2010/12/09
2010/09/25
Update Page
Since we haven't sent out an update/newsletter for awhile, I'm posting our "Stevens' Update Page" below. Every 4 years we have a Rietema Reunion/Rendezvous/Roundup -- and each family does a scrapbook style page to put in a booklet for each family (and we are a large family! :-)) So, here is what we put together for our 2010 Rietema Roundup this past summer.
Stevens Update Page
Stevens Update Page
2010/09/10
Montana Furlough
What a summer! What a whirlwind! We had a blast!! Highlights include:
- Amy's family all together for the first time in 4 years
- Rietema Roundup 2010 -- Family Reunion
- Playing with cousins
- Connecting with Friends & Supporters
- Games
- Four-wheeling
- Swimming in Flathead Lake
- Barbecues
- Camping
- Garage-saling
- Glacier Park
- Fair
2010/06/20
Crazy times in Titus!
What's going on in Titus around the world?! It's exciting, it's crazy, some of it sounds like spiritual warfare, and we would all love your prayers!!
Cambodia: Pioneering their first Titus Project -- starting June 28! Amy will fly out for a week (June 21-29) to help as they get things off the ground.
Europe: The first Titus Project to run in Europe (Sweden) starts July 3! The leaders just had a baby and the wife/mom/Titus co-leader has just come down with Lyme's disease after being bitten by a tick (imagine a 2-yr-old, a new baby, a new Titus at a new base, moving your family to a new country [headed to Ukraine long term after this], and now being wiped out from Lyme's disease!) We think of you often Ang!
India: The next Titus starts July 12, and they are expecting 20+ participants, which includes 6 coming from Nepal. Nepal is planning to get Titus up and running there this next year. The leader is a teaching machine right now, has been studiously learning Hindi this past year, and will help us pioneer a new Titus in B* early next year. :-)
Montana: The Titus Montana leader and another Titus staff person are one their way to Cambodia right now as we speak (i.e. type), and will go on from there to India to help with both Tituses. Getting there has been, well, a bit stressful, yet a testimony to the faithfulness of God! They sent in their passports in to get India visas and were denied. They applied again, but when the process took too long, asked for their passports to be sent back. Their passports still hadn't arrived when they were scheduled to fly out, so a local post office opened up for them at 3:30 a.m. and went through the mail bag to see if they had come in on the last truck. Nothing. They decided to go ahead to the airport to see what talking to the agents in person would do (in terms of needing to change tickets, etc.) and on the way, got a call from the Post Office saying their passports were in a town an hour south. Explaining the situation at the airport, the agents graciously re-routed them, having them fly out of a town 2 hours south -- but, the flight was in 2 hours! They sped south, stopping at the Post Office where their passports were purported to be, roused the postal workers to open the door for them and found their passports (at about 5:00 am), sped on to the next airport, and just made the flight (no time to check their bags, just get on the plane). The India consulate kept their $330, but no visa. Pray for favor when they apply at the Embassy in Thailand/Cambodia (not sure which one?)!
South Africa: The leaders are expecting their first child, adopting a child at the same time, going back to the States this next week before Titus starts to finalize U.S citizenship, and their next Titus starts June 28!
Taiwan: (That's us! :-)) We already have 12+ applications in the works, with rumors of many people planning to apply. In anticipation of 40+ applicants, we are planning to run Titus twice early in the year (Jan & Feb, back-to-back -- start the second while the first are on outreach), and then again in Sept. Pray for us as we need to recruit several more staff!
If you count the above locations, that's right! We have 6 Tituses going (or nearly going) right now! Next year, there should be 3-4 more additional (new) locations! Stay tuned for more exciting and crazy things/times to come! :-)
Cambodia: Pioneering their first Titus Project -- starting June 28! Amy will fly out for a week (June 21-29) to help as they get things off the ground.
Europe: The first Titus Project to run in Europe (Sweden) starts July 3! The leaders just had a baby and the wife/mom/Titus co-leader has just come down with Lyme's disease after being bitten by a tick (imagine a 2-yr-old, a new baby, a new Titus at a new base, moving your family to a new country [headed to Ukraine long term after this], and now being wiped out from Lyme's disease!) We think of you often Ang!
India: The next Titus starts July 12, and they are expecting 20+ participants, which includes 6 coming from Nepal. Nepal is planning to get Titus up and running there this next year. The leader is a teaching machine right now, has been studiously learning Hindi this past year, and will help us pioneer a new Titus in B* early next year. :-)
Montana: The Titus Montana leader and another Titus staff person are one their way to Cambodia right now as we speak (i.e. type), and will go on from there to India to help with both Tituses. Getting there has been, well, a bit stressful, yet a testimony to the faithfulness of God! They sent in their passports in to get India visas and were denied. They applied again, but when the process took too long, asked for their passports to be sent back. Their passports still hadn't arrived when they were scheduled to fly out, so a local post office opened up for them at 3:30 a.m. and went through the mail bag to see if they had come in on the last truck. Nothing. They decided to go ahead to the airport to see what talking to the agents in person would do (in terms of needing to change tickets, etc.) and on the way, got a call from the Post Office saying their passports were in a town an hour south. Explaining the situation at the airport, the agents graciously re-routed them, having them fly out of a town 2 hours south -- but, the flight was in 2 hours! They sped south, stopping at the Post Office where their passports were purported to be, roused the postal workers to open the door for them and found their passports (at about 5:00 am), sped on to the next airport, and just made the flight (no time to check their bags, just get on the plane). The India consulate kept their $330, but no visa. Pray for favor when they apply at the Embassy in Thailand/Cambodia (not sure which one?)!
South Africa: The leaders are expecting their first child, adopting a child at the same time, going back to the States this next week before Titus starts to finalize U.S citizenship, and their next Titus starts June 28!
Taiwan: (That's us! :-)) We already have 12+ applications in the works, with rumors of many people planning to apply. In anticipation of 40+ applicants, we are planning to run Titus twice early in the year (Jan & Feb, back-to-back -- start the second while the first are on outreach), and then again in Sept. Pray for us as we need to recruit several more staff!
If you count the above locations, that's right! We have 6 Tituses going (or nearly going) right now! Next year, there should be 3-4 more additional (new) locations! Stay tuned for more exciting and crazy things/times to come! :-)
2010/06/16
It's simple: Just add potatoes, carrots, and WORMS.
2010/06/13
Elise's Baptism
Elise has been wanting to get baptized for some time now, and this morning, she and her good friend Elwina (standing to Elise's left [right in the picture]), along with a few other kids and several adult new-believers were all baptized. She was a bit shy to share in front of the whole church, but she did it! Rough translation: "Hello everyone. My name is Shi YunJie (her Chinese name). I've known Jesus since I was very small, and have wanted to be baptized. I feel that Jesus is a great help to me, and has taken me out from the darkness."
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