Our first glimpse of the Moore, OK tornado damage…
When Pastor Ron took the guys around some of the damage Monday afternoon, what they saw was incredible. The almost unfathomable strength of the tornado was shown in the trusses that were ripped off of...
View Articleeye opening reality…the dark side of disaster relief…
Yesterday was a busy day for us down here in OK. And this week has been a little bit of a lesson on the dark side of disaster relief! LOL! Wednesday, Vaughn spent the day shadowing an assessor for...
View ArticleStill here doing tornado cleanup efforts
We’re still plugging away! The day started out with one of the kids leaving the door open to let in the cool 7am morning air…which also let OUT Molly and Caleb, who went out looking for toads (which...
View ArticleSteep learning curve…more disaster relief volunteering…
But there is a reason for everything, even in disaster relief volunteering! Today was a busy, and interesting day for us… Vaughn, Jake, Thomas, Daniel, and Joel, worked one last day with the bobcat....
View ArticleWycliffe Bible Translators Discovery Center, Orlando, FL…
We’ve been in Florida for 2 weeks now, and for the most part we’ve been taking it easy. Really easy. Just soaking up this warm Florida sunshine for the 2 weeks of ‘snowbirding’ that we will get this...
View ArticleCRU & The Jesus Film… (Orlando, FL)…
After our fantastic program at Wycliffe Bible Translators, we went ‘next door’ (as the crow flies, but about a mile drive), to the CRU headquarters. CRU stands for Campus Crusade for Christ...
View ArticleLearning about Bible translator/missionary transportation at JAARS!
While we were in North Carolina, we really wanted to go to the JAARS headquarters. JAARS is an acronym for Jungle Aviation and Radio Services, and JAARS is affiliated with Wycliffe Bible Translators,...
View ArticleGeorge Washington Carver National Monument, MO…
One of the days that Vaughn was gone driving for Samaritan’s Purse, the kids and I took a little road trip. Baxter Springs is on Route 66, and we followed that highway into Missouri, through the...
View ArticleNight on the range…
While the tribe was volunteering with tornado cleanup in Baxter Springs, on the last night of the deployment, the entire Samaritan Purse team was invited out to… Show Me Birds is the largest pheasant...
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