JA Update #9 (October, 2011)
We just sent out our October update letter, regarding our progress towards ministry in Spain. If you’d like to receive this update, as well as future updates, feel free to drop us an e-mail or to plug your email address in the yellow box along the right side of this page. (We promise: No spam!) Our prayer requests for this month are below the break, along with several pictures from recent family get-togethers, travels and outreach events.
Please pray for us this month regarding the following needs:
- Our upcoming field visit! From 10/16-10/28, we’ll be visiting the ECMI team in Spain, meeting many of the workers, and seeing their various ministries. In the middle of that time, we’ll have the chance to join the whole team for a few days of prayer.
- Our sending church visit! Just before we fly out, we’ll be joining Whitton Avenue Bible Church for services on 10/16, and Dan will have the opportunity to preach about mercy and redemption in the book of Ruth.
- That God would continue to add new financial and prayer partners to our ministry team.
We love you all,
Dan & Anna J.
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- Ryland Gregory (Jennie’s kid, if you couldn’t tell)
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- Bruce & Jennie & Ryland acting like King Kong
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- Anna with her Grandpa Fredrickson
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- Three generations of Scandihoovian women-folk
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- Sister-Sister (Like Tia and Tamera, sort of)
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- Ooh, artsy
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- Reading them the rules
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- My umbrella pretty much rocks and I know it
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- Just add a plane on the beach, and you have an episode of Lost here
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- Jennie, Bruce, Ryland, and Anna all insisted I take a photo
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- A happy mom. Yep, Jennie, you’re a mom now.
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- This is when Anna started encouraging Ryland to take a swim.
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- A happy grandma. Yep, Julie, you’re a grandma now.
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- Again, I try for the serious look.
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- Again, Anna tells me what’s what.
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- If this whole thing seems familiar, check the last post. I did the same thing to her in May.
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- The easiest way to carry a baby.
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- Finally, Anna pushed Ryland into the lake.
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- Yes, that’s really Anna dancing. Her cousin is just as surprised.
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- One last group picture before the Floras & Gregorys escape from Michigan.
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- Anna and her grandparents, Rollie & Dorothy.
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- Just after we arrived in Sarnia, Canada. There are no pictures of the drive through Michigan because it’s Michigan.
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- Water!
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- Our first Bed & Breakfast for the trip
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- The church across the road
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- I was fully clothed in this shot, I just wanted you to see how short Canadians must be.
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- Beautiful, downtown Sarnia. It really was a nice little town.
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- Our second Bed & Breakfast for the trip. Pure German hospitality. Excellent breakfasts.
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- The view from our room. That’s Lake Ontario.
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- The view inside the room. That’s a lot of pink.
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- Check this place out if you’re in Ontario–it’s called the Rheinhessen Estate. Great rates, great views, great breakfasts.
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- A lighthouse near Historic Ft. Niagara
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- The flag that flew over Historic Ft. Niagara
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- Anna’s considering her next cannon purchase
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- The entrance to Historic Ft. Niagara
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- The cat that owns the place
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- We’re feeling pretty relaxed about three days into our vacation
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- One of the oldest buildings on site
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- A brief history of America being awesome
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- The outside of Historic Ft. Niagara
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- The inside of Historic Ft. Niagara
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- The view of the Fort from the Canadian shore
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- Grabbing lunch in Niagara-on-the-Lakes–this town was cute but expensive!
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- I’m grabbing lunch too.
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- Although I don’t know if that’s a normal color for food.
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- We sat on this bench and did nothing for a few hours. It was great.
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- These folks sat down next to us and spent the entire hour on their separate smartphones. Kids these days.
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- The lights of Toronto from our porch
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- We’re at Niagara Falls!
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- They’re big, said Mr. Understatement
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- We’re totally going on the Maid of the Mist tour…
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- …together!
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- And we got wet
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- A view from Niagara, Ontario
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- A view of Niagara, Ontario
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- And a big ol’ panorama for good measure
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- Day 4 or 5? I don’t know. I just know we went to Toronto.
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- This picture’s for our friend, Tim
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- So we tried to go to the mall, and it was insane
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- Instead, we walked around town until our (Anna’s) feet hurt
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- And we walked a bit more
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- And decided to sit on another bench and do nothing again
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- We saw a boat
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- And we felt like this
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- So, the last day of our trip, we took the southern Ontario shoreline back to Michigan, and stopped at a few beaches. This was the first.
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- “I see water!”
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- Yeah, Arizona doesn’t have this
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- Feeling much better now
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- Another wonderful panorama for you
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- And a pretty, background-friendly picture of shells as well
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- Relaxing at the Blue Elephant
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- Also relaxing at the Blue Elephant
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- This picture is for our friend, Chris
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- End of the trip, very relaxed
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- In September, we had the honor of participating in my cousin Caitlin’s wedding
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- Yep, Diane, you’re a mother-in-law now.
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- Ryan & Caitlin make for a cute couple
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- Dan’s cousin Clayton
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- Thug life
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- Dan’s Grandma Krugh
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- Dan & his grandparents, Dick & Ruth
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- The happy parents, John & Diane
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- Dan’s Aunt Carol, Uncle Andy, and Nemesis Clayton
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- The first dance
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- The first dance
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- John dancing with his daughter, Caitlin
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- 86333 Connect
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- 86333 Connect (2)
The picture of Dan and Anna on the beach has Dan really SMILING!