Monthly Archives: June, 2005

Anticipation is building

On Friday night, Kelly and I met up with some Oxford Alumni in LA. We are so excited. The stories, the adventure, the experience. We did learn the first term is extremely intense. If you want to come out please come between Oct – Dec. Kelly will be ready to see some familiar faces. By [...]

Bitter-Sweet

Bitter Sweet is the best way I can describe our move to Oxford. In one aspect there is great excitement for the adventure ahead. On the other hand, there is also a sense of loss as we step away from a wonderful church, community, friends and family. In the midst of it, the best we [...]

Miracles In Motion Retreat

We just finished the MIM retreat this weekend. It’s the annual retreat where many of the families that live at the motel come up to a mountian getaway. Kelly and a number of volunteers organize the event and it was a blast. There was around 90 people that came up in our group to Forest [...]

This last year and a half

We’ve had a great time in California this last year. Quite honestly, I didn’t think I’d like it as much as I have. In fact, I could see coming back. We’ve had a wonderful time in the OC. We’ve been plugged into Mariners Church — and Kelly has been working there for the last 18 [...]

Setting in

The realities of moving abroad are all starting to settle in. I’m realizing that our trip to Denver at the end of June will most likely be the last time we’re there for quite some time. We are trying to figure out how to get down to Florida to visit my brother and mom as [...]

Off to Oxford

It’s official: We are going to Oxford. School starts in October and today we have narrowed it down to one school. It’s been a 7 month process of applying to schools, going for interviews, getting advice, discussing our future, etc, etc … We are super excited and now the planning begins