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Tagged With: Ministry Assignment

A Very Busy Year

This picture represents a visual depiction of our all of our travel for Ministry Assignment (formerly known as Home Assignment) this past year.  Really, we don’t feel like it does it justice.

 

In total, we visited 40 churches (or

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A Picture Speaks

This may just look like a pile of papers to most of you, but to us, it is a representation in picture form of what this last year has entailed.  It represents connection and conversation, sharing joys and being honest

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Visiting Ecuador for the First Time Since our Move

We were able to travel to Ecuador as a family during July, well, for the most part as a family.  The kids and I (Joel) were there July 7th through July 20th and Kim was able to be there the

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Gather 2025

At the end of last month we were so happy to visit Orlando, FL where we were there as a family to celebrate the 140th Anniversary of the Evangelical Covenant Church at Gather 2025, which is the Annual

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Changes on the Horizon-From Kim

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It has been wonderful to spend time with many of you as we have been on Ministry Assignment this year in the U.S. We enjoyed being around tables, drinking coffee and eating good food, sharing life together.  We have appreciated

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Upcoming Church Visits – Come and See us!

Please check out our calendar of many upcoming church visits.  Please come and see us!  We’d love to see you!

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Living amidst the Unpacked Suitcases

Transition feels a lot like grief sometimes.  Maybe it is because, at least in my experience in transitions, grief holds a lot of space. Transition is not a one-size-fits-all experience.  Each person feels it and lives it differently than another. 

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Do you want to connect?

This is our time to connect with you.  We are beginning our 1-year of Ministry Assignmment (formerly known as Home Assignment) where we connect with our supporters and our supporting churches.  We have had a busy transition since landing in

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Our supporting church in Joliet, IL, Church of the Good Shepherd, is hosting a virtual Housewarming party for us as we setup our lives here in the U.S.  If you would like to be involved, you can see the registry

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The Grief of Goodbye

 

One evening this week, I was huddled over my youngest child with tears from both of us as he talked about how his day had gone with one of his friends.  He said he didn’t understand why his friend

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