Sad Times.....Happy TImes

October was a sad/exciting month for us.

We were losing a big core of our students from Botswana as they were graduating and returning home.

We went back to the United States and celebrated the marriage of our oldest daughter with a reception in their honor.


We celebrated the student’s graduation by taking them to dinner at Lookout Point.  The restaurant is not really the main attraction...it is the view from the high vantage point.  You can see the whole Klang Valley.
The best time to go is at sunset.

 Bianca, Charity and Richard

 Val and NoNo
Our delicious food we ordered

 Charity, Catherine and Richard

NoNo and Dennis

Back row:  NoNo, Catherine, Val
Front Row:  Bianca, Charity, Richard

I believe they had a good time and enjoyed their meal.


In August, we also, took Nathaniel (Nigerian) and Michael (Ghanian) to the same place to celebrate their finishing here in KL.  
Nathaniel has transferred to Canada to finish his degree.  Can you imagine going from Nigeria to Kuala Lumpur to Canada....what a temperature shock!
Michael is still here in KL doing his internship in architecture.  He will finish that in Jan and then return home to Ghana.  Both of these young men were very important to our ConneXion Ministry helping in any way they could and taking on leadership responsibilities.  We miss Nathaniel deeply and will be missing Michael very soon!  Good Luck to both of these young men who love the Lord with all their heart!

Right:  Michael
Left:  Nathaniel

I could not post this blog without a snapshot of the happy moment in October.

Carrie and her new husband, Doug

Sad times....happy times....the Lord is in charge of them all!

...til next time...

Summit Team Visit in August

What a blessing and a joy it was to have this team visit us from the Summit, our home church in North Carolina.

They helped us follow up with the students who attended the Connexion Conference.

Actually they did anything we asked them to do.

Most of all they just loved on us.

The whole gang with our regular students

During the time they were here the Muslim community was observing Ramadan...which is a religious feast where they observe fasting for the month of August from sunrise to sunset.  Late afternoon food markets set up around town and they have delicious Malaysian food.  We were fortunate enough to have a Ramadan market just a short trek down the street from us.  So we enjoyed some delicious food

 

Daniel the team leader and pastor of the North Summit Campus enjoying a refreshing drink at the Ramadan Market

They, also, joined us at our weekly ConneXion activities....we ate, played games, listened to a message from Daniel

 Wendy (in red and Daniel’s wife) had a blast playing the games....and she LIKES to WIN!!!

 The balloons were attached to our ankles and we had to burst each other’s balloons

 It seems like we were always eating.  This is an outing on Sunday with some local students from Cornerstone Baptist Church....one of the churches we partner with here in KL

 banana leaf eating...Indian food

 Of course, the food is eaten with hands....so,yes, we did!

 The banana leaf was our plate

 Folding the leaf over indicates you are finished

 A trip to another country is not complete without sightseeing:

 fish spa

Batu Caves - An Indian Place of Worship

 These coconuts were used in some sort of ceremony, the insides were on fire, then they were taken and thrown into this huge concrete vat and broken

Petronas Twin Towers

 Thank you Daniel, Wendy, Jerusha, Kyle, Gabrielle, Cheryl, Jacque and Matt for coming and being such a blessing to us!


...til next time...