Friday, June 15, 2007
I have been tagged by Cheri.
4 Favorite jobs:
1. Mom and wife
2. Stocking Hallmark stores
3. Avon
4. Working with the kids in Kingdom Cove (Sunday school program)
4 Favorite local places:
1. Cheri's, Michelle's and Julie's
2. Church
3. Grand Haven Boadwalk
4. On the border
4 Favorite foods:
1. Chinese
2. Anything seafood
3. Hot/spicy chicken wings with blue cheese (yes I am addicted(
4. Anything that has to do with chocolate
4 Favorite International spots:
1. Russia -because of Nikolas and Katie
2. China - Because of Haiti
3. Haiti
4. Switzerland - I spent a grand 3 hours there but what I saw was amazing and would love to go back
I am tagging:
1. Kimberly
2. Kaitlin
3. Terry F.
4. Kathy F.
4 Favorite jobs:
1. Mom and wife
2. Stocking Hallmark stores
3. Avon
4. Working with the kids in Kingdom Cove (Sunday school program)
4 Favorite local places:
1. Cheri's, Michelle's and Julie's
2. Church
3. Grand Haven Boadwalk
4. On the border
4 Favorite foods:
1. Chinese
2. Anything seafood
3. Hot/spicy chicken wings with blue cheese (yes I am addicted(
4. Anything that has to do with chocolate
4 Favorite International spots:
1. Russia -because of Nikolas and Katie
2. China - Because of Haiti
3. Haiti
4. Switzerland - I spent a grand 3 hours there but what I saw was amazing and would love to go back
I am tagging:
1. Kimberly
2. Kaitlin
3. Terry F.
4. Kathy F.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Happy Birthday, Nathan!!!!
I have to tell you what a wonderful man that I married almost 17 years ago!!! He is the best father, husband in the whole world!! Ago I know I am a little biased!!! He is a missionary, he can preach, his heart is on fire for the Lord and I could not have asked for anyone better for the Lord to match me up with!!! Thank you God for this wonderful husband!!!!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
I have some posts I need to get done of the past week or so. Field day, birthday pictures and so on but as usual my computer is not cooperating. However those can wait.
Today and tomorrow are very special days in our household!!! 1 year ago today we met Hannah for the very first time. I would like to repost what we wrote that day.
http://journeyforhannah.blogspot.com/2006/06/gotcha-june-12th-2006-wow-what-awesome.html
Try clicking on this link if doesn't work for you, you may go back into the Archives and look for June 12, 2006.
I will say that the last year has been just so easy with Hannah. I have had harder moments than she has. I cannot imagine our family without her.
Hannah some day you will read these posts and I want you to know what a treasure from God you are!!!
Today and tomorrow are very special days in our household!!! 1 year ago today we met Hannah for the very first time. I would like to repost what we wrote that day.
http://journeyforhannah.blogspot.com/2006/06/gotcha-june-12th-2006-wow-what-awesome.html
Try clicking on this link if doesn't work for you, you may go back into the Archives and look for June 12, 2006.
I will say that the last year has been just so easy with Hannah. I have had harder moments than she has. I cannot imagine our family without her.
Hannah some day you will read these posts and I want you to know what a treasure from God you are!!!
Monday, June 04, 2007
It is kind of an exciting time right now in our household!! Hannah's best friend pictured here will be coming home on June 16th.
Hannah is bursting with excitement because she just found out that her friend remembers her!!! He will be living within about 30 minutes from us and we cannot wait to get them together. They even share the same birthday!
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Sunday, June 03, 2007
Thursday, May 31, 2007
CSI HOFFMASTER STATE PARK
We sort of had our own CSI/Law and order this past weekend while camping!! I will try to explain each picture below and what happened in each one.
Nikolas made a new friend this weekend. Her name is Shayna. Nice girl. She is 10 years old and lives about 4 hours from us. We also found out she was adopted from Russia as well.
Nikolas and Shayna walked a trail quite a bit this weekend and it would end up at the beach and they made this little fort with a little table and everything. They would bring snacks and just hang out and play in the sand.
While playing in the sand Nikolas and Shayna found some interesting items. At one point he came running over to where we were on the beach and in his hands he had something we never thought we would see. Part of A human jaw bone with teeth intact. We were all quite stunned to say the least. We brought the items back to the trailer and we were still not quite sure that this is what it really was even though our minds told us it was indeed human. We had some good friends come out to to the campground to see us (Hi Kim and Denny) and at that point we also showed the bones to them. They agreed with us that we needed to take them up to the DNR station. Good thing we did as they were indeed human and they were shocked. We had to give them our names and campsite in case they needed to get back to us.
After all that fun we decided to head back down to the beach. Nathan, Denny and the kids decided to go and see just where Nikolas fort was and after they came back they had found more items. an femur bone, an arm bone, pieces of vertibrae, some skull pieces and another half of the jawbone with teeth (I know it sounds terrible but there is no other way to describe this) and some other small pieces which you can see in the hat. We decided we had better bring these items to the DNR as well but when we got close to our trailer was saw the DNR truck and a policeman already there and we had to explain what happened, Nikolas had to give him is name our address and phone number so that they could get in touch with us. It was all pretty amazing.
Nikolas got a little nervous when he had to talk to this kind police officer. Nice man. Nikolas turned to me and said wow that is the first time I have ever had to give my name to a police officer and I told him that this would also be the last time!!!! :)
I am not sure if we will ever hear anything of this. We were told that last year there had been a drowning and a body had never been found. Our hope is that we will be able to help some family have some peace that their loved one has been found and able to be put to rest.
Nathan worked with a couple of guys on Wednesday and they asked him what he had done for the weekend. He told them what we did and then told them about Nikolas's find. The first thing out of their mouth was wow are you talking about the teeth and jawbone they showed on the news last night? Wow! It was on the news? We had no idea. the bones are at the lab so it must have come from them because this is the first time I have wrote about any of this. So if you see something on the news that someone has been identified please let us know!!! It was quite a huge thing for Nikolas!
We sort of had our own CSI/Law and order this past weekend while camping!! I will try to explain each picture below and what happened in each one.
Nikolas made a new friend this weekend. Her name is Shayna. Nice girl. She is 10 years old and lives about 4 hours from us. We also found out she was adopted from Russia as well.
Nikolas and Shayna walked a trail quite a bit this weekend and it would end up at the beach and they made this little fort with a little table and everything. They would bring snacks and just hang out and play in the sand.
While playing in the sand Nikolas and Shayna found some interesting items. At one point he came running over to where we were on the beach and in his hands he had something we never thought we would see. Part of A human jaw bone with teeth intact. We were all quite stunned to say the least. We brought the items back to the trailer and we were still not quite sure that this is what it really was even though our minds told us it was indeed human. We had some good friends come out to to the campground to see us (Hi Kim and Denny) and at that point we also showed the bones to them. They agreed with us that we needed to take them up to the DNR station. Good thing we did as they were indeed human and they were shocked. We had to give them our names and campsite in case they needed to get back to us.
After all that fun we decided to head back down to the beach. Nathan, Denny and the kids decided to go and see just where Nikolas fort was and after they came back they had found more items. an femur bone, an arm bone, pieces of vertibrae, some skull pieces and another half of the jawbone with teeth (I know it sounds terrible but there is no other way to describe this) and some other small pieces which you can see in the hat. We decided we had better bring these items to the DNR as well but when we got close to our trailer was saw the DNR truck and a policeman already there and we had to explain what happened, Nikolas had to give him is name our address and phone number so that they could get in touch with us. It was all pretty amazing.
Nikolas got a little nervous when he had to talk to this kind police officer. Nice man. Nikolas turned to me and said wow that is the first time I have ever had to give my name to a police officer and I told him that this would also be the last time!!!! :)
I am not sure if we will ever hear anything of this. We were told that last year there had been a drowning and a body had never been found. Our hope is that we will be able to help some family have some peace that their loved one has been found and able to be put to rest.
Nathan worked with a couple of guys on Wednesday and they asked him what he had done for the weekend. He told them what we did and then told them about Nikolas's find. The first thing out of their mouth was wow are you talking about the teeth and jawbone they showed on the news last night? Wow! It was on the news? We had no idea. the bones are at the lab so it must have come from them because this is the first time I have wrote about any of this. So if you see something on the news that someone has been identified please let us know!!! It was quite a huge thing for Nikolas!
Hope you all had a wonderful memorial weekend. We spent the weekend camping with and had a blast!! The weather was a little chilly at times but mostly wonderful!! Here are just a few pictures of Hannah at the beach!!Hard to believe that this is the same girl from a year ago!! What a treasure!!
I will have lots of pictures so keep reading!!
Friday, May 18, 2007
Some of you will recoginize the Re-entry stress part from the Livesay Haiti blog. It was so good that we wanted to share it here too. Nathan wrote this for our church newsletter and added the re-entry stress part. Enjoy!!!
Re-Entry Stress
By Nate Yonker
Have you ever heard anyone say the following, “ I went on a mission trip and my life has never been the same. I just can’t get those people out of my mind!” This is a phenomenon called “re-entry stress. This is a very real feeling that people have after traveling abroad and seeing the poverty that most of the rest of the world live in. The following is an article I took off a blog a while ago. I could not explain it any better than this.
Re-Entry StressThis is the process that you may experience upon returning home. Re-entry stress or reverse culture shock, generally is experienced to a greater degree the longer one has been in another country. Disillusionment with America and American Christianity play a part in any re-entry stress that is experienced.Initial ReactionsIf this is your first trip outside your home country you will be exposed to things you have never experienced first hand before, such as the plight and poverty of many in developing countries. It is not uncommon upon returning home to become disturbed and even bitter toward America’s opulence and waste.When you return you will be excited to eat the “Big Mac and large fries” you have been craving. Your family and friends will be proud and excited to see you an you will experience a “high”. You have just conquered the unknown, been used greatly by God and you will be the center of attention. Soon, however, this “high” drops and re-entry shock may begin.Following are a few examples of possible reactions you may experience. Be prepared to deal with life back home in light of your new experience. All short-term ministry/missions workers will experience some degree of re-entry stress.1. Self-concept – Any life-changing experience can cause you to re-evaluate who you are in light of the experience. Questions about the meaning of life and its direction may be a part of the re-entry process. You may decide never to go outside the United States again or you may discover that there is a call on your life to ministry outside the United States. Questioning life can be good, but the uncertainty of the answers may cause some stress.2 Value Change and Choice – Clashes between you and those to whom you return may occur in several different areas, such as material possessions, family life, racial prejudice, national priorities in ecology and politics, and Christian community conflicts.You may face the problem of integrating what you have just seen with what you see around you at home.
Your eyes may be opened to the shallowness of Western Materialism and you may want to react by telling others they are wrong to own so many “things”, eat so much food and waste so much.3. Expectations – You will have had many expectations for your trip about the culture and language differences, the new and exotic country and God’s purpose for you making the trip. However, you may not have expected the reactions you may encounter when you return home. You may find that you feel like a stranger now in your own country. You may have expected your family and friends to be as excited as you are about your experience and become hurt if they show little or no real interest about something that has made a tremendous impact on your life. Realize that many will just not be able to understand what you have been through. This seeming lack of interest can reinforce in you an opinion that American Christians are just not interested in the rest of the world and are simply lovers and pleasers of self. You must guard yourself from becoming resentful toward family, friends and American Christians.4. Sense of Loss – You may experience a sense of loss over new-found friends and places or from being disconnected from the rest of the team. Your recent experience is not the nitty-gritty reality of everyday life. Being in a strange country, away from all familiar cues and the security of familiar faces and places can facilitate a tendency to become extremely close to fellow team members an when you return home you may experience a sense of void. It may take sometime to readjust to your life as it was before your trip. You may also feel a loss of purpose and self-importance. God has just used you greatly to minister to the needs of others in a different country and when you return this purpose may seem somewhat lessened.
For those of you who have been on a mission trip, you are nodding your head in agreement right now. For those of you who are getting ready, or thinking about going on a trip, you are most likely questioning whether this can happen to you. For those of you who know someone who has been, or is going on a trip, you might be understanding them, and what they are going through a little better. If you attend Lighthouse that is about 100% of you!
Mission Mobilization was started 9 months ago. We had a simple vision. If we could inspire and enable people to go on mission trips, not only would the Gospel be preached and the Kingdom advanced, but when people returned they would have a fire in their soul that could not be extinguished. This summer alone, 42 people will be dealing with “ Re-entry stress .” This could prove to be the most exciting time Lighthouse has ever experienced! Are you ready to join in and have your whole perspective of life changed? Many more trips will be available in the future. Next month I will tell of some ways you can get involved without having to leave the area. Take some time this summer and talk to one of those returning and find out how God has changed their life. The fire of revival has started to burn, lets fan the flames together and let God turn them into a roaring inferno!
Re-Entry Stress
By Nate Yonker
Have you ever heard anyone say the following, “ I went on a mission trip and my life has never been the same. I just can’t get those people out of my mind!” This is a phenomenon called “re-entry stress. This is a very real feeling that people have after traveling abroad and seeing the poverty that most of the rest of the world live in. The following is an article I took off a blog a while ago. I could not explain it any better than this.
Re-Entry StressThis is the process that you may experience upon returning home. Re-entry stress or reverse culture shock, generally is experienced to a greater degree the longer one has been in another country. Disillusionment with America and American Christianity play a part in any re-entry stress that is experienced.Initial ReactionsIf this is your first trip outside your home country you will be exposed to things you have never experienced first hand before, such as the plight and poverty of many in developing countries. It is not uncommon upon returning home to become disturbed and even bitter toward America’s opulence and waste.When you return you will be excited to eat the “Big Mac and large fries” you have been craving. Your family and friends will be proud and excited to see you an you will experience a “high”. You have just conquered the unknown, been used greatly by God and you will be the center of attention. Soon, however, this “high” drops and re-entry shock may begin.Following are a few examples of possible reactions you may experience. Be prepared to deal with life back home in light of your new experience. All short-term ministry/missions workers will experience some degree of re-entry stress.1. Self-concept – Any life-changing experience can cause you to re-evaluate who you are in light of the experience. Questions about the meaning of life and its direction may be a part of the re-entry process. You may decide never to go outside the United States again or you may discover that there is a call on your life to ministry outside the United States. Questioning life can be good, but the uncertainty of the answers may cause some stress.2 Value Change and Choice – Clashes between you and those to whom you return may occur in several different areas, such as material possessions, family life, racial prejudice, national priorities in ecology and politics, and Christian community conflicts.You may face the problem of integrating what you have just seen with what you see around you at home.
Your eyes may be opened to the shallowness of Western Materialism and you may want to react by telling others they are wrong to own so many “things”, eat so much food and waste so much.3. Expectations – You will have had many expectations for your trip about the culture and language differences, the new and exotic country and God’s purpose for you making the trip. However, you may not have expected the reactions you may encounter when you return home. You may find that you feel like a stranger now in your own country. You may have expected your family and friends to be as excited as you are about your experience and become hurt if they show little or no real interest about something that has made a tremendous impact on your life. Realize that many will just not be able to understand what you have been through. This seeming lack of interest can reinforce in you an opinion that American Christians are just not interested in the rest of the world and are simply lovers and pleasers of self. You must guard yourself from becoming resentful toward family, friends and American Christians.4. Sense of Loss – You may experience a sense of loss over new-found friends and places or from being disconnected from the rest of the team. Your recent experience is not the nitty-gritty reality of everyday life. Being in a strange country, away from all familiar cues and the security of familiar faces and places can facilitate a tendency to become extremely close to fellow team members an when you return home you may experience a sense of void. It may take sometime to readjust to your life as it was before your trip. You may also feel a loss of purpose and self-importance. God has just used you greatly to minister to the needs of others in a different country and when you return this purpose may seem somewhat lessened.
For those of you who have been on a mission trip, you are nodding your head in agreement right now. For those of you who are getting ready, or thinking about going on a trip, you are most likely questioning whether this can happen to you. For those of you who know someone who has been, or is going on a trip, you might be understanding them, and what they are going through a little better. If you attend Lighthouse that is about 100% of you!
Mission Mobilization was started 9 months ago. We had a simple vision. If we could inspire and enable people to go on mission trips, not only would the Gospel be preached and the Kingdom advanced, but when people returned they would have a fire in their soul that could not be extinguished. This summer alone, 42 people will be dealing with “ Re-entry stress .” This could prove to be the most exciting time Lighthouse has ever experienced! Are you ready to join in and have your whole perspective of life changed? Many more trips will be available in the future. Next month I will tell of some ways you can get involved without having to leave the area. Take some time this summer and talk to one of those returning and find out how God has changed their life. The fire of revival has started to burn, lets fan the flames together and let God turn them into a roaring inferno!
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Last night we went to our friend Kaitlin's going away party!!! The food was awesome! Ate way too much!!! It was such a fun night!! Here are just a few pictures. This room was built on the back of Kaitlin's aunt and uncle's house!! I think it can hold around 75 people and it was a great place to have a party!!
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