not cultural news

this is short and without pictures.... because it is about the work that we are doing here and i don't really take pics of me on the computer and on the phone. you have all seen this before.

big things in regard to getting the business set up! as i mentioned before, my business will be called "embellish" and there have already been asked to work with people on more projects! more on that as it develops and the company is officially set up in the country... this is a PROCESS, to say the least, and i am happy to have as much forward movement as i do right now in it. please keep praying with me through this!

in regards to working on forming reckoning with shawna... we have had some really great meetings with many different people that are connecting us in ways that we could hardly have thought possible. the master plan to retool and work from is finished, and there is SOOOOOO much to do, but it is really coming along very well and i am so looking forward to seeing where this is going to go.... sunday was a really good day for us in terms of conversations.... more and more prayer, please!

i have started dutch classes with a woman named daphne that i met on the tram on the way to some other friend's house here in the city. she is a very dutch woman, kind and we are meeting twice a week for 2 hours per session. this has been really helpful and i am already getting better and i can sctualy nderstand some of what people are saying to me! every store i walked into today, i was able to do it in dutch (given, there were not that many words exchanged, but the ones i did know were the only ones i needed)! this will go through december and then we will see from there....

MY PARENTS ARE COMING OUT FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!! obviously, i am stoked about this. so is the Snow family :) being here this year rather than going somewhere is going to be hard, and having a warm house full of people is going to be really wonderful for all of us. Shawna's parents-in-law might come out, and another friend from Cali is coming out as well. this is going to be a good time!

i am looking to come back out to visit chicago after being at a conference in florida for a couple of days in february. what is looking the best right now is feb 10-26....

more to come, sorry all of this is so delayed and i hope that the pics help. it has been really busy..... really good. thank you for checking in, saying hello when you have a chance and i hope to hear from you soon!

much love and peace