sharing life.

Photography

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:21:53 +0700

I thought once our family made the move to Indonesia I would be giving up the ability to make some extra cash through photography. Missionaries have their portraits taken at least once a year to update prayer cards and such - and of course they need a photographer! It was pretty exciting for me to be able to continue to do portraits every once in a while. Its also very rewarding to see the pictures I have taken being used for new prayer cards! This past weekend I had 5 portrait sessions!

Photography isn’t the only thing keeping us busy. This week we are hosting two guys from leadership who are in town for meetings. Andrew has taken on the task of reporting new families to immigration. He has been to the immigration office, located an hour away, five times in the last couple of weeks! Our house is constantly in full of people since the building doubles as the orientation center and guest house for our organization. Its been a crazy change that we have enjoyed every bit of!!

One Year Summary

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:23:49 +0700

Its been one year since we arrived in Indonesia! This year has been packed full of experiences and we hope you enjoy reading about some of them.

July 2010 Newsletter

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:16:16 +0700

While sick Amberlynne still managed to get the newsletter done! We hope you enjoy our latest edition. We also have a one year summary that we will be posting... keep a look out for it!

1,760 Yards

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:52:23 +0700

We are moving. 1,760 yards. Or a 1/2 mile. :)

Actually... its past tense, almost. On Monday I made the beds and set up the bathrooms at the new place. We shuffled the clothes and bedding. Called it quits.

Tuesday. The kitchen stuff was put into totes and transported to the new house. It’s still on the ground.

Wednesday. Office stuff (three grocery bags), Chase’s toy (one grocery bag) and the remnants.

Its mostly still on the floor. Our new house doesn’t smell of mold. YAY! It has one less bedroom, but Elli can have the WHOLE living room as her room. :)

Running the guest house is exciting. Its nice to be in a ministry. FINALLY. Now we’ll just pray for partners to go into the tribe, and keep studying the language.

Ahhhh... these are the remaining days of my youth.

Chase is signing “finished” in the picture. :)

Homestay

Wed, 7 Jul 2010 14:35:17 +0700

Dirt floors.

Wood stove.

Indonesian bathrooms.

Smoke.

Its where we were for the last month... living with an Indonesian family. If you click here you can see a photo journal of our time that we spent immersed in the Indonesian culture and language.