This week was pretty heavy as we had a speaker come in and talk to us about the persecuted church. We heard story after story about fellow Christians around the world who are in prison (and worse) because of their commitment to follow Jesus. Many of our new friends here are going to very dangerous places to share Christ, so you can imagine it was a very somber week. It is humbling to be around people who are willing to sacrifice so much for the gospel. We feel like peons because we are going Read More

They had a hair-cutting workshop last week and I learned how to cut hair! My girls were very patient and kind to let me try on them. Here are Darcy's before and after shots : Read More

Wow...it is hard to find 5 minutes to myself around here. Last week I hardly went to any sessions; it was very disappointing. I must have lost some weight from being sick and not having an appetite. It took me four whole days to regain my strength. The rest of the family bounced back very well...lucky them.The sessions I did attend, however, instructed us about Church Planting Movements (CPMs) and were incredibly inspirational. In case you are not familiar with this word, a CPM is "the rapid and Read More

*Last week, after some orientation sessions, they sent us all out for three hours on a personal retreat. We were not allowed to talk to anyone, but to just enjoy some solitude and extra time to pray and spend with God. I sat under a tree by a lake and asked God to write it in the sky if we were still supposed to go to Iceland (I thought I was pregnant...read Colby's previous blog if you're confused). Three hours later, I had received no secret message, but came to the conclusion that the Read More

I got these pictures yesterday from Haley's teacher. They are doing a unit on different emotions and Haley was supposed to make faces that showed what people look like when they experience them. Can you guess what the emotions are? Read More

I just wanted to write a quick something.  I am blown away by how well Darcy and Haley Jane are transitioning to this new place.  They have slept great every night and cheer when I tell them it is time to go to school.  I know it is evidence that God heard my prayers for this transition.  Colby and I, on the other hand, had quite the rough start to this whole thing (I'm sure he'll blog it this weekend), but we are finally getting settled as well.  We are in class from 8:00-3 or 4:00 every Read More

This blog is to warn about the lack of blogs that will be coming from me (Annie)...I have over 300 pages of reading to do, assignments and reports up the ying-yang, research, language study, goal development, and worship team assignments.  I still have not recovered from the move and all the chaos of the weekend, so it's all very overwhelming.  The girls are LOVING it here.  Today when Darcy was dropped off, every child was crying and fussing except for her...she was SO thrilled to be at school. Read More

We finally made it to Richmond, VA to the training center!. After all my hard work explaining the timetable of events to Haley and Darcy, on Monday Haley announced to our friends that we were moving to Iceland that morning. Even after explaining everything to her again, when we arrived to check in at a big building she asked if we were at the airport. Why do I even try? The girls are loving having so many kids their age around. There are 50 children under the age of 2 here. Haley told us Read More