Nan Update: One More
Hello again,
Just wanted to send one more before we go back out to let you know a few details about what’s been going on.
Last week we were able to be apart of a med clinic that was able to help more than 200 people in a village, it will also be helpful down the road now that their physical needs are met they will allow us to help with their spiritual needs. So prayer for continued open doors there, also Brandy and Kanesa have been meeting with some of the Men believers here for study and storying, and its been going incredibly well, there are about 5 men that meet once a week with them to listen to stories and memorize them, because they are unable to read for themselves they memorize the stories so continue to pray for those men as they grow. One of them said the other night that it is very important for him to learn the stories because he wants to be the one sharing with his own people, he has an incredible heart. Also Penny and I move into our village Feb. 9th , so keep that day in your prayers and the people there and the Chief.
Things have been going incredibly well, no sickness, no big trouble or anything so thank you so very much for your prayers of protection, and wisdom and guidance they are appreciated more than you know. And thank you for your prayers for cooler weather:) acouple of days last week we were in jackets it was so cold, mind you it was only 65-70 degrees but when your used to 90-100 thats cold
So thank you it was very refreshing. It is getting warmer now, it was 100-105 yesterday but we’re handling it alright.
Know that we pray for you everyday, blessing and peace and growth in the knowledge of our Lord. Continue to pursue Him in all things. May you be eternally blessed.
Love and Grace,
Nan
Nan Update: prayer prayer prayer prayer
Dear Friends,
I know this email comes a little early, our schedule has changed some so you should be getting emails from me every other week now. So how are you ? How are things in America?
Life is good here. The move to Kollo went very well and Kanesa and Brandy are amazing! So its been a wonderful time getting to know them and watch them minister to the people they so dearly love.
Language school has been tough but good. We’ve been blessed with an excellent, excellent teacher , that is so much fun and so patient with us. But trying to wrap your mind around a completely different language is complex and frustrating at times. He has been giving us incredible amounts of wisdom and favor with the people though so its been a good learning experience.
Penny and I had the opportunity to see our future home this week and it looks great. We are really excited and getting anxious to be there but we also realize how important this time of preparation is. The people there are very very open to the Word, please continue to pray for the soil of their hearts to be ready, without stones and without thorns (mark 4). Thats a Scripture that has really been on my heart lately. Also Kanesa made a statement the other day about the people here that really burdened my heart.”we need to pray that the Lord will remove the dust from their eyes” – Even when the truth is laid out clearly before them they cannot see. So please pray that with us.
Here recently Brandy and Kanesa have seen alot of progress, the people have been exceedingly more open, they have seen alot of people that never wanted hear before come and ask them to tell them more and more of the Word. We were in a village the other night and they we asked to tell a story 3 times. The harvest is ready. Be fervent in Prayer.
So specific prayer requess:
- Our future home village- that the people will be open and ready for the Word, and that even the Cheif will be ready for the Word and that Believers will come by the household.
- For language- continued patience and understanding and comprehension.
- For Brandy and Kanesa – for health and wisdom as they start a monthly discipleship program with the believers from the surrounding villages and as they minister to their own home village.
- For continued unity within our team and specificly with Penny and myself.
- Also for spiritual discerment and wisdom as we face situations and circumstances we are unfamiliar with, that we would be strong in the Spirit and cling to truth.
You have no idea how precious your prayers are and how much we pray that we will be continually on your mind because of our incessant need of Gods strength and wisdom.
May you be Blessed.
Nan
Camp Deposits
Because AMPED is canceled tonight, all camp deposits need to be turned in no later than this Sunday, Feb. 1.
Cafe AMPED is canceled for tonight but rescheduled for Feb. 3
Due to the schools being closed today because of the weather, Cafe AMPED is canceled for tonight. But don’t worry, Cafe AMPED will open up next Tuesday, Feb. 3 from 6:30-8:00PM in E6.
Lego Inauguration
Thought this was really cool.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/simplyjosh/~3/515564964/
Funny thots to pass along
From MikeysFunnies.com
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~ A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
~ A Christmas sign outside a church: “The original Christmas Club.”
~ A dog who gave birth to puppies on the roadside was cited for littering.
~ A farmer is a man who is outstanding in his field.
~ A friend is a person who can step on your toes without messing up your shine.
~ A friend of mine confused her Valium with her birth control pills…she has 10 kids but doesn’t really care.
~ A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.
~ A lady with a clipboard stopped me in the street the other day. She said, “Can you spare a few minutes for cancer research?” I said, “Alright, but we’re not going to get much done.”
~ A person’s character is like a fence. It cannot be strengthened by whitewash.
~ A rock store was closed by the police. They were taking too much for granite.
~ A rubber-band pistol was confiscated from algebra class as a weapon of math disruption.
~ A short fortune-teller escaped from prison to become a small medium, at-large.
~ A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: “Keep off the Grass.”
~ A three-year-old to his father: “Is a reindeer a horse with a TV antenna on his head?”
~ Asked to write a composition entitled, “What I’m thankful for on Thanksgiving,” little Johnny wrote, “I’m thankful that I’m not a turkey.”
~ Be yourself…who else is better qualified?
~ Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?
~ Christmas is weird. What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?
~ Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
~ Confidence is the feeling you have before you really understand the problem.
~ December is the month when the kids begin to discuss what to get Dad for Christmas. Some insist on a shirt; others a pair of socks, and the argument always ends in a tie.
~ Develop “the velvet hammer” by learning to say hard things in a soft way.
~ Did you hear about the Broadway actor who broke through the floor boards? He was just going through a stage.
~ Diplomacy is the art of letting somebody else have your way.
~ Disney World: A people-trap operated by a mouse.
~ Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift?
~ Do hungry crows have ravenous appetites?
~ Do not believe in miracles. Rely on them.
~ Do those same “Slow Children at Play” grow up to be the “Slow Men at Work”?
~ Does fuzzy logic tickle?
~ Does the reverse side also have a reverse side?
~ Does your train of thought have a caboose?
~ Don’t be irreplaceable. If you can’t be replaced, you can’t be promoted.
~ Don’t bother me. I’m living happily ever after.
~ Don’t force it. Get a larger hammer.
~ Don’t insult the alligator till after you cross the river.
~ Don’t learn safety rules simply by accident.
~ Don’t play stupid with me. I always win.
~ Don’t spend four dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They’ll clean it and put it on a hanger. Next morning buy it back for seventy-five cents.
~ Don’t take life so seriously…it’s not permanent.
~ Don’t worry what people think of you. They seldom do…
~ Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
~ Ed admits that when he entered his dentist’s office for root canal work, he lost his nerve.
~ Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head.
~ Even worse than raining cats and dogs is hailing taxicabs.
~ Ever stop to think and forget to start again?
~ Everyone is entitled to my opinion.
~ Everyone is on this low-fat craze now. The Mayo Clinic just changed its name to the Balsamic Vinaigrette Clinic.
~ Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.
~ First things first! But not necessarily in that order.
~ Five out of four people have trouble with fractions.
~ Fools rush in…and get all the best seats.
~ For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
~ For every credibility gap, there is a gullibility gap.
~ For Sale: Parachute. Only used once, never opened, small stain.
~ Forbidden fruit creates many jams.
~ Give so much time to the improvement of yourself you have no time to criticize others.
~ He ate so much over the holidays that he decided to quit cold turkey.
~ How does Santa Claus take pictures? With his North Pole-aroid.
~ “I pray not that you walk in my shoes – nor I yours – but that together we walk so close to Rabbi Jesus that we are covered with dust from His sandals.” (Neal Rylaarsdam) ~ I saw that TV show “50 Things To Do Before You Die.” I would have thought the obvious one was “shout for help.”
~ I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but he turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
~ I was always taught, “You become what you eat.” So I only eat rich foods. I’m still waiting…
~ I wonder how a 2-pound box of chocolates can make me gain 5 lbs … ?!
~ If athletes get athlete’s foot, what do astronauts get? Missile toe.
~ If corn oil is made from corn and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?
~ If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
~ If I vow to avoid poison ivy, am I making a rash promise?
~ If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME stuff, why didn’t he just buy dinner?
~ If you are not content with what you have, you’ll never be content with what you want.
~ If you ate both pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?
~ If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.
~ In a democracy it’s your vote that counts; in feudalism, it’s our Count that votes.
~ In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
~ It is in the desert of Sinai that you find the mountain of God.
~ Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…it’s about learning to dance in the rain.
~ Local Area Network in Australia: The LAN down under.
~ Never confuse the will of the majority with the will of God.
~ No matter how far you push the envelope, it’ll still be stationery.
~ Nobody talks so consistently about God as those who insist that there is no God.
~ Pick your friends, but not to pieces.
~ Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
~ Q: Why is one side of the V geese make always shorter than the other? A: There are fewer geese in it. Duh.
~ Reputation is what people think about you. Character is what people know you are.
~ Research has determined that the shelf life of fruitcake is longer than the shelf.
~ Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
~ Sign in Produce Dept: Notice! Take lettuce from top of stack or heads will roll!
~ Success comes in cans; failure comes in can’ts.
~ The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Alaska. Now Santa Claus is missing.
~ The biggest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference.
~ The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
~ The cynic and the optimist both think they are observing reality.
~ The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
~ The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.
~ The more you have, the less likely it is to be enough.
~ The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.
~ The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
~ The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
~ These days about half the stuff in my shopping cart says, “For fast relief.”
~ This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.
~ Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
~ To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
~ Trouble is inevitable, misery is optional.
~ Two hats were hanging on a rack in the hallway. One said to the other, “You stay here, I’ll go on a-head.”
~ Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
~ We had cured ham for Christmas dinner. We all wondered what illness it was cured of.
~ What did Adam say on the day before Christmas? It’s Christmas, Eve.
~ What flies and goes “OH OH OH!”? Santa flying backwards.
~ What is a computer’s first sign of old age? Loss of memory.
~ When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.
~ When she saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she’d dye.
~ When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
~ When the unemployed actor got a job with a demolition company, he finally brought down the house.
~ When you get to your wit’s end, you’ll find God lives there.
~ When you’ve seen one shopping center you’ve seen a mall.
~ Where there is no wonder there is no worship.
~ Why do the Alphabet song and “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” have the same tune?
~ Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp which no decent human being would eat?
~ Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They’re both dogs!
~ Why is a person that handles your money called a “broker”?
~ Woman to stock boy: “Do these turkeys get any bigger?” “No ma’am, they’re dead”
~ Women who behave rarely make history.
~ You are stuck with your debt if you can’t budge it.
YEC Update
The YEC page has been updated with due date for money and cost.
Our schedule will be posted in the coming weeks.
For those running Win XP
Ok so I know I’m a total tech geek but I did learn something just now that may be old to some but I found a neat little webpage about optimzing WinXP. I was in search of how to edit the quick launch icons as I had way to many that I never used.
Here a link to a page that helps you optimize this and a few more things:
Nan Update: One more day . . .
Nan Update: A new beginning
Hey Everybody,
Orientation is now over, so here’s what next for Penny and I. First, tonight we’re taking Matt and Rocky to the airport, their headed to Guinea to serve in the city with some of our missionaries there. Tomorrow we have the day off to just rest and get ready to move in with our supervisors Brandy and Kanesa in Kollo, which is a village about 45 minutes from Niamey.. We’ll be with them for the next 3 weeks doing language training. Penny and I have already started working on the language and it has been going really well. Greetings are very important here, so normally we you pass by someone you don’t just say “Hi, How are you?” you say “Hey, How are you doing? How’s your family? How’s your work? How are the kids?” and it could continue for 10 minutes or so just in Greetings so we’ve been working on getting that down and we’re doing well so Thank you for your prayers on that. Please continue with that as we enter into Language Classes. Also continue to pray for Kanesa and Brandy as we move in.. That together as a team we would have unity in our vision and work for the Lord. That we would all be able to work together in harmony, being of one heart and one mind, that God would protect us from anything that Satan would try to bring against us that would try to destroy our peace and love in between each other.
And as Penny and I enter into another new environment called “bush life” J and we begin to experience a more intense level of Spiritual warfare, continue to pray for us incessantly. We’re gonna need it. After Sunday I don’t know the next time I will have internet access so tomorrow or Sunday I will email again before I head out into the bush!:)
Thank you for all your emails to let me know how you are doing and what we can be praying for you about. Its encouraging to know that we have ya’ll at home praying for us but it is even more encouraging to receive emails back from everybody. I pray that you will have a blessed weekend.
Grace and Hope,
Nan
(Jan. 16, 2009)
Nan Update: Day 7
Good Evening Friends,
Well it is Day 7 of our mission in West Africa and everything is going really well. Rocky and Matt came in today at 3am their pretty tired they traveled for 5 days to get here. Alot of flights and alot of layovers. They ask that you pray that they would just adjust to the culture and climate change quickly. They seem to be doing good so far. Today we did alot of training. We had a meeting with a missionary here about Islam, had a cooking class, (we’ve had a couple of those, their teaching us good easy things to cook from scratch in the Bush with foods we can get easily here) , had another meeting about Church planting , then went into town with a National for some language training and shopping. So everything has been going good. Had alot of trouble sleeping last night though, maybe got 3 hours all night. So that is a big prayer need.. With the heat and everything here it is very important that we get rest or else we could get sick
very easy so please pray about that. And also I would love to hear from you, how your doing and what we could pray for you about. Penny and I have a Prayer and Share
time everynight and we make it a point to pray for our prayer partners so please let us know if there is anything. We love you guys and appreciate you more than you know.
Blessings and Grace,
Nan
(Jan. 12, 2009)
Nan Update: Faithful Friends :)
Nan Update: Good Morning from Niger
Nan Update: In Africa
Many of you know that my sister-in-law, Nan, in on a short-term mission trip with the IMB to Niger. I am going to post updates from her when I get them. Over these couple of posts, you are going to be updated on what is going on with her since Jan. 4.
AMPED NIGHT

Who will go for me, the Lord asks? Br Mark shares about our mission in this life.
B Seen at AMPED NIGHT

Tyler, Adrian, & Ross catch up with each other about their weeks so far.
Welcome our newest contributer
Welcome Ms. Anissa as our newest writer for our site!
Another funny to share
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One beautiful Sunday morning, a priest announced to his congregation:
"My good people, I have here in my hands four sermons…
a $100 sermon that lasts five minutes,
a $50 sermon that lasts fifteen minutes, a $10 sermon that lasts a full hour, and a coin sermon that lasts till noon.
"Now, we’ll take the collection to see which one you want."
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Don’t follow in my footsteps. I walk into walls.
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Thought for the day
Just had to share this:
A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, “No change yet.”
Great Funny
THOUGHTS ON EXERCISE
~ I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven’t lost a pound. Apparently, you have to show up.
~ If God meant us to touch our toes, he would have put them further up our body.
~ I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.
~ If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.
~ The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
~ I don’t jog. It makes the ice jump right out of my glass.
~ I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
~ I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I’m doing.
today’sTHOT============================
Furniture Disease is when you reach that stage in life when your chest starts sliding down into your drawers.
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Neat website that was suggested to me.
http://www.thatsnotcool.com/
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