Dear Ones, Well we have started into the holiday season already! I say this only since I work at Sears in the tool department and they have been playing holiday music since November 1st! Oh well, so is the world of retail sales. It seems with the elections over now, that things are mellowing out a bit here in New York; I am sure that the entire country can take a collective sigh of relief now that the craziness of the election year is over. Whether the candidate that you wanted to win did or not, our country is still the [View Full Entry]

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God bless you all! I first wanted to say that having this way to communicate to all of our friends and family has been fantastic! All of your responses of love and encouragement have been so great. The kids love to hear from their grandparents especially and Clara and Sam now have e-mail addresses and have communicating faithfully to them. As you have heard, we moved into our beautiful home on Isle of Pines road; it has been a glorious Fall with the tree colors and the weather actually being in the mid 50s and sunny so far.........The calm before the [View Full Entry]

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Hello all. Well, we have our new home and address as of Friday night: 3217 Isle of Pines Baldwinsville, NY 13027 I will enclose some pictures of the area with this posting also; the area is absolutely beautiful! The trees are starting to turn and it is everything and more when it comes to the Northeast and the fall colors. Marsha and I have always wanted to visit this area during this time of year, so another need met. You will notice in the pictures that we already have a house full of furniture! Some of the people here that attend [View Full Entry]

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Hi all. Just a really quick note to all who haven't heard, we have been sent to Baldwinsville, New York! It is a suburb of the Syracuse area (upstate NY) and we are very blessed to be here! We are staying with Dan and Dee Davis who are the Region Coordinators for New York state. I will send more detailed entrys when we get our housing, get the kids in school, and get our jobs. Love to all of you! Jim, Marsha, Clara, Sam, and Hannah. [View Full Entry]

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Hello all. We are alive and well and in Lincoln, Nebraska tonight; for being on the road for over 2 weeks now, we are doing great! The kids have become real road warriors and our time on the road has been profitable even if they are not in school. For example: 1. We visited the New Mexico Natural History Museum in Albuquerque for a day and the kids learned alot about dinosaurs and much of the Southwest's natural history. (they had some really great exhibits, and this was part of Sam's 6th birthday present) 2. They are learning a great deal [View Full Entry]

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Hi all. Well we finished our marathon drive yesterday from Albuquerque, NM (about 9 hours of driving) to reach my Aunt & Uncle's place in Livermore, CO. It's about 40 minutes northwest of Fort Collins, CO. A special thanks to Dave and Lynette for letting us stay here while they are staying at our home in University Place until sometime in April of next year. We had a really awesome time in Albuquerque with our friends Darin and Rochelle Sand, Bruce and Valerie Altman, and Wendy Vander Aa. Their hospitality and love were very evident the whole time we were there. [View Full Entry]

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Hello all! We are officially back online after spending 4 days in the Colorado Rockies; Camp Gunnison, which will portrayed in many pictures in the blog, is one of our ministry's root locales and is mainly used for running classes and family camps; it was a great time for all. We love you! Jim, Marsha, Clara, Sam, and Hannah [View Full Entry]

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Hi all. We made it to Boise Idaho today; not a very long drive, about 3.5 hours but we did stop at the Snake River and took some pictures and enjoyed one of the stops along the Oregon trail. Weather has been in the mid 80s everyday which makes for great driving. Included are some pictures of our travels so far. Love to all. The Perrys [View Full Entry]

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Hi all. We left today around 9:40am and arrived at our Best Western hotel around 6pm; they have a nice restaurant, and an even nicer heated pool which we enjoyed tonight. We drove a total of around 430 miles today. Mount Hood and the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon were beautiful today; weather was cloudless and in the 80s all day. We plan to spend some time in Boise, Idaho tomorrow and then onto Camp Gunnison Colorado by Thursday. Not sure if I will get any Internet service once we leave Idaho so I will communicate at least tomorrow. I don't [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone. When my family and I leave to go out Way Disciple we will be using this blogging website to send you a journal and pictures of our travels. I hope this is a blessing to you and enjoy some of our adventures with us. Here are some pictures of Clara with her cast and a great picture of Mt. Rainier taken at Sunrise. [View Full Entry]

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