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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
A Blessed Blur
Life this summer has been a blessed blur. That seems to be the best way to sum it up. We've had so many wonderful things happening, but have been a little overwhelmed by the hectic pace of it all. It's hard to believe that school starts tomorrow and things will level out into a normal, busy routine.
July found us hosting some very important people! Amos' mom was able to come for a visit, as well as one of Amos' college buddies and his wife; Josh & Alison. We had a great time with everybody and really enjoyed catching up and hanging out. We also took some time to celebrate Amos' birthday and our third anniversary...my how time flies!
July also found Amos busy at church as he coordinated a short-term mission trip for the high school girls to Trinidad; and later led a service project trip to Glenhaven Youth Ranch for the junior high boys. Needless to say, the time flew by as we were busy every minute.
August found us taking, a now walking and very mobile, Isaiah on his first trip to the zoo. We visited the Little Rock Zoo with Meredith's parents, brother-in-law, sister, and nephew. It was hot but we had a great time!
We had the privilege of attending some additional training recommended by WorldVenture regarding raising personal support in mid-August. The training was held in Northwest Arkansas and was very helpful as we look ahead to the next steps in our journey to the mission field. Jeff & Leigh Ann (Meredith's brother-in-law & sister) graciously cared for Isaiah while we were away, and he had a great time. We definitely missed him more than he missed us!
The biggest event of August for us, by far, was the celebration of Isaiah's first birthday...can you believe a whole year has passed since his birth?! We certainly can't! We had a great time celebrating with Meredith's family and the girls at Glenhaven Youth Ranch. Thanks Grandpa & Nana Tucker for hosting. Isaiah's growing and changing rapidly. He now walks everywhere and even is starting to run a bit. He babbles constantly and says several words, including: Dada, Mama, Kenya (our black lab), Moo (for cows), ball, more, all done and uh-oh. We're working on many others. He's like a sponge, soaking up life right now. It's a honor and privilege to parent him, and overwhelming simultaneously. Our greatest desire is that he'll come to know the Lord at a young age and serve Him his whole life through. There is nothing better in life!
On the missions front, the plan remains the same; to take a vision trip to several locations in Europe and Africa sometime in the Spring of 2010. We will be working on developing our team of partners - both prayer and financial - in the meantime. We'll keep you posted as the details of our trip unfold. Thank you for continuing to lift our family up in prayer.
We're looking forward to a trip to Minnesota in early September to visit Amos' family, as well as attend Meredith's cousin's wedding and visit with her family. It's going to be great to see everyone and catch up with old friends.
Thanks for your continued care, concern, prayers and investment in our lives. We couldn't walk this journey without your support!
July found us hosting some very important people! Amos' mom was able to come for a visit, as well as one of Amos' college buddies and his wife; Josh & Alison. We had a great time with everybody and really enjoyed catching up and hanging out. We also took some time to celebrate Amos' birthday and our third anniversary...my how time flies!
July also found Amos busy at church as he coordinated a short-term mission trip for the high school girls to Trinidad; and later led a service project trip to Glenhaven Youth Ranch for the junior high boys. Needless to say, the time flew by as we were busy every minute.
August found us taking, a now walking and very mobile, Isaiah on his first trip to the zoo. We visited the Little Rock Zoo with Meredith's parents, brother-in-law, sister, and nephew. It was hot but we had a great time!
We had the privilege of attending some additional training recommended by WorldVenture regarding raising personal support in mid-August. The training was held in Northwest Arkansas and was very helpful as we look ahead to the next steps in our journey to the mission field. Jeff & Leigh Ann (Meredith's brother-in-law & sister) graciously cared for Isaiah while we were away, and he had a great time. We definitely missed him more than he missed us!
The biggest event of August for us, by far, was the celebration of Isaiah's first birthday...can you believe a whole year has passed since his birth?! We certainly can't! We had a great time celebrating with Meredith's family and the girls at Glenhaven Youth Ranch. Thanks Grandpa & Nana Tucker for hosting. Isaiah's growing and changing rapidly. He now walks everywhere and even is starting to run a bit. He babbles constantly and says several words, including: Dada, Mama, Kenya (our black lab), Moo (for cows), ball, more, all done and uh-oh. We're working on many others. He's like a sponge, soaking up life right now. It's a honor and privilege to parent him, and overwhelming simultaneously. Our greatest desire is that he'll come to know the Lord at a young age and serve Him his whole life through. There is nothing better in life!
On the missions front, the plan remains the same; to take a vision trip to several locations in Europe and Africa sometime in the Spring of 2010. We will be working on developing our team of partners - both prayer and financial - in the meantime. We'll keep you posted as the details of our trip unfold. Thank you for continuing to lift our family up in prayer.
We're looking forward to a trip to Minnesota in early September to visit Amos' family, as well as attend Meredith's cousin's wedding and visit with her family. It's going to be great to see everyone and catch up with old friends.
Thanks for your continued care, concern, prayers and investment in our lives. We couldn't walk this journey without your support!
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
It's Official!
If you have not already heard the news...we're officially WorldVenture missionaries! After a rigorous two-hour interview with a five-member committee, we're excited to announce that we were appointed as long-term missionaries in June at WorldVenture Headquarters in Littleton, Colorado. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your prayers and support!
Our appointment was followed by a week-and-a-half of training at WorldVenture. It was a wonderful time of learning more about the organization, fellowshipping with the other seven appointee couples, and figuring out how to move ahead in this journey.
What's next? Because we're still grappling with the Lord's will for our future location of ministry, WorldVenture recommended that we embark on a survey vision trip. This trip will be in the Spring of 2010 and will take us to several locations in Europe and Africa. We will prayerfully meet with locals and missionaries at each destination as we seek to discover where we can most effectively serve.
In the meantime, we will be attending two more days of training in August here in Northwest Arkansas that will focus on developing healthy prayer and financial partnerships. After we complete this training, we will begin raising support specifically for our vision trip, but ultimately for our career on the field. We are going to do our best to keep our blog updated as well as sending out e-mail and snail mail updates. If you're interested in receiving these updates, please email us at amosandmeredith@worldventure.net with your contact information. If you are on our mailing list and desire to be removed, please contact us at that address as well.
You can learn more about WorldVenture at WorldVenture.com. You can also view our missionary profile via the dropdown "find a missionary" menu on the homepage. We would also LOVE to share more with you about this journey that we're on - drop us a line or give us a call and we'll set something up. All of our contact information can be found at the bottom of this post.
Of course, no post would be complete without some pictures of Isaiah, who will celebrate his first birthday in just a little over a month...can you believe it?!
Our appointment was followed by a week-and-a-half of training at WorldVenture. It was a wonderful time of learning more about the organization, fellowshipping with the other seven appointee couples, and figuring out how to move ahead in this journey.
What's next? Because we're still grappling with the Lord's will for our future location of ministry, WorldVenture recommended that we embark on a survey vision trip. This trip will be in the Spring of 2010 and will take us to several locations in Europe and Africa. We will prayerfully meet with locals and missionaries at each destination as we seek to discover where we can most effectively serve.
In the meantime, we will be attending two more days of training in August here in Northwest Arkansas that will focus on developing healthy prayer and financial partnerships. After we complete this training, we will begin raising support specifically for our vision trip, but ultimately for our career on the field. We are going to do our best to keep our blog updated as well as sending out e-mail and snail mail updates. If you're interested in receiving these updates, please email us at amosandmeredith@worldventure.net with your contact information. If you are on our mailing list and desire to be removed, please contact us at that address as well.
You can learn more about WorldVenture at WorldVenture.com. You can also view our missionary profile via the dropdown "find a missionary" menu on the homepage. We would also LOVE to share more with you about this journey that we're on - drop us a line or give us a call and we'll set something up. All of our contact information can be found at the bottom of this post.
Of course, no post would be complete without some pictures of Isaiah, who will celebrate his first birthday in just a little over a month...can you believe it?!
Amos, Meredith & Isaiah Anderson
12739 W. St. Hwy. 155 Dardanelle, AR 72834
amosandmeredith@worldventure.net
479-229-1982
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Time Flies When We're Havin' Fun
We're a little late with our April update, but life's just been so darn busy! We enjoyed a wonderful 10 day tour of the Great North with Isaiah in our new minivan (yes, Meredith has stepped out of her Element and joined the ranks of soccer-momhood) from April 9th - 19th. It was a wonderful trip and we loved seeing ya'll! If we didn't see you this time, we're sorry we missed you and are looking forward to planning another trip soon. Of course, the Tucker side of the family taught Isaiah about real health food - oreos, banana cream pie, Flipz crackers, chocolate cake - ya know, the good stuff! He had his first sight of snow, as there was still some on the ground in the U.P., and the Great Lakes, and also enjoyed hanging out at Silver Birch Ranch for a few days. After that, we enjoyed just a short time with some former co-workers of Amos' from Rawhide before heading back to Arkansas. The time was far too brief but the fellowship was sweet nonetheless. To those of you who hosted us: THANK YOU for your wonderful hospitality!
We managed to finish our application for WorldVenture (www.worldventure.com), just before heading north. We were notified about a week ago that our application had been accepted and were invited to WorldVenture's headquarters in Littleton, Coloroado for an official interview. If all goes well with the interview, we will stay in Littleton for two weeks for training and be officially "appointed" as WorldVenture missionaries. It's an exciting and overwhelming process. Please pray that our interview will go well, that we'll both (us & WorldVenture) feel a unity of partnership, and that the Lord will continue to guide us to the place where He wants us. We are still undecided at this point regarding future ministry location. We have a few options that we're seriously praying through and seeking the Lord about. We would really appreciate your prayers!
...and Isaiah? He's wonderful. He's growing and changing so quickly. He crawls faster than we run and he's cruising along the furniture. He'll be walking very soon! He was dedicated in a special portion of our church service on Mother's Day. It was a sweet time to verbally commit to raising Him in the way of the Lord and to pray for his future and salvation. Parenting is truly a journey, but children are such a sweet gift from God.
We hope that May finds you happy, healthy, and well. We love you all!
We managed to finish our application for WorldVenture (www.worldventure.com), just before heading north. We were notified about a week ago that our application had been accepted and were invited to WorldVenture's headquarters in Littleton, Coloroado for an official interview. If all goes well with the interview, we will stay in Littleton for two weeks for training and be officially "appointed" as WorldVenture missionaries. It's an exciting and overwhelming process. Please pray that our interview will go well, that we'll both (us & WorldVenture) feel a unity of partnership, and that the Lord will continue to guide us to the place where He wants us. We are still undecided at this point regarding future ministry location. We have a few options that we're seriously praying through and seeking the Lord about. We would really appreciate your prayers!
...and Isaiah? He's wonderful. He's growing and changing so quickly. He crawls faster than we run and he's cruising along the furniture. He'll be walking very soon! He was dedicated in a special portion of our church service on Mother's Day. It was a sweet time to verbally commit to raising Him in the way of the Lord and to pray for his future and salvation. Parenting is truly a journey, but children are such a sweet gift from God.
We hope that May finds you happy, healthy, and well. We love you all!
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Daffodils & Snow Flurries
As we watched the snow flurries fall softly yesterday, like one of those snow
globes after you shake it, it was hard to believe that we had just cut fresh daffodils from our yard on Friday in warm sunshine...only in Arkansas! Of course, the snow didn't last and the forecast is predicting 70's this week. That's more like Spring in Arkansas.
Like the crazy weather, life kept us crazy busy in February too! Isaiah is growing and changing so much. He sits on his own now, loves to eat a variety of pureed fruits, veggies and meats, babbles like
a brook, and gets around by rolling or army crawling just about any where he wants. Crawling and walking are on the horizon. He is such a joy to us!
We are knee-deep in the
extensive career-missionary application process with WorldVenture. We continue to ask for your prayers regarding our future. We are fervently seeking the Lord for specific direction as we delve ahead in this journey.
globes after you shake it, it was hard to believe that we had just cut fresh daffodils from our yard on Friday in warm sunshine...only in Arkansas! Of course, the snow didn't last and the forecast is predicting 70's this week. That's more like Spring in Arkansas.Like the crazy weather, life kept us crazy busy in February too! Isaiah is growing and changing so much. He sits on his own now, loves to eat a variety of pureed fruits, veggies and meats, babbles like
a brook, and gets around by rolling or army crawling just about any where he wants. Crawling and walking are on the horizon. He is such a joy to us!We are knee-deep in the
extensive career-missionary application process with WorldVenture. We continue to ask for your prayers regarding our future. We are fervently seeking the Lord for specific direction as we delve ahead in this journey.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Growin' Boy
Arkansas was recently hit with a major ice storm. Thankfully, our area was relatively unscathed. Mostly, the ice just made for a beautiful landscape of shimmering trees. Here are a few pictures from our yard and the mountain by our home.
And of course, we couldn't post without adding a few pictures of our pride and joy. Isaiah will be six months old in just two weeks. Enjoy!
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Happy New Year
We wrapped up 2008 without too much excitement. We enjoyed a low-key, relaxed Christmas here in Arkansas with Meredith's family. We spent 4 days staying at Mom & Dad Tucker's house. Isaiah got lots of great gifts for his first Christmas and of course was spoiled rotten by everyone.Isaiah started eating "solid" food just a few days before Christmas. So far he's enjoyed
rice cereal and green beans...yummy! He's growing so fast and is very busy. He's gotten two teeth already and we're sure more are on the way with the amount of drool that he's producing! He's in the stage of putting absolutely
everything in his mouth and one of his most favorite things to suck on are his feet. As soon as you take his socks off, his toes go right into his mouth. Quite the acrobatics!The weather has been beautiful lately with the temperat
ure hanging out between 50-70 degrees during the day. This has allowed us to finally work on raking up all of the leaves in our back yard. We took Isaiah outside to play with us in his excer-saucer. 
He absolutely loves being outside.We do have some exciting news to share regarding our future. The Lord has prompted us to start the application process to become career missionaries. We are applying with WorldVenture (http://www.worldventure.com/). We are not sure at this point exactly where we're headed, but we know that God is leading us to take the next step in our journey. The process from here to our final destination may take 2-5 years. We covet your prayers as we move forward. It's exciting and a little overwhelming as well. God is so good though and it is a joy and a privilege to serve our King.
Happy 2009! May you experience God's richest blessings in this new year.
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