Category: Wisconsin

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Please Pray – MK Winter Retreat!

This weekend Bree and I have the awesome opportunity to go with 18 MKs to a College MK Retreat in Indiana!  We’re excited to build relationships and connect with over 150 other MKs from all around the Midwest colleges.

Please pray!

Please pray specifically for:

  • Pray for the travels back and forth from WI to IN.
    • Thanks for all of you have already been praying for this trip as the weather is looking to be perfect (other than REALLY cold!) 😉
  • Pray for the Fellowship between all the MKs.
  • Pray for message that will be brought by NTMs very own Steve Swope.
    • Pray for Steve as he has been fighting sickness this week.
  • Pray for the individual MKs to have a deepened relationship with the Lord.
  • Pray for networking opportunities with others involved in ministry to MKs.
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Company for Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone!  This year we were blessed to have five MKs come over to share Christmas Day with us.  We related with these guys as their families are currently living overseas and they didn’t have family to spend Christmas with! Along with enjoying a true white Christmas, we all had a blast as we played games, watched Christmas movies, and ate a fantastic feast that Bree cooked up.  Among other games, we played “worst-case scenario” which is a survival trivia game.  It was a perfect game to play with MKs as the questions we easy as most of them had experienced the scenarios in their childhoods overseas!  It would ask questions like, “How do you cross a Piranha infested river” and the guys had lively debates saying things like, “well, usually I tried crossing at night as long as I didn’t have an open cut!” It was hilarious to listen to them talk about their experiences.  We all had a blast and it was great company for us as we were missing family back home.  Thanks for the company boys!

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First Snow of the Year!

 

 It took until December, but we finally had some snowfall here in Wisconsin!  It snowed about 2-3 inches overnight and so we woke up to a beautiful white winter wonderland!  We are throughly enjoying the snow for now but we anticipate that we will struggle to have the same enthusiasm once we have had to deal with the midwest winter for a  few months…  Also, Pete has snow shoveling duty starting monday which means if it snows, he will have to wake up at 5am to shovel snow! (Yikes!) Also, the forecast says we are in for subzero temperatures in the near future!   All I can say is that we are enjoying it all while temperatures are still reasonable, but we know we’re in for a challenging few months.  So it begins…

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Christmas Time is here!

We couldn’t wait any longer and so we brought down our Christmas decorations!  We turned on the holiday tunes, made some apple cider, and then went to town!  All we need now is a little snow outside the windows!!!

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Thanksgiving Break

We had a great Thanksgiving Break this year!  We went to the Barth’s home (NTBI Staff) for Thanksgiving Supper along with the MKs and students who stayed at NTBI for Break.  It was a packed home with over 25 people!  We watched football, played football (in the 25 degree weather), played games, and of course enjoyed a yummy supper and fellowship! 

After hanging out with the Barth’s, we all came back to the school and watched Home Alone together.   I forgot how much I LOVE that movie!

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Falling for Waukesha

Fall is here!  We have been in awe of all the brilliant colors that have transformed our neighborhood.  It’s just an amazing sight for us Californians to see.  Bree had a few minutes the other day and took some great shots.  Enjoy!