Ben’s Engaged

We’re very happy to announce Ben’s engagement to Bonnie Jones. On October 23rd, Ben took Bonnie around to all the places that were special in their relationship. Then, as they were cruising down the Potomac, he got down on one knee and presented a beautiful engagement ring to her. Ben took this photo right afterwards with his phone with Bonnie happily showing off her ring. This past week, they asked Josh to be the best man and asked Jenn to be a bridesmaid. We’ll all be heading to Virginia for a beautiful wedding on May 14th next year. So… you’ll … Continue reading Ben’s Engaged

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Ben’s Prize-winning Cookies

Ben enjoys cooking, as you can see in this photo of Ben and Bonnie with a Black Forest Cake. Last month, his church had a cookie contest and the Bible study group he’s in made over 200 cookies and entered three cookie recipes. All three won. When he gives me the recipe for the White Chocolate Macadamia cookies, I’ll add it here. Follow this link for the Pumpkin cookie recipe and for a photo of Ben and his Bible study friends. They struck this pose last May at the wedding of one of the guys from their group. Ben is … Continue reading Ben’s Prize-winning Cookies

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Ben’s Post on Haiti

A typical day in Haiti begins with the sunrise, or just before it, when the birds begin calling. After breakfast, we would go to a “tent city” (an area of people living in tents because their homes were destroyed). The children gathered to watch us sing to them, enact stories from the Bible, and teach us some songs. We played games with them, gave them piggy-back rides, and kicked soccer balls around. After we passed out lunch to the kids, we went back to the missionary compound we were staying at (the missionaries we were working with were David and Beth Watters, who work for World Hope International). Some days we helped them out by clearing rubble so they could finish rebuilding the wall around the compound for security. Continue reading Ben’s Post on Haiti

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Moving Josh to Aiken

We had a great four-day trip to help Josh settle in for his first job after college. The movers picked up his things on Thursday, August 26th. We drove about eight hours on Friday to South Carolina and shopped for some things Saturday. The movers arrived at 8 PM on Saturday. Twenty-four hours later, we had assembled the IKEA furniture Josh had purchased in Orlando and had most everything unpacked. So, we just had enough time to do everything we thought of to help him. (The photo is of Mike and Josh celebrating with some root beer floats on Sunday … Continue reading Moving Josh to Aiken

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Ben in Haiti

Ben just returned from a week-long trip to Haiti. Thank you for praying for him on his first missions trip. He said the people were awesome. You can read about his trip and see a few more photos here and/or see additional photos on our family’s online photo album. You might also like to read Miracles in Haiti and be encouraged about what God is doing! Click here for information about Haiti and about Campus Crusade for Christ’s ministry and opportunities in Haiti. Continue reading Ben in Haiti

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