the westerns rock

big love to you andrea, tchad and isaac

what a treat

atle and anette came all the way from norway to play with me on the beach!

sorry

for not updating our blog for, like, ever
we're not dead as some suppose, just been to and fro roaming the earth
look back over the past few months to see what we've been up to

today is carolina day

when carolinians celebrate a notable defeat of the british on June 28th 1776 and fly the state flag of south carolina - a good day to keep a low profile as they (allegedly) marched the brits they captured through charleston with no trousers on!!

orphange

this is kelsey, who'll be the first little girl in the orphanage that we helped lay the foundations for

to the highest

mount whitney 14, 494 feet (4,417 metres) above sea level

from the lowest

badwater basin in death valley 282 feet (85.5 metres) below sea level

mad adventure

set off westward on a mad adventure in california today...

dangerous streets

saw this fella crossing the road this evening!

a big hole in the ground

here's phil with skye at the grand canyon

we're having a fantastic time in arizona, including one very long day today visiting the amazing and awe inspiring grand canyon
i've always wanted to see it so i am one very happy bunny!

skye dedicated

we had a dedication service for skye this evening at st andrew's
dedicating her to God and giving Him thanks for her life

well, the calladines will have their hands full - they agreed together to be skye's 'God-family' - just like kodjo had his hands full during the service!

state eight

welcome to the hotel california

go west

phil flew out to arizona (state seven) with mal today for meetings

i love bono

"There is a continent—Africa—being consumed by flames.
I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did—or did not do—to put the fire out in Africa.
History, like God, is watching what we do."
you can click here to read all of bono's remarks at the npb

simplicity

woohoo! it's the end of the journey for our things - we collected it all from the shipping agent's warehouse today, a month and a day after it left sheffield

it's funny and healthy and good - we've been here nearly two years now, the process has been one of simplification, our story is that our amazing God provides every thing we need!

steelers win

the pittsburgh steelers beat the seattle seahawks 21-10 to win the fortieth superbowl in a strange, somewhat less-than-convincing game

home again

phil arrived back safely this evening, having covered about 1600 miles in total and touched the ground in two new states, alabama and mississippi

congratulations to dave and janelle on the birth of benjamin owen!

home this week

is a school gym in long beach mississippi
after hurricane katrina it was converted into temporary accommodation for volunteers helping with the relief work creating 'camp coast care'
on one side is a dining and hanging out area and the other is camp beds

they regularly house around 150 volunteers at a time, but this week has been much quieter with 35 here
it's operated by a committed team of volunteers and church leaders in a neat partnership between two denominations

new porch

olivia and charles pose with miss hortence and her shiny new screen porch

look closely

you can see it's a beautiful area, but look closely and you can see almost every home has a white trailer (a caravan) in front of it, where people are living while their homes are rebuilt