Big concert with wannabe rappers...
We're not sure about this one...it's really creepy...a pregnant belly bursting through all those flags...?
The NATO nations' flags...
The Boulevard with the University at the end...
a sleepy girl...
two pretty cute kids!
The Center of Tirana...
The very spot where the huge statue of Enver Hoxha (the former communist dictator) was toppled by university students at the fall of communism in '91. We don't know why they don't put something else here that looks a little nicer. This is in the center of the center of Tirana!
Dramatic statement...
The classic shot of the Albanian flag next to Skenderbeg (national hero):
Evangeline really enjoyed her time in the Mei Tie. She was tied to Justin for a long time... :)
Big concert with wannabe rappers...
We're not sure about this one...it's really creepy...a pregnant belly bursting through all those flags...?
The NATO nations' flags...
The Boulevard with the University at the end...
a sleepy girl...
two pretty cute kids!
The Center of Tirana...
The very spot where the huge statue of Enver Hoxha (the former communist dictator) was toppled by university students at the fall of communism in '91. We don't know why they don't put something else here that looks a little nicer. This is in the center of the center of Tirana!
Dramatic statement...
The classic shot of the Albanian flag next to Skenderbeg (national hero):
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Happy Birthday, Justin/Daddy and Grandma!
We are so sad that we can't be with you both on your birthday. But we hope you have a really wonderful day! Sending lots of hugs (and pictures) y0ur way :)
so cute, they both have one finger in their mouth!
samuel loves his new desk and chair that our teammates' children grew out of:
so cute, they both have one finger in their mouth!
samuel loves his new desk and chair that our teammates' children grew out of:
Monday, September 01, 2008
Off we go...
It is about 7:00am on Monday morning. We are doing some final packing, and then going to go over to my parents house where Ray (our missions pastor) will pick us all up to bring us to the airport.
Please pray for a safe trip as we travel, and a good quick adjustment in Albania especially for our kids.
Thanks, Justin (for us all)
This is what it could look like on the plane today...boy I can't wait!!
Please pray for a safe trip as we travel, and a good quick adjustment in Albania especially for our kids.
Thanks, Justin (for us all)
This is what it could look like on the plane today...boy I can't wait!!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Inducing Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning (June 24th) at 7:30am we will be going into the Central DuPage Hospital for Gretchen to be induced into labor. We are looking forward to little Evangeline's arrival. Thank you for your prayers; please pray for a healthy mommy and baby!
We will be putting most of the pictures up on our other BLOG SITE
We will be putting most of the pictures up on our other BLOG SITE
Friday, May 18, 2007
Back to the Chaos of Tirana:
We are thankful for all our family and friends that have been so good to us while we were state side. The time flew by, and we are thankful for all the support that you have given and continue to give us.
Below is a little glimpse of our first morning back in Albania; I trust that you will enjoy it!
Well we made back to Albania Tuesday May 15th. Currently we are writing this blog entry without any Internet so who knows when this will be posted, hopefully tomorrow (May 17).
Currently we are getting the house back to normal around here. Today (Tuesday, May 16th) was utter chaos around here. It started at 8:00am this morning with the pounding of tools on the floor in our upstairs neighbors' bathroom. While we were gone they had developed a leak that has now soaked through our hallway ceiling. Because of that leak our hallway lights don’t work, in fact when you try to switch them on you blow the entire house worth of fuses.
At about 9:00am a plumber came over to fix another leak, except this leak was from the dishwasher pipe that runs under the sink. Well those pipes were covered by concrete, yes that’s right concrete, so the plumber proceeded to take a pick ax of sorts and break the concrete wall that covered the pipes. After breaking most of the wall under the sink, he found the leak. He took out the old pipes only to find out that the new pipes didn’t fit, so what did he do? Go down to his truck and get the right piece…well if he had a truck maybe he would do that, but he didn’t, instead of a truck with different size pieces he had a blow torch, yes that’s right a blow torch that he lit using a cigarette lighter and lit his propane torch. At this point the flame was at least three feet long and it was sitting on the kitchen floor with no one holding it or for that matter even watching it. The plumber had gone back under the sink to do something, I looked at Kreshnik and Arbi (the son of our landlord), they seemed to not notice the three feet flame on the floor, well I guess they noticed but didn’t pay much attention to it, so I proceeded not pay much attention to either, I mean come on this was Albania and three Albanians didn’t care about the thing, and for that very reason I assumed it was safe.
Well you might be asking what was he doing with the three-foot flame? Since he didn’t have a truck of parts that were different sizes, he just decided (or perhaps this is how they always do it) to take the part that was too big and well, melt it down to size. Don’t ask…
Finally at 9:30am the electrician came to fix an outlet in our bathroom that melted so bad our first night back it had oozed some plastic out. The outlet is for the dryer and the water heater, and apparently the dryer gets to hot for the extension cord that we use and it melted.
Enjoy some picutres...
Below is a little glimpse of our first morning back in Albania; I trust that you will enjoy it!
Well we made back to Albania Tuesday May 15th. Currently we are writing this blog entry without any Internet so who knows when this will be posted, hopefully tomorrow (May 17).
Currently we are getting the house back to normal around here. Today (Tuesday, May 16th) was utter chaos around here. It started at 8:00am this morning with the pounding of tools on the floor in our upstairs neighbors' bathroom. While we were gone they had developed a leak that has now soaked through our hallway ceiling. Because of that leak our hallway lights don’t work, in fact when you try to switch them on you blow the entire house worth of fuses.
At about 9:00am a plumber came over to fix another leak, except this leak was from the dishwasher pipe that runs under the sink. Well those pipes were covered by concrete, yes that’s right concrete, so the plumber proceeded to take a pick ax of sorts and break the concrete wall that covered the pipes. After breaking most of the wall under the sink, he found the leak. He took out the old pipes only to find out that the new pipes didn’t fit, so what did he do? Go down to his truck and get the right piece…well if he had a truck maybe he would do that, but he didn’t, instead of a truck with different size pieces he had a blow torch, yes that’s right a blow torch that he lit using a cigarette lighter and lit his propane torch. At this point the flame was at least three feet long and it was sitting on the kitchen floor with no one holding it or for that matter even watching it. The plumber had gone back under the sink to do something, I looked at Kreshnik and Arbi (the son of our landlord), they seemed to not notice the three feet flame on the floor, well I guess they noticed but didn’t pay much attention to it, so I proceeded not pay much attention to either, I mean come on this was Albania and three Albanians didn’t care about the thing, and for that very reason I assumed it was safe.
Well you might be asking what was he doing with the three-foot flame? Since he didn’t have a truck of parts that were different sizes, he just decided (or perhaps this is how they always do it) to take the part that was too big and well, melt it down to size. Don’t ask…
Finally at 9:30am the electrician came to fix an outlet in our bathroom that melted so bad our first night back it had oozed some plastic out. The outlet is for the dryer and the water heater, and apparently the dryer gets to hot for the extension cord that we use and it melted.
Enjoy some picutres...
