Jeff and Nickie

Jeff and Nickie

Monday, June 21, 2010

An Update and New Blog Site

Hello,

Welcome to my newer and updated blog. I stopped writing on my last blog a year ago because I never did care for the blog site and life got extremely busy with Sunnie's wedding plans!!

I hope to keep up better with this new blog and combine ministry, family news and my thoughts all together on just this one!

Let me catch you up. This December will mark 10 years for us at Hilltop Baptist Church in Manitoba Canada. There was a period of time not too long ago, we became very unsettled and wondering if the Lord was going to move us along to another church. However, God closed the doors on the things that came up and brought us new people to disciple and new ministries here. We realized after a year or so that even though we might have thought we were ready to move on, God was most definitely not ready for us to. So here we stay glad to be used of Him in whatever way He chooses.

Our children are all either in the middle of a move, getting ready for one or still unpacking from a recent move. Josh and Megan (Jaden and Braylon) bought their first home in Sioux Falls, SD and moved into it a couple of months ago. Sara and Dean (Dawson, Spencer, Carter and Caleb) are nearly finished with their move back to their home in Howard, SD which did not sell. So instead of selling it, they renovated it and are settling back in.
Heather and Ted (hannah and Hayden) just bought their second home in Yankton, SD and are in the process of moving this summer.
Sunnie and Justin (Married in February) are moving to their home out in the country of Rimby, Alberta.
Last but not least Kittie is preparing to move to Alberta in August, where she will be attending Prairie Bible College. This summer she will be back and forth helping at the Bible camp.

Jeff and I are in the middle of summer ministries and heavy clean up. We have had a ton of rain this Spring which has done much damage to our basement and many of our belongings. We are in the middle of cleaning it up. Jeff is also digging out to find the source of the problem and seal it up. We are very thankful for the help of our son-n-law Justin (he and Sunnie are here for a visit) and Kittie's very steady boyfriend Kurt (who came to visit Kittie).

With all the rain we were not able to get a garden in so far this year. We hope to try again soon when the ground dries out.

School is not out yet for our area. Teachers are finished June 30th. Then I will complete the school year daycare and go into the summer daycare. It will be only 2-3 children 2 days a week. I am looking forward to cutting back and having the extra time to get caught up on house and church projects.

My parents still live in Aurora, Nebraska. Dad is still the chaplain at Bosselmann's Truck Stop in Grand Island and he also is assistant pastor in his church. Mom is still on daily dialysis as well as my sister Penny (who lives in Washington State). We pray for a transplant for both of them soon.

Our church continues to grow and we have seen a large increase in the attendance of the children's ministries as well as the adult Bible studies during the week. God continues to bless us each step of the way and we are so thankful He has chosen to use us in the work here in Erickson. All glory is given to Him alone.

This should catch you up a bit and now I hope to keep up on this blog at least weekly from now on. Oh one very important update, that I forgot to mention!! Sara and Dean are expecting boy # 5 (Jace Nicholas Colling) who will be delivered via C-section on Sept. 15th!!

2 comments:

  1. Make sure you post these to Facebook so I remember to read them. I like hearing from you! And congrats on the new baby!

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  2. Good job Nickie! Like reading your blog entries. Like the above poster said, be sure to post on facebook when you update or I will forget to come here and read it. Jeff

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