Attention All Christian Men!!

Hey guys! I just wanted to let you know that I put a post up on our hungry for truth blog about lust. I hope it is an encouragement to you! God is good!!

A Dayspring Weekend

This was a wonderful weekend. Katie and I took the African Kids Choir for a weekend retreat at Daypring Ministries(my home of 20 years). We joined many other international and Canadian friends on Saturday for the International Family Fun day that my parents and others plan quite often now at Dayspring. It was such a joy to go swimming, eat together, go canoeing, catch frogs and play soccer. The kids have been working hard and it was fun to relax a bit and enjoy God's nature!


We finished up Saturday with a giant pillow fight which lasted a good 20 minutes and then hit the hay!


Sunday, we had an amazing pancake breakfast cooked by my Grampa Jamer and uncle Jerry. We had some time to read the bible and we had a wonderful time worshipping together with my grandparents, parents and all the friends that came to help us out (thanks guy ;). It is always so awesome to worship God together with other cultures! I think that God is really pleased when we all come together to praise his name! We have been so blessed to be a part of these kids lives and we look forward to watching them grow and become young men and women of God!

A Wash to Remember

Katie and I received a free car wash from Marco the car salesman and we decided to go on a little adventure! It was a wild ride! Once we had punched our codes in, the light flashed green and a friendly digital sign invited us in. Suddenly, out of nowhere, we were attacked on all sides. It was an ambush! Katie went into a panic as jets pounded on the windows and suds flew everywhere!


I was not quite sure what to with myself. I just buried my head into my hands and waited until the worst of it was over.


Soon all became quiet and as we inched our way forward, we noticed what looked to be a microphone that you could order burgers from.....


I rolled down my window and just as I was poking my head out when........


a mighty blast of hot air hurled me back into my seat!! It was certainly a wash to remember!

Supper Time!

Our good friend Jon Phillps came to our house this weekend. He and his son Andrew came over for supper! Jon went to school with my parents and I lived with Jon in Fredericton when I went to school there. Jon is a great friend and I really enjoyed staying at his place!

It was great, Katie made corn on the cob and sloppy Joes! Then for desert we had a special fruit pizza (one of my personal favorites : ). After supper, we have a great time talking, bouncing on the excersice ball and playing dominoes!




Andrew was pretty much a dominoes expert. He was trying to build a tower that was taller than himself, but ran out of time.......


God Bless Jon, come on over any time!

Stephen and Maria Weyman

Today was a very special day for us. We were so blessed to be a part of our friends Stephen and Maria's wedding. Micah met Stephen when we first moved to Moncton because they both work at Whitehill technologies. It was Stephen who first invited us to go to a church service at Glad Tidings Church! From there our friendship with both him and Maria has grown and grown! We have enjoyed their company many times and were just thrilled to watch them exchange their wedding vows.

The day couldn’t have been more perfect. The weather was beautiful, the location was God’s glorious creation, Maria looked amazing, the guys looked sharp and God filled the church with His Spirit! The reception was a great time! We ate lots of ice cream, met new people, ate some really great food, played games and once that was all over we went for a little swim! The night ended off with Stephen and Maria driving away to their secret honey moon destination!

The Ladies looked beautiful.........

and the men were stylin!!

And I have to say that the bestmen tractor shot is quickly becoming a real classic!

God Bless you two as you grow together more each day! We love you lots!

Rhonda's "Special" Birthday

After church this morning our families went out for lunch, to Boston Pizza, to celebrate Rhonda’s birthday! She's been celebrating all summer because it's such a "special" birthday!!

It took the seven of us quite a while to order because of all the great choices on the menu. Ok so from the picture you can tell that it only took a few of us (indecisive) people a while to order. When the food started to arrive, we all knew that we had made great choices! Our meals were all so yummy. During the meal one of us slipped away to tell our waitress that we had a birthday at the table. After she finished clearing up our table it started… All the Boston Pizza waitress, waiters and hosts started clapping, singing and cheering! Before long they were all gathered around our table wishing Rhonda a Happy Birthday!

The excitement was accompanied by a huge brownie topped with icecream and chocolate sauce. It was hot out of the oven and tasted divine!!

Happy Birthday Mom, keep celebrating..... <| :0)

Grapes.....

Hey all!

We have a new Hungry For Truth blog up! Check it out and let us know what you think! God Bless! Micah and Katie

Teen Challenge Opening

Today was a very special day for us. Not only were both set of parents coming up to visit us for the weekend but today was the Grand Opening of the Teen Challenge Center.

Teen Challenge Atlantic Canada is a residential rehabilitation program which offers men ages 18 and over, freedom from drug and alcohol dependence. Based on Christian principles and funded entirely through donations, the program offers spiritual, academic and vocational training, equipping individuals to return to society as responsible citizens. They give all the glory to God and rely completely on Jesus to restore their lives. It's awesome!

Since moving to Moncton we have become very close friends with the director’s family and some of the men who are working in this ministry. The men have hearts of Gold and love the Lord with all their hearts! The day was filled with food, tours, prayers and worship. The celebrations began early with many worship teams coming in the morning to sing their praises to God. The Africian choir that Micah and I are a part of lead the crowd in an up beat worship set right before the offical ceremony started.

The ceremony got underway shortly after lunch with a bagpiper from St. Stephen (my daddy) leading the flag precision of provincial flags to center stage.

Stephanie Mainville along with her worship team and dancers, offered the center and the land to God as she lead the crowd in the Maritime Song.

The rest of the afternoon consisted of speeches, ribbon cutting and many thanks to God for starting a center like this in our area.

The Teen Challenge Choir then took stage and entertained us with there joyful music and heart touching testimonies.

Stephanie Manville and her team had everyone up dancing and tapping their toes as she worshiped the Lord on her fiddle and the night ended with the great music from a local Blues band “Higher Ground”.

Ryan and Kristy Short

Micah and I were so honored this weekend to attend an amazing wedding!! Two of our great friends were united together in God’s love. Everything about the day represented who Ryan and Kristy are, the wedding colors, the music, the style of the dresses…everything just reflected who they are. The bride’s maids looked stunning as they made there way up the aisle and as the bride walked in with her big, "here I AM" Kristy smile, you could feel the presence of the Holy Spirit walking down the aisle with her to greet her lover. As Kristy’s dad lead them in exchanging their vows I don’t think there was a dry eye in the church. We all witnessed what God’s design for a family really looks like.

After the ceremony the couple joined their friends and faimly as we all enjoyed food, laughter, music and a few tears.

Once all the formal things were done Micah and I got the chance to grab some laughs and hugs from the wedding party! We all figure that Kristy pretty much wore the smallest jacket ever on her wedding day and yet still manged to looked very very beautiful.

God Bless you two as you start your new life TOGETHER!!

Road Trip

This weekend we packed up our little AVEO and headed down to St. John on an adventure. We packed up a picnic lunch and decided on our drive to stop in Sussex… Now there probably are many romantic picnicking places in Sussex but of course Micah chose to enjoy our lunch with two very BIG COWS!!!

As I enjoyed the pinic lunch, Micah was busy seeing how he could climb up onto the biggest cow. You can see from this picture that Micah has pulled this pinic table over to the back of the cow. He used it to boost himself up on to the cows tail which he found out is not very sturdy. He didn’t end up making it on the biggest cow, despite all his efforts and begging me to boost him up, but he was victorious in getting onto the little one to have his picture taken.

Oh boys will be boys!!!

Strawberry Pick'in

After Micah and Weiwei finished work we got into our grubby clothes, gathered every bucket and container we could find and headed out to Utopia U-pick to get some Strawberries. Weiwei’s mom has been visiting from China since May so we had the privilege of having her come with us as well. After we picked 4 buckets (this picture is only the best looking berries..haha) we headed home to enjoy a taco supper and of course strawberry short cakes.


Weiwei’s mom helped me to make the tortilla’s, she was really good and made them perfectly round (I still need work on it).

When I found out that Weiwei's mom was a great tortilla maker I started on the biscuits for the short cake. Weiwei and his mom had never had this yummy Maritime dessert before, so after a yummy taco supper, made mostly by Micah and Weiwei, we whipped up the whip cream and enjoyed our freshly picked berries on hot biscuits topped with yummy maple syrup flavored whip cream....

It was a wonderful night!!!

To The Zoo!!!

After church this morning we met up with my cousin and her family from St. Stephen! They were on their way home from PEI and decided to stop by Moncton to see us and the zoo. We had so much fun hanging out with our family. Before we even got inside the zoo, Micah and Chloe climbed up onto this giant moose to have their picture taken.

The first thing we saw on our way to the lions was this endangered species…

After spending some time admiring the beauty of this animal we decided to catch up with the crew who were already half way to "Pride Land" (that's where the lions are). Despite all the visitors Mr and Mrs Lion had, they still decided to spend their time sleeping in the shade. We did however get to see Mr Lion roll over.

We got to see lots of different animals as we followed the map around the zoo. These two were our favorites!!

Chloe ended the day with a pony ride around the little track.


What a great day we had!!

Lobster Lore

Well, as you can see, it was a pretty crazy day in Shediac. After we went swimming with Phil and Genieve, we decided to do the tourist thing in Shediac since neither of us had really done that before. Phil and Genieve know the area quite well, so they took us to this nice spot where we could see a great ocean view. That's when things got a little weird. We tried to get a fun picture with this local NB pirate. Phil and him hit it off right away, but he didn't take to well to a land lubber like myself!!

Next we stumbled onto an empty lobster cage. We didn't think anything of it, but not a few minutes later wouldn't you know it, a lobster jumped out and attacked Phil! It was a little startling and Phil did his best to kick it off.












Next thing you know, a lobster the size of a whale comes out of nowhere and starts getting his picture taken with our girls!!














I of course got upset with the lobster, probably not smart, and I quickly became lobster dinner.


This is all a whale of a tale, but it was really fun in Shediac! The lobster is great and I can't believe I've never been there before! We had a blast and I would highly recommend going to see this ginormous lobster!


Thanks for the great day Phil and Genieve!!