Blogs from Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, North America - page 3

With two new babies and an 80th Birthday, we thought it a good idea to head to Michigan. Early Thursday morning Brad and Melissa, Riley and Naomi began their trip, driving through Canada from Rochester, NY, Sara Jo and Breanna boarded a plane in Halifax and Jason, Sara and Maggie left La Paz, Bolivia. They all arrived safely at different times during the day. We left the GARBC conference and arrived around noon on Friday. By Friday afternoon we were all rested and ready to spend some time together. Saturday was the Joslin Get-together for Lynette's mom's 80th birthday celebration. Today Rich will preach at Jamestown Baptist Church and then we will congregate with the Van Heukelum family in the afternoon. On Monday we plan to go to Big Star Lake and relive some vacation memories. ... read more

After more than a year of studying, fundraising and preparing for the trip, we were finally leaving for our long-awaited trip to the rain forest -- a ten-day trip to Peru. Day 1 … Thursday 6/5/08 We met up at the school and boarded the school bus by 6:40 a.m. Eighteen 7th and 8th graders, two teachers three parents and two grandparents. And luggage, lots of luggage. A duffel, back pack and fanny pack for each of us. The packing list was very detailed so we should be in good shape. Julia is so excited. She keeps saying “I can’t believe this is really happening, it still doesn’t seem real.” Check-in and security went smoothly except for the fact that Julia and I were both issued boarding passes for “Julia Vernier.” I had to make a ... read more

Back in Amish country, today we visited many Amish towns in Elkhart County Indiana, we took a self guided tour by CD..... great idea... we could stop and start whenever we pleased. We drove through very heavy rain for part of the day. Had a great time at the Elkhart market, all homemade foods, we bought plenty.At Bonneyville we visited the old mill, which is still in use, we purchased some red wheat flour and some corn flour. In Middlebury we saw so many horse and buggies, they were everywhere.... lots of photo taking.... and we took advantage of shopping in the Amish stores. We finished our tour in Shipshewana, where we went to Yoders.... the store they kept open for me, after hours, last time we visited. Running behind time all day.... we had soooo ... read more

Hola todos, I’m sorry I haven’t been able to send an email yet, it’s been really crazy with touring different places and finally getting settled in Malaga. I am hoping to find a place where I can journal/blog online and post pictures for everyone to see. Once I find a good website, I will definitely let everyone know! Life in Spain has been good! Things are very different, but the more I adjust to new things to more fun they are (like the fact that the nightlife really does not start until almost midnight and goes till 3,4,5 even after dawn, in the morning). We spent almost a week in Madrid and Toledo, and finally came to Malaga last Thursday. Madrid and Toledo were both very cool. Madrid has so many people and there is so ... read more

Well here's my travelblog. I know you've all been really anxious for me to get this started.....just kidding. I leave tomorrow at 3 pm, please keep the group in your prayers! ... read more