Category Archives: Everything Derek

How is May almost gone already?

May 23, 2010 – 6:06 pm

Well… I have no good excuse for not writing an update right now… so here we go.  Obviously, tons of stuff has happened since our last post… if nothing else, our kids are more than a month older than the last time you saw them.  How could I let that happen?  How are you coping? [...]

By Wes | Also posted in Everything Jakob, Life and Culture, Mindless Meanderings, Mission South America, Peru, The Newest News | Comments (0)

Our Pascua (Passover in Spanish) Celebration

April 18, 2010 – 2:54 pm

Sorry for the long delay between posts.  Among other things, I started my language intensive study last Monday.  Keep praying, because God is answering my prayers in big ways when it comes to learning the language here.  I went to school every day this week, I’ve learned a lot, and my confidence in speaking Spanish [...]

By Stacy | Also posted in Everything Jakob, Life and Culture, Mission South America, Peru, Spiritual Thoughts, The Newest News | Comments (4)

Visitors, the Beach, Fishing

March 20, 2010 – 2:43 pm

After my last post the week got much better.  We had visitors come and stay with us from Arequipa, Peru’s next biggest city.  Kyle and Larissa Smith are missionaries there and their intern, Rachel, came to town with them.  They had to take care of some paper work.  The Smiths have Shaye, who is three [...]

By Stacy | Also posted in Everything Jakob, Life and Culture, Mission South America, The Newest News | Comments (1)

Rough Day

March 16, 2010 – 12:30 pm

Yesterday I was just not feeling too well most of the day, but wasn’t sure why.  When I picked the boys up from school at noon, we had to make a run to the grocery store.  Did you know that it’s a bad idea to take your kids to the store with you when they [...]

By Stacy | Also posted in Everything Jakob, Lessons Learned, Life and Culture, Parenting, The Newest News | Comments (3)