Needing and Wanting

Communion is always beautiful...
no matter where you are.

What do you need right now?

Make a list.

What would happen if you didn't get those things?

I have declined to go to the bathroom in all gas station restrooms. I have avoided drinking tap water because it "just doesn't taste right." I have refused to sleep at certain hotels because they "looked too cheap." I have complained about the heat when my house and every surrounding business had air-conditioning.

Ungratefulness has consumed my mind for far too long.

God has been speaking to me very clearly about dependancy on him and being thankful for his blessings. Click read more to hear specifics. Without his permission, we could not breathe. He is merciful and good.

Always.

About Time!

Sorry we haven't done a post in a long while! We have been away from the internet on assignment. This will be Colins post in response to this past week, and later I believe Rachel will post also!

I can't go into much detail about our latest assignment. We will save that for a face to face talk sometime! But I can tell you about what amazing things we learned! Please click the read more button to keep reading, there are a lot of good things still to read in this post!

Home.

Yesterday I found a site online with a true-time satellite image of the globe. At the bottom of the page there were instructions on how to click a location and zoom in to see it better. I could have selected anywhere on the globe, but instinctively I clicked Michigan. Without any thought of what that meant, I waited for the site to give me a glimpse of my home. I was sorely disappointed when the site wouldn’t give me a close view of Stadium or Paw Paw Lake Drive. Click the read more button the keep reading!

Prayer Update

Please pray for Rachel! She is feeling sick. she has a cold/some nausea. Praise God that she got to go to a doctor and he didn't charge us a dime! We are so thankful for God placing christians here that can blessing in all kinds of ministries! She was able to eat some this afternoon and is now sleeping. Hopefully she will get better soon!
-Colin

Mixed Media Post

This post will be all about the sights of Asia! We will start off with a video of our take off from Manila to go to Malaysia!  Be sure to click the read more button to see  images from our trip as well!

Getting Here

Our journey to Malaysia began with quite the expedition. Let me explain the last few hours after a preface.

I have never before had to depend on others to get me to where I need to go.  I mean, of course I had to depend on my parents to take me places before I could drive, but I’m an “adult” now and as an American adult I have come to expect a high level of independence. The night before last, Colin asked me what I missed most about being home (which is odd, because I don’t know where to call home since I have been away from Kalamazoo for a few years and left Huntington for maybe forever). The first thing that came to mind was this:

Going to the grocery store.

...Read on to find out why.

Daily life in Manila

Well, I think its time for another long blog post from yours truly! (Colin) I will put some pictures up and then you can click the read more button to see what all we have been up to this week!