It's Official.

I am so excited to announce that in 4 months I will be on my way to Burkina Faso, Africa! I just received my passport in the mail yesterday!

For those of you who haven't heard the news until now, here is some Basic Info:

A team of nine people from Athey Creek Christian Fellowship will be traveling to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in Late August. Our primary purpose will be to put on a kids camp for approx 300 kiddos. The Kids camp will consist of bible stories, games, songs and tons of silly fun. Another group from ACCF went in 2002 and left such an impression that the kids who attended it have been praying for another one ever since.

For more information check out these links:

Jerry and Jan Swanson, (current missionaries in Burkina Faso)http://www.burkinafasomissions.com/

This video is awesome!




Athey Creek's link: http://www.atheycreek.com/burkina.aspx

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso

CIA fact book: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uv.html

Whats next? Visas, Vaccinations, tickets, planning, learning songs in french, creating games, crafts, lots of smiling... and the list goes on.

Please help us keep this trip covered in prayer.

Lord Bless You!

3 Random things that make me laugh.

#1. Giant cat pictures off the internet

Seriously people.. what are you feeding these poor animals..

#2. This random video by Portland natives, the Helio sequence.

If you like creepy dolls, science and a catchy tune... you will enjoy this. (Some of the places featured may look familiar.) Hi! Enchanted Forest... Beware, however, this video is prime-time random.

#3. My Cousin Logan and his habit of buying large quanities of meat at Cash and Carry.

So.. he rolls into my office today with a smirk on his face and 10Lbs of Corned Beef... (He cooks it on the George Foreman in the break-room) OOC!

Kids Snow Blast!!

Spending the weekend with 4th and 5th graders is a blast!!!

Here are pictures to prove it!

Over the pass we go....

Tubing in a blizzard
Jen and I staying warm.
Journey to the top of the hill.

We Survived!!!
Spending Quality time with the amazing Angela.
Yummy Food.
James imparting some wisdom.
The boys... grazing at the chip bowl.

Create your own cup-cake dessert.
Cup-cake eating contest with Mr. Meador. (The kiddos lovin it!)
Mission Complete.
Pat, getting ready to consume eight at once... Can he do it?
Yes he can! Solidifying his nick name... "cakes"

Sorry Friends

OK everyone.... sorry for the delay in posting. Feb-March has been crazy!!! Weddings.. birthdays... making jewelry.....kids events.. random meetings... garage mouse infestation.... volcano's exploding.. flying cars...spontaneously combusting rocks..... black holes about to suck me to their tremendously crushing gravitational pull... (ummm I took it too far didn't I?)

More Randomness to follow...

Cribbage with friends

Light and Tyler decided to bless me with their presence on Sunday night. We ate a little food and played a little cribbage.

Artistic shot with foot courtesy of Tyler

Light cleaning up on pegging points. She was on a roll! These two are soooo competitive it's funny.

Matchy.. Matchy.. (It was white sweatshirt night.) Thanks for coming over you guys! I couldn't ask for better friends.

Office Refresh!

I was growing tired of my dirty blue office and walls littered with bash marks. So I decided to redecorate! I even scored a new stone top!!! Here are some photos to commemorate the journey.

Before

During

All finished!! The colors are Bejamin Moore; Brown Sugar and Salisbury Green. The Stone is Impala Black Granite, Honed. Yay!!!

Just in Case you are wondering...

How Big is a Slab?

This BIG! Here I am standing next to a bunch of them.