Total Lunar Eclipse
Did you enjoy the total lunar eclipse? We did! We took a little time out to watch as the earth’s shadow crept across the moon’s surface. Jenny took this photo. Continue reading Total Lunar Eclipse
Author: mikeandsus
We are missionaries, on staff with Cru.
Mike is a senior business analyst while Sus is the blogger and social media person in our family. She is a blogger and consultant at Cru, encouraging other Christians to use technology and creativity for ministry.
Here's Sus' four blog sites (and more)...
Jenny’s dramatic debut
Jenny’s face appeared on posters around school as one of ten “suspects” for a murder mystery theater production. The performance was done in a dinner theater format with the audience sitting at tables and enjoying a variety of desserts. We are happy to say that “Edith” was not guilty! Continue reading Jenny’s dramatic debut
A Waste of Time?
The man next to me turned in his seat and loudly spoke to his wife across the aisle and back a row, “Do you have a book?” he asked her, and then added, “If someone sits next to me, they should talk to me.” He reached across the aisle and tucked the Stephen King book in the pocket on the back of the seat in front of him. Inwardly, I sighed. I had picked out my window seat about five minutes earlier. This gentleman had only just seated himself next to me and I had been looking at a magazine. … Continue reading A Waste of Time?
Mike and Sus in Arizona
We enjoyed a wonderful trip to Phoenix February 2 through 5. Mike attended a conference in Albuquerque at the end of January. After the conference, Sus joined him in Phoenix so we could visit donors. We had a great time and were able to visit five families in three days. We arrived on Saturday afternoon, then for dinner, we drove out of the valley and saw a beautiful sunset on our way to Pinnacle Peak Patio for a cowboy dinner of beans and mesquite-grilled steak. Sus had been here before when she was a student at ASU. Pinnacle Peak Patio … Continue reading Mike and Sus in Arizona
Visiting friends in Arizona
Mike had a conference to attend in Albuquerque at the end of January. After the conference, Sus joined him in Phoenix so we could visit donors for a few days. We had a great time and were able to visit five families in three days. For part of the trip, we went north to Prescott. Yes, it is snowing in the picture! Click on the picture and you should be able to see the snow. Read more about our trip and find a link to photos from Arizona on our family blog. Continue reading Visiting friends in Arizona
Tuned in to God’s Plan (excerpt)
“Craig Lawrence… started and ran two TV stations and owned an advertising agency in his home state of South Dakota. Yet he felt a growing sense of discontentment. One day he traveled to a retreat center to talk to God. He told his wife, Marcia, ‘I’m not coming back until God speaks.’ At the retreat center he dropped to his knees and cried tears over his seemingly wasted thirty-four years. He told God, ‘I’ll do anything and give You everything.’ Craig gave Christ control of his life that day, and the Holy Spirit stepped in to give him the power … Continue reading Tuned in to God’s Plan (excerpt)
Mike and Sus Schmitt 