Saturday, September 17, 2011

Vanuatu Bible translation video

Our friend Mendy made this video highlighting local Bible translators in Vanuatu.  Here it is and well worth a watch!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Baptisms 8-11

Some of my friends got baptized recently and what an honor it was to get to witness it!  Here's pictures of these Christians, demonstrating publicly, in obedience to God, that they have trusted in Christ as their Savior from sin.  Praise God!
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Family vacation 8-11

Because of my parents generosity and planning, we were able to vacation in Rapid City, South Dakota on our way back from the Minnesota family reunion!  Here's pics from our fun time together.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Flip-flop friends

 Another awesome part of being in Minneapolis is that we met a new friend, Janet, who has been praying about Vanuatu for several years.  We met up with her and her girls and they bought a whole bunch of flip-flops for us to give out in Vanuatu! They were also a great encouragement to us and prayed for us. Pretty cool how God arranges divine opportunities!
 Hannah, Julia, and Janet

Benhardus family reunion

After our time in northern Minnesota, we got to go to Minneapolis to spend time with my mom's family and have a family reunion there.  It's been a long while since we've done that!  We arrived a few hours too late to see my cousin Heidi and family but everyone else was there other than my cousin Dawn, who's serving with the Peace Corps in The Gambia (West Africa).  Here's pics from our get-together.
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Northern Minnesota

Here's pics from our visits to Marcell and Duluth, Minnesota the beginning of August.  These churches have some great friends of ours and of Vanuatu and it was great to catch up with them again after 4 years away!  Here's a few pictures from our visit.  WOWzers, the intro on this Smilebox is painfully long, sorry about that!  I promise, there really are pictures in there after the intro plays itself out.
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