Hello Family: We are enjoying our time here in Kona, Hawaii. Last Sunday we went to the first founded and oldest Christian church in the State of Hawaii. It was built in 1820. Great service. The Hawaiian pastor was barefooted. Neat guy.
Don and Marilyn
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
From Bryant
Bryant wants everyone to know that he loves them. He states he is now a certified fish. (what he means is he cans scuba dive now)
From Char/Mom
Hello Family!!
Today was an awesome day of worship! Choir and band making a joyful noise to celebrate completion of our 40 days of community and 30 years as a church. We had a little 8 minute video with interviews and Tim and I were featured! The biggest miracle is that our small group wants to keep meeting for fellowship.
For all of you trying to find a simple way to research the voting issues..check this out: http://www.robynnordell.com/onestop.aspx
After reading the analysis I have changed my mind and will vote no on prop 4.
Most of the time I don't relate my work stories but yesterday was interesting- within a short period of time in the morning I had 5 ambulances arrive-trying to find a place for all those patients was challenging. In the afternoon received an interesting collecting of patients. First was the elderly failure to thrive man from a nursing home who had gotten a knife and wanted to kill himself. Never mind that he was so weak that he couldn't even walk. When I interviewed him, he had no recall of the event and was found out to be quite confused. Then I received a 22 year old fella who's dad beat him up and his hysterical crying was not only for his physical pain but the emotional pain. His mother arrived and reported that he deserved it. Then my favorite was a homeless bad smelling gentleman who stole an RV. AFter fleeing the RV, the cops had the choper in the air and a couple of dogs sniffing out the apartment complex that he was hiding in. He became our patient when the dog caught him and tore into his arm and needed stitches. He arrived with officers and they handcuffed him to the gurney.
BLOG QUESTION: work took most of my time. Favorite moment was my bike ride along the beach to the lighthouse in Long Beach. Someday i'll figure out how many miles that trip was.
All for now.......
Today was an awesome day of worship! Choir and band making a joyful noise to celebrate completion of our 40 days of community and 30 years as a church. We had a little 8 minute video with interviews and Tim and I were featured! The biggest miracle is that our small group wants to keep meeting for fellowship.
For all of you trying to find a simple way to research the voting issues..check this out: http://www.robynnordell.com/onestop.aspx
After reading the analysis I have changed my mind and will vote no on prop 4.
Most of the time I don't relate my work stories but yesterday was interesting- within a short period of time in the morning I had 5 ambulances arrive-trying to find a place for all those patients was challenging. In the afternoon received an interesting collecting of patients. First was the elderly failure to thrive man from a nursing home who had gotten a knife and wanted to kill himself. Never mind that he was so weak that he couldn't even walk. When I interviewed him, he had no recall of the event and was found out to be quite confused. Then I received a 22 year old fella who's dad beat him up and his hysterical crying was not only for his physical pain but the emotional pain. His mother arrived and reported that he deserved it. Then my favorite was a homeless bad smelling gentleman who stole an RV. AFter fleeing the RV, the cops had the choper in the air and a couple of dogs sniffing out the apartment complex that he was hiding in. He became our patient when the dog caught him and tore into his arm and needed stitches. He arrived with officers and they handcuffed him to the gurney.
BLOG QUESTION: work took most of my time. Favorite moment was my bike ride along the beach to the lighthouse in Long Beach. Someday i'll figure out how many miles that trip was.
All for now.......
life in the fast lane
...and boy is it speeding by.
I have midterms this week. So my head is stuck in my books while the rest of me whithers away. This semester is halfway over and I'm just getting settled in my routine. Please keep me in your prayers because this week has been stressful between my study load and work. I'm looking forward to fall although it's not like we have much for color change in LA. We had a focus from chapel of slowing; and that is so hard to do when there is so much on my plate but I make time in my mornings for daily devotionals and keeping God the focus.
Love,
Charis
I have midterms this week. So my head is stuck in my books while the rest of me whithers away. This semester is halfway over and I'm just getting settled in my routine. Please keep me in your prayers because this week has been stressful between my study load and work. I'm looking forward to fall although it's not like we have much for color change in LA. We had a focus from chapel of slowing; and that is so hard to do when there is so much on my plate but I make time in my mornings for daily devotionals and keeping God the focus.
Love,
Charis
Friday, October 17, 2008
From the Most Senior Krause Haus.
Hi to everybody:
I like hearing from you and know a bit of what is going on in your lives.
It is fall in Oregon and so lovely. The last two weeks have been a bit hectic with guests from Canada who were a delight to host. During that time our sister-in-law passted away in Portland and Dora came up for the funeral. My International family thinks that I should not be driving after dark on the freeway so one of the girls took Dora and I and although it was a time of sadness, it was good to see friends and family.
October brings the students back to Eugene and there are many opportunities to interact with the Internationals. I love doing that so much and also the bible study that I lead at my home Monday mornings. I have several ladies who are not believers and if you remember, do put them on your prayer list.
Life is good, and God is blessing. Love you all and take care.
Renetta or Grandma Krause.
I like hearing from you and know a bit of what is going on in your lives.
It is fall in Oregon and so lovely. The last two weeks have been a bit hectic with guests from Canada who were a delight to host. During that time our sister-in-law passted away in Portland and Dora came up for the funeral. My International family thinks that I should not be driving after dark on the freeway so one of the girls took Dora and I and although it was a time of sadness, it was good to see friends and family.
October brings the students back to Eugene and there are many opportunities to interact with the Internationals. I love doing that so much and also the bible study that I lead at my home Monday mornings. I have several ladies who are not believers and if you remember, do put them on your prayer list.
Life is good, and God is blessing. Love you all and take care.
Renetta or Grandma Krause.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Hie from mvb
Good luck, Tim, on your creation, looks interesting. Don't forget to keep us posted when it gets manufactured or whatever.
Charis: you found out what life is all about: keeping busy while going to college and trying to keep up with it all. You can do it!
Jerrol & Lauren, your plans sound great and best of everything as you venture to possibly getting a different job.
My week was busy with keeping up with politics and glad when it is over. Did some registrations and it was for the Democrats. No one wants to sign up as a republican, wonder why.
Went to see the movie: The American Carol and will go see "W" when it comes out this week end.
Have a great week from:
mvb
Charis: you found out what life is all about: keeping busy while going to college and trying to keep up with it all. You can do it!
Jerrol & Lauren, your plans sound great and best of everything as you venture to possibly getting a different job.
My week was busy with keeping up with politics and glad when it is over. Did some registrations and it was for the Democrats. No one wants to sign up as a republican, wonder why.
Went to see the movie: The American Carol and will go see "W" when it comes out this week end.
Have a great week from:
mvb
Saturday, October 11, 2008
KRAUSE HOUSE
Looks like its our turn again...
From Tim: How about a day from 9am until 7:30 p.m. trying to make a system work? Replaced the pump 3 times and the controllers 3 times. So an exercise in character building and patience. Patent has been submited. Weekly leading a small group of 8 people.
From Char: This week work filled most of the days. What does a charge nurse do all day? I like to think that I 'charge' through the day helping everyone do their job and handle problems. Since our new computer system, its seems I'm on the phone working with techical support or our local IT trying to keep it all working. One day the system was taken down for a few minutes of repair and when it came up, all of our doctor order sets disappeared and had to be reentered..that was fun. Bright spot in the week is choir practice. Singing out turns up the joy!
catching up with Charis
Hey family,
just wanted to drop a few lines to let you know what I've been up to. I've moved back up to Glendora into an apartment with 3 other females. It has been interesting getting settled and figuring out where to stand my ground over cleanliness. Most of the time, my head is stuck in my books studying like crazy. This semester I'm in OB and have seen babies being born, so exciting! Other than the birthing part, the nursing part is kinda boring with documentation and watching and waiting. I'm also taking a Theology of the Christian life class and I'm also in the Dean's leadership class. I'm still working at Claim Jumper, but also I work 1 day a week at St Jude. In between all that I try to juggle relationships, including the attention of a special man. Bible studies, church, mentoring, chapels, and everything else thats typical in life. Whew- it's by God's grace that I can handle it all! =)
Love ya'll!
just wanted to drop a few lines to let you know what I've been up to. I've moved back up to Glendora into an apartment with 3 other females. It has been interesting getting settled and figuring out where to stand my ground over cleanliness. Most of the time, my head is stuck in my books studying like crazy. This semester I'm in OB and have seen babies being born, so exciting! Other than the birthing part, the nursing part is kinda boring with documentation and watching and waiting. I'm also taking a Theology of the Christian life class and I'm also in the Dean's leadership class. I'm still working at Claim Jumper, but also I work 1 day a week at St Jude. In between all that I try to juggle relationships, including the attention of a special man. Bible studies, church, mentoring, chapels, and everything else thats typical in life. Whew- it's by God's grace that I can handle it all! =)
Love ya'll!
Friday, October 10, 2008
From Bryant
Bryant says his computer died but wanted the family to know that he loves you all. He has been taking a scuba diving class all week and is looking forward to his first dive in the morning.......
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
More other Krause House news
J Here
Lots of interesting stuff happening in my life. My day job at Budget Blinds is a little slow, mostly the lull before the storm as the company starts gearing up for it's annual convention (which will be crazy work for me). I've recently gotten to do a lot of original design work (mostly websites) that I've never gotten to do before for the company which is pretty fun.
Also busy freelancing. The timing is nice because Lauren and I are thinking about buying a house next year and the money I'm getting will put us @ the 10-20% down payment mark. There's also a chance of a much higher paying job with the agency I am working for, but they haven't made me an offer yet. I like my job @ BB so I win either way.
Lauren's job @ Prudential is going to come to an end soon. She's pretty upset at how her department (and her) are managed and how much they try to make her work overtime without paying her. Please be praying that she finds another position that she enjoys and is happy at.
Lots of interesting stuff happening in my life. My day job at Budget Blinds is a little slow, mostly the lull before the storm as the company starts gearing up for it's annual convention (which will be crazy work for me). I've recently gotten to do a lot of original design work (mostly websites) that I've never gotten to do before for the company which is pretty fun.
Also busy freelancing. The timing is nice because Lauren and I are thinking about buying a house next year and the money I'm getting will put us @ the 10-20% down payment mark. There's also a chance of a much higher paying job with the agency I am working for, but they haven't made me an offer yet. I like my job @ BB so I win either way.
Lauren's job @ Prudential is going to come to an end soon. She's pretty upset at how her department (and her) are managed and how much they try to make her work overtime without paying her. Please be praying that she finds another position that she enjoys and is happy at.
Monday, October 6, 2008
From Don & Marilyn
Greetings from Fresno. The leaves are starting to turn and it's beautiful here. Just returned from a week with friends in Branson MO. Had a great time but it's always good to be home.
Don is the coordinator for Mennonite Disaster Service's RV program. Two projects are underway in Texas and we're hoping to start a third project in San Diego County. We spent 3 weeks in August in Mississippi at the MDS camp in Pass Christian. Actually we spent two weeks there, and one week in Columbus MS avoiding Hurricane Gustav. We had to move the vehicles at the camp to higher ground, board up all the windows (fortunately we had help!), pack all the office records and computers, and head north to Columbus. MDS has a warehouse there so we were able to stay with 3 other MDS people who also were evacuated from New Orleans and Diamond (south of N. Orleans). It was a productive week sorting supplies, building shelves in a new tool trailer and getting acquainted with other MDSers.
Our church hired a new youth pastor yesterday, a young man who was an intern at Lorna's church in Clovis. He knows Jeffrey. We're still without a senior pastor but "they" say we're close to getting someone.
Happy Belated Birthday Lauren!
Dad and Marilyn
Don is the coordinator for Mennonite Disaster Service's RV program. Two projects are underway in Texas and we're hoping to start a third project in San Diego County. We spent 3 weeks in August in Mississippi at the MDS camp in Pass Christian. Actually we spent two weeks there, and one week in Columbus MS avoiding Hurricane Gustav. We had to move the vehicles at the camp to higher ground, board up all the windows (fortunately we had help!), pack all the office records and computers, and head north to Columbus. MDS has a warehouse there so we were able to stay with 3 other MDS people who also were evacuated from New Orleans and Diamond (south of N. Orleans). It was a productive week sorting supplies, building shelves in a new tool trailer and getting acquainted with other MDSers.
Our church hired a new youth pastor yesterday, a young man who was an intern at Lorna's church in Clovis. He knows Jeffrey. We're still without a senior pastor but "they" say we're close to getting someone.
Happy Belated Birthday Lauren!
Dad and Marilyn
Sunday, October 5, 2008
The messages during the church service are very very serious. More so then usual and will be for the next 8 weeks on SINS.
So glad I didn't work at the Fair this year, only ran into one friend and others are all new people. Politics took over and we said no and will not work at the Fair. Enjoyed the fair on Senior day and again on Friday with the Brian Buller family. The girls entered several projects and received 1st on so many, I stopped counting. Julie entered something on Brandon too. What a talented family.
One lady got demoted from being on the computer on Sale Day where I work on Thursdays. So far, I'm still working side by side by the Auctioner and trying to figure out what number he is on........ so I will type in the correct one on the computer............ha.
By: MVB9:
So glad I didn't work at the Fair this year, only ran into one friend and others are all new people. Politics took over and we said no and will not work at the Fair. Enjoyed the fair on Senior day and again on Friday with the Brian Buller family. The girls entered several projects and received 1st on so many, I stopped counting. Julie entered something on Brandon too. What a talented family.
One lady got demoted from being on the computer on Sale Day where I work on Thursdays. So far, I'm still working side by side by the Auctioner and trying to figure out what number he is on........ so I will type in the correct one on the computer............ha.
By: MVB9:
From the Other Krause Haus
Like mom said, Lauren celebrated 25 years on Friday (Oct. 3rd). Lots of eating out this weekend; J & L are kinda tired of restaurants for a while!
Jerrol is working hard on some freelance web work and the company he's contracted with for this job is thinking about hiring him. They are primarily a video production company, but get many requests from clients for websites. The owner is a Christian and does a lot of work with Christian organizations like Wycliffe. Jerrol feels this is where God is calling him and he is excited about the level of business strategy, web work and new ideas he gets to propose. It's not in the bag yet, so pray for wisdom and God's will to be done.
Lauren is getting into letterpress and enjoying restoring a couple of presses. Holler if you'd like some hand-printed cards!
Jerrol is working hard on some freelance web work and the company he's contracted with for this job is thinking about hiring him. They are primarily a video production company, but get many requests from clients for websites. The owner is a Christian and does a lot of work with Christian organizations like Wycliffe. Jerrol feels this is where God is calling him and he is excited about the level of business strategy, web work and new ideas he gets to propose. It's not in the bag yet, so pray for wisdom and God's will to be done.
Lauren is getting into letterpress and enjoying restoring a couple of presses. Holler if you'd like some hand-printed cards!
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KRAUSE HOUSE
Our Week:
Char is working less hours now....Tim has submitted his patent. Our weekly Bible study group has 8 people and we recently served together buy picking up trash and painting the tables and trash can.
From the kids: Lauren just celebrated her 25th birthday. Jerrol is entertaining a new job. Charis saw her first life birth and death and is experiencing the full circle of life. Bryant is trying to buy a car. His computer died. He is going to start scuba classes.
Char is working less hours now....Tim has submitted his patent. Our weekly Bible study group has 8 people and we recently served together buy picking up trash and painting the tables and trash can.
From the kids: Lauren just celebrated her 25th birthday. Jerrol is entertaining a new job. Charis saw her first life birth and death and is experiencing the full circle of life. Bryant is trying to buy a car. His computer died. He is going to start scuba classes.