Canadian Land

Canada is that way!

After almost missing our connecting flight in Houston we landed on Canadian land on Monday afternoon and received a warm welcome from Annetta and Paul at the aiport and later from Kevin's family.

Our time in Nicaragua came quickly to an end. We spent most of the weekend packing and closing up stuff with our rental and vehicle and other stuff. Saturday night we were able to hit up a little concert of the Nicaraguan band "Duo Guardabarranco" for some amazing music and relaxing with good friends.

After moving our furniture on Sunday Mark and Nancy VanderWees invited us to sleep the night at their place so we could get a bit of rest before the early start Monday morning. It was so nice to be able to spend our last night with them, as short as it was. Monday morning came around way too quick and we headed to the Nehemiah Center with all our stuff to meet our friends.

Mark kept saying what good friends we have to meet us at 5 AM to bring us to the airport, and it`s true. We are so blessed for the friendships we have in Alma, Andrea and Dave! They brought us to the airport and even waited with us until we had to move out of sight through security...then we were on our own for the quick travel home.

The "A-Team"...Alma, April, Andrea.

Oh, we miss our friends dearly and miss everyone at the Nehemiah Center. But with a bit of time, we know we will settle in just fine here in Burlington and find where God wants to place us.


We are thankful to everyone for your prayers and encouragement!

Air Conditioning

I feel like I need to apologize to all our friends who voted that we wouldn't even turn the air conditioning on in our house...I know you believed in my stubborness. But, I hit a breaking point. The heat was unbearable. I couldn't handle it anymore and neither could Kevin.

You see, it went like this: We came home, Wednesday, from a long HOT day at the Nehemiah Center and our home, which is usually a refreshing retreat, did not give any relief. Kevin with remote in hand said, "I really think that we should put the a/c on!"...to which I only mumbled "maybe." That was it. That was all it took. And the a/c was on and the heat was being beat out of our house. It's amazing how 28 degrees celcius feels!

To take advantage of the new, refreshing, cool air we rearranged our dining/living area and moved our table and chairs so that they were situated right under the a/c unit. It was like a new life!

So, I deeply apologize to those of you who believed in us and that we wouldn't cave. But I figure, now that it was on once, it will probably be even more hot this weekend while we're packing...

Lizard Friend

Working in a tropical climate country adds a unique flavor to each work day. There are many different factors we Canadians have had to adapt to while down here at the Nehemiah Centre Offices. Sitting in blistering hot offices, dust storms clogging up our computers, and constant power outages. However, there is one aspect of this tropical climate / open office concept that is rather interesting and fun. We constantly have new friends and visitors crawling and slithering all around. One day we might have a snake in the eaves trough, the other it might be cows crossing the parking lot, and there are always beautiful birds making homes all over the building. This past Monday we had a new visitor to the offices...a bright green Lizard. Just a baby Iguana, but a beautiful little guy came in to say hello shortly after our mother's day mariachi band concert! (You really never know what is going to happen here!)