Visitors Weekend!

This weekend at our church we are having a missions conference. The church is putting more emphasis on missions durin thesse next two weeks and so we have missionary speakers and a reading contest on missions, etc. So Mike, Nate's brother, was invited to speak this first weekend and him and his wife Marie-Eve and 3 kids under the age of 5 came as well. They luckily were able to squeeze into the guest house and therefore we don't have to fit everyone into this little apartment. So last night Gena, nate's sister drove up from London to visit them as her 3 kid haven't seen them in a long time. We spent the whole day together today hiking, playing frisbee golf and eating. I'm not used to feeding this many so it was a chance for some learning. Needless to say, it's been a tad busy. the lack of running water definately doesn't help matters!=)
I'm supper excited as It's just been confirmed that My mom & Dad are coming up on May 2nd and will be here for my birthday! Best news ever! So that's my life in the last week in a nutshell.

Cold Snap

Yesterday was a beautiful day of 10 degrees, with sun shining, all the snow melted and wearing t-shirts outside, then this morning we woke up to this...

Today is our last day of prayer for this year. It usually consists of 2 country field presentations that we as students take turns researching, and after that we got to a staff couples house and pray about other pre-assigned countries. The afternoon is free for us to write letters to our supporters and churches. Whether we've made this publically known or not, we are aiming for the field of Indonesia. Today was the Indonesian presentation and it was a confirmation for us that this is where God is leading us. Pray for the political situation there right now as there is an election coming up that could cause problems for the missionaries if a new leader comes in. Right now the government is giving NTM an open door to all tribes that have not been reached or influenced by muslims. If you think of it, be praying for us as we continue to discern whether Indo is where God is leading us. Please let us know your prayer requests and life updates as well!

Pressure Canning!

Jungle camp is quickly creeping upon us and weekends are looking more and more full until then so we decided to get our meat canning over with. Contrary to the smiles on our faces, it wasn't the most fun, but rather confusing and scary. But we finished canning 14 jars of ground beef, stew meat, and pepperoni. So far only one didn't process and 'pop' but still waiting on a few as we just pulled them out! We bought canned chicken and salmon as they are cheaper and lighter that way. Everything has to be hauled up to jungle camp on foot... packing light has more meaning now.