You Gotta go there to get milk in a bag

Hi Everyone!

Life in Durham, ON is most definately different than rural Saskatchewan! Life on NTMC Campus is probably the most different, but I'll start off with Ontario in general. It's amazing how much you get used to being able to see everything for miles around you. I feel as though I don't know the area very well because of the hills and curving roads. There are also crazy things here such as milk in bags, which makes the product seem questionable, as well as the flashing green traffic lights which means you get an advanced green to turn left.

But all the crazy changes outside of campus is nothing compared to the things we are trying to get used to here at NTMC.

When people I know move out of reach I always want to see their living arrangements, so I've put together somes pics.

This is our apartment on the left with Nate there BBQing. This is not quit half of the building, which has three doors and holds 4 families and a freezer/water room. We share the door/patio inside with another couple and our appt is on the left side. And from the door our bathroom is...........

That building on the otherside of the field a bit to the left with the red roof is where our bathroom is with showers. It is also the 1st year classroom/coffee room/library/food room/mission barrel.

This is inside our house from the front door. This house has lots of space; it feels like more room than our trailer in Osler. We have 3 bedrooms and this kitchen dining area, as well as a living room space. (below)
The couches are kinda nasty for color, but really comfortable! Give and take i suppose. All of the furniture was donated by NTMC and supporters I suppose. It was all here for us when we got here; bed included! It's amazing how generous people are with NTMC. We've been invited to almost every staff members home for supper or lunch and there's been numerous food items and other stuff just donated to the school for us students. God's doing amazing things at this school and people know it an want to do anything to help out.

I know, so far it doesn't look that bizarre or weird on this campus, but here is exhibit A. This is our Plumbing situation. Our running water is a Blue Goose which we fill up in the water room beside our apartment; our drain empties into a large pail, and once that's full (if you notice=) you must take it down the sidewalk a ways to dump it. No hot water, so when you do dishes or anything with hot water you must boil it. One really cool perk is that we get our drinking water from a spring. It's across a little bridge over a stream. Very good water.

All this to say that there is much to get used to, but we are doing it and enjoying our time here so far. We've had one week of orientation, which is overwhelming as there is much on our plates, but it keeps us busy.

Prayer Requests:

• Diligents in our assignments and homework




• Adjustment with going back to school




• being able to adjust to a busier schedule




• connecting with fellow classmates

'Fun' Travels

As many of you may have already heard, Nate and I had some car troubles on our second day of travels to Durham, On. We made it to Steinbach the first day with absolutely no troubles. We stayed there over night at some friends of Nate's and took off bright and early to read our second destination which was to be White River, On. by early evening. About 7 hours into our day Nate shifted down to pass as semi on the side of the road, and as he shifted up there was horrible clanking, so we pulled to car over and popped the hood. (not that either of us know squat about cars, but that's the thing to do =) We were extremely blessed to have landed about 2 km from a gas station so we walked back and called CAA. Praise God that we got that as it saved us about $35o in the end.

We got towed to Kakabeka falls and dropped off our car at a mechanic who said that it was a spark plug problem that could take over a week to fix. After talking to my parents and Nate's parents, it was decided that his parents would come pick us up with the truck and a trailer. They happened to be in Sudbury, On. which is over 2o hours away but they came anyway while we waited at some past NTMC peoples house for the night. So they drove straight through the night and then we went straight back, a 17 hour drive.

It is so awesome to see how the Lord works, though. He pulled so much together for us in those few days like I've never seen. What a wonderful God we serve!

So we are know here in Durham all settled in and spending some time with Nate's parents, sister and her kids. The car was fixed here in a matter of 2 hours for a mere $261! God is good!

Mom, We took this just for you. Actually we tried to take all the Ontario ones but didnt want to put them all on.

We thank you so much for your prayers, as you can see that God answers.

I will still update more on the 1st of next month as I'm sure that this is enough info for a bit!

These pics are just some of the trip and below are some sight seeing we've been doing around Durham.

He was so embarassed of these tiny short carts so I had to take a picture!

Beautiful rocky trails beside a huge waterfall

If you can't see it the sign says 'do not stand in front of driveway'.

That's it for now as its late but I'll try to get up some pics of the campus and our housing and such!

We want to hear from you! And if you really don't want to remember to check this for our letter please let us know and we will copy and paste it to an email for you.

Nate & Tash

Starting Off

Hi Everyone

This blog is here so that you can keep up with us, see pictures, read prayer requests, etc. (and if you are techno savvy we'd love to hear from you via the comment options).

So tomorrow we are starting our long trek to Durham, Ontario where we will be taking the two year missionary training with New Tribes Mission. We will be leaving at around 7:00am and staying in Steinbach, MB for the night. We hope to arrive in Durham on Saturday, and spend time with Nate's parents, sister, niece and nephews. Orientation starts August 25th and classes start September 8.

Please pray for:

• safety while we travel


• that our car would continue to work


• patience while we travel for 30 hours

We would appreciate your prayers and would love to hear from you as well!