JUST heard from owner that he's agreeing for the price we asked! now we'll just have to settle the rest of the details.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS and Merry Christmas!
Adventures in Istanbul, Turkey as a family of 2, then on to Zambia, Africa as a family or 3 then 4, and now soon to be 5!
Friday, December 24, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
UPDATE
HOUSING:
Well... so far nothing specific has come out -long story- BUT a couple days ago the owner of a 'cottage' (smaller house behing bigger house, called servant quarters back in the day) just a few houses from the armans knocked on our door. We are scheduled to go look at it this morning... The location is even better!! I hope the price is great too! They even have a chicken coop in the back :)
WEATHER:
We are finally getting a break from the rain after 2 weeks of almost constant rain. Heat is also back but it's been staying in the low to mid-80s. Zambia is generally on the cooler side and has even been named the 'air conditioned african country'!
HEALTH:
A few of us are a little under the weather, some with chiki (diarrhea) others with nausea and callia and poema with a cough. Life goes on, P Chris made everybody French Toast on this beautiful day off (As Fridays are on Zambia Team) Right now the girls are playing outside and the parents are catching up on the net -thanks to neighbors internet connection which we can connect to every now and then!
VISITORS:
Julie's mom is here visiting for a few weeks!
CHURCH LIFE:
We are getting more involved with visiting church members, it's quite something to see people in their environments. Last week, Julie, Sophie and I visited a precious church member who through tears told us she was once married and had been recently tested positive for HIV. Her frail body and constant sicknesses testified to the horror of the facts... In Zambia, 1 out of 5 people have AIDS and the ratio is even higher in urban areas...
Imagine; life expectancy is 33.
Well... so far nothing specific has come out -long story- BUT a couple days ago the owner of a 'cottage' (smaller house behing bigger house, called servant quarters back in the day) just a few houses from the armans knocked on our door. We are scheduled to go look at it this morning... The location is even better!! I hope the price is great too! They even have a chicken coop in the back :)
WEATHER:
We are finally getting a break from the rain after 2 weeks of almost constant rain. Heat is also back but it's been staying in the low to mid-80s. Zambia is generally on the cooler side and has even been named the 'air conditioned african country'!
HEALTH:
A few of us are a little under the weather, some with chiki (diarrhea) others with nausea and callia and poema with a cough. Life goes on, P Chris made everybody French Toast on this beautiful day off (As Fridays are on Zambia Team) Right now the girls are playing outside and the parents are catching up on the net -thanks to neighbors internet connection which we can connect to every now and then!
VISITORS:
Julie's mom is here visiting for a few weeks!
CHURCH LIFE:
We are getting more involved with visiting church members, it's quite something to see people in their environments. Last week, Julie, Sophie and I visited a precious church member who through tears told us she was once married and had been recently tested positive for HIV. Her frail body and constant sicknesses testified to the horror of the facts... In Zambia, 1 out of 5 people have AIDS and the ratio is even higher in urban areas...
Imagine; life expectancy is 33.
Monday, December 13, 2010
POTENTIAL HOUSE!!!!
Ok, so after walking in the neighborhood for 5 hours today and knocking on every single door, Jediah finally came upon a property with a duplex, each with 2 bedrooms. They are asking for more than we can afford but T.I.A! (THIS IS AFRICA) and we're going to meet with the owner tomorrow to bargain :) Please PRAY that he would be touched by God and give it to us for the price we can afford!!! The location is right (close to P Renaldo's house) safety is good (property has wall all around) and though the kitchen only has a sink in it, no cabinets etc, the entire place is in great condition!
We are somewhat in unbelief -yet believing- but if this works out for us it looks like we could move in in january...!! Which beats the 3 long months it took some team members to find a place.
The Armans place is a miracle, so we have faith ours can be too!
We are somewhat in unbelief -yet believing- but if this works out for us it looks like we could move in in january...!! Which beats the 3 long months it took some team members to find a place.
The Armans place is a miracle, so we have faith ours can be too!
Saturday, December 11, 2010
NO SCAR?
by Amy Carmichael
"Hast thou no scar?
No hidden scar on foot, or side, or hand?
I hear thee sung as mighty in the land,
I hear them hail thy bright ascendant star,
Hast thou no scar?
Hast thou no wound?
Yet I was wounded by the archers, spent,
Leaned Me against a tree to die; and rent
By ravening beasts that compassed Me, I swooned:
Hast thou no wound?
No wound? no scar?
Yet, as the Master shall the servant be,
And pierced are the feet that follow Me;
But thine are whole: can he have followed far
Who has nor wound nor scar?"
...............................................
I have a dear friend in mind who lost a little
baby at the early stages, and the scar that it
leaves on the heart...
I have a dear pastor friend in mind who is hurting from
beloved members who are rejecting and turning against
him after decades of friendship, and the wound that
it inflicts....
But can he have followed far
Who has nor wound nor scar?
"Hast thou no scar?
No hidden scar on foot, or side, or hand?
I hear thee sung as mighty in the land,
I hear them hail thy bright ascendant star,
Hast thou no scar?
Hast thou no wound?
Yet I was wounded by the archers, spent,
Leaned Me against a tree to die; and rent
By ravening beasts that compassed Me, I swooned:
Hast thou no wound?
No wound? no scar?
Yet, as the Master shall the servant be,
And pierced are the feet that follow Me;
But thine are whole: can he have followed far
Who has nor wound nor scar?"
...............................................
I have a dear friend in mind who lost a little
baby at the early stages, and the scar that it
leaves on the heart...
I have a dear pastor friend in mind who is hurting from
beloved members who are rejecting and turning against
him after decades of friendship, and the wound that
it inflicts....
But can he have followed far
Who has nor wound nor scar?
Sunday, December 05, 2010
I WOKE UP IN AFRICA
wow.
i just have to say wow again...
so many things are just so amazing and others scarry and others discombabulating...!!
well first the ARMANS are absolutely amazing,
They had a room ready for us, with a mosquito net on the window, curtains on the window, anair mattress and even a small shelving unit. Being with them on our first days here is suuuuch a blessing. We're asking them questions all day long and they are relentlessly passing on their locally acquired knowledge and wisdom to us like a slow drip IV...
CALLIA told me last night with a face too cute for words: "I'm so happy that you came to this country!"
Kezia and the girls are great playmates, of course it's taking some adjustment. there are lots of NOOO's!! and MIIINE's!! flying in the humid air...
Another amazing: the Zambians are such a friendly people. Their kindness struck me particularly at the airport, dealing with immigration and missing luggage officers.
The scarry part so far, was outreach. well not outreach itself but the context. Rainy season started a couple weeks ago. Standing there at the intersection of 2 muddy roads, with pot holes filled with filthy water, trash on the sidewalks and a daughter in flip flops, with feet waiting to jump in a puddle(wh she did) and fingers eager to pick things up from the ground and then put them in her mouth...(to only name a few) i must admit that hour and a half was a little traumatising.
I just decided to give myself room for growth and acquired tolerance, which will surely come at some point. There was no need to proove anything, no need to try to be a super-womom. Frustrations can be real and God knows we are but dust! Other team members were encouraging as well. We are so blessed to have friends here. What a huge difference it makes!
Discombabulating? will go into that later. it's sunday morning, 7:oo am, the sun's been up for an hour. And so have Callia and Poema :)
BWI AIRPORT - 10 suitcases, 6 carry ons! (got to check 5 for free!)
PROCRASTINATING GOING THRU SECURITY :)
WELCOME TO ZAMBIA! after 2 overnight flights and a 12 hr layover in london...
KEZIA, CALLIA & POEMA
SIGN SAYS: WATCH OUT FOR FALLING AVOCADOES!
BLUE BARN, a non-typical place to hang out
THE SEARCH FOR AN APPARTMENT HAS BEGUN THRU WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASKING AROUND, BUYING THE NEWSPAPER AND PRAYING REAL HARD :)
FRED AND EVELYN visiting the Armans
OUTREACH NEARBY THE CHURCH
NATASHA, peeking over the wall.
i just have to say wow again...
so many things are just so amazing and others scarry and others discombabulating...!!
well first the ARMANS are absolutely amazing,
They had a room ready for us, with a mosquito net on the window, curtains on the window, anair mattress and even a small shelving unit. Being with them on our first days here is suuuuch a blessing. We're asking them questions all day long and they are relentlessly passing on their locally acquired knowledge and wisdom to us like a slow drip IV...
CALLIA told me last night with a face too cute for words: "I'm so happy that you came to this country!"
Kezia and the girls are great playmates, of course it's taking some adjustment. there are lots of NOOO's!! and MIIINE's!! flying in the humid air...
Another amazing: the Zambians are such a friendly people. Their kindness struck me particularly at the airport, dealing with immigration and missing luggage officers.
The scarry part so far, was outreach. well not outreach itself but the context. Rainy season started a couple weeks ago. Standing there at the intersection of 2 muddy roads, with pot holes filled with filthy water, trash on the sidewalks and a daughter in flip flops, with feet waiting to jump in a puddle(wh she did) and fingers eager to pick things up from the ground and then put them in her mouth...(to only name a few) i must admit that hour and a half was a little traumatising.
I just decided to give myself room for growth and acquired tolerance, which will surely come at some point. There was no need to proove anything, no need to try to be a super-womom. Frustrations can be real and God knows we are but dust! Other team members were encouraging as well. We are so blessed to have friends here. What a huge difference it makes!
Discombabulating? will go into that later. it's sunday morning, 7:oo am, the sun's been up for an hour. And so have Callia and Poema :)
BWI AIRPORT - 10 suitcases, 6 carry ons! (got to check 5 for free!)
PROCRASTINATING GOING THRU SECURITY :)
WELCOME TO ZAMBIA! after 2 overnight flights and a 12 hr layover in london...
KEZIA, CALLIA & POEMA
SIGN SAYS: WATCH OUT FOR FALLING AVOCADOES!
BLUE BARN, a non-typical place to hang out
THE SEARCH FOR AN APPARTMENT HAS BEGUN THRU WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASKING AROUND, BUYING THE NEWSPAPER AND PRAYING REAL HARD :)
FRED AND EVELYN visiting the Armans
OUTREACH NEARBY THE CHURCH
NATASHA, peeking over the wall.
Monday, November 22, 2010
D.DAY - 9!
MISSIONARY SENDING AWAY PARTY!!!
So many great friends came (so many more couldn't come)but
it was such an edifying night!
THANK YOU Don & Janet for cooking and organizing it and making it beautiful!
Cathy Burinsky for all the yummy food and help!
Tiffany for helping get the house ready!
Laurel & Bruce for the fish chowder and lovely sign!
and everybody else who contributed....!!!
We had a 'sending away box' and our friends' generosity
totally overwhelmed us. So God does know our needs hun?!
This whole adventure has been miracles after miracles; our
traveling this summer, buying plane tickets etc...
WE ARE SOOO VERY BLESSED.
So many great friends came (so many more couldn't come)but
it was such an edifying night!
THANK YOU Don & Janet for cooking and organizing it and making it beautiful!
Cathy Burinsky for all the yummy food and help!
Tiffany for helping get the house ready!
Laurel & Bruce for the fish chowder and lovely sign!
and everybody else who contributed....!!!
We had a 'sending away box' and our friends' generosity
totally overwhelmed us. So God does know our needs hun?!
This whole adventure has been miracles after miracles; our
traveling this summer, buying plane tickets etc...
WE ARE SOOO VERY BLESSED.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
WE HAVE OUR TICKETS!!!
Many, many thanks to all who have made this possible!!!!
Those who prayed, whose who helped financially and those who volunteered hours (and more hours)and sweat for that last minute 'miracle job'. And for Micah Cane who passed the job on to Jediah.
WE ARE SO IMPRESSED WITH GOD -ONEMORETIME.
Itineray
BRITISH AIRWAYS 30NOV BALTIMORE MD
LONDON 905P 915A BA 228 TUESDAY BALTIMORE HEATHROW 01DEC
N ECONOMY AIRCRAFT: BOEING 767-200/300
BRITISH AIRWAYS 01DEC LONDON LUSAKA 635P 640A
BA 255 WEDNESDAY HEATHROW 02DEC
N ECONOMY AIRCRAFT: BOEING 767-200/300
Leaving on a tuesday and arriving on thursday! with 2 overnight trips and 1 12 hr layover!!!
Booked with:
BON VOYAGE TRAVEL
191 BELCOURT LANE
AURORA OH 44202
Our friend Cathy is a great and reliable travel agent.
Cathy Corbiere #1.508.851.0313
...........................................................................
KEZIA, SPORTING MOMMY'S LATEST COMPULSORY CRAFT: organza flowers :)
I ve been going back and forth between packing and making organza flowers!
I am planning to sell them as a MISSIONS FUND RAISER!
I hope they sell! <:)
Those who prayed, whose who helped financially and those who volunteered hours (and more hours)and sweat for that last minute 'miracle job'. And for Micah Cane who passed the job on to Jediah.
WE ARE SO IMPRESSED WITH GOD -ONEMORETIME.
Itineray
BRITISH AIRWAYS 30NOV BALTIMORE MD
LONDON 905P 915A BA 228 TUESDAY BALTIMORE HEATHROW 01DEC
N ECONOMY AIRCRAFT: BOEING 767-200/300
BRITISH AIRWAYS 01DEC LONDON LUSAKA 635P 640A
BA 255 WEDNESDAY HEATHROW 02DEC
N ECONOMY AIRCRAFT: BOEING 767-200/300
Leaving on a tuesday and arriving on thursday! with 2 overnight trips and 1 12 hr layover!!!
Booked with:
BON VOYAGE TRAVEL
191 BELCOURT LANE
AURORA OH 44202
Our friend Cathy is a great and reliable travel agent.
Cathy Corbiere #1.508.851.0313
...........................................................................
KEZIA, SPORTING MOMMY'S LATEST COMPULSORY CRAFT: organza flowers :)
I ve been going back and forth between packing and making organza flowers!
I am planning to sell them as a MISSIONS FUND RAISER!
I hope they sell! <:)
Saturday, October 02, 2010
What's UP with the Tanguays?!
well, we have gone on 3 road trips this summer (combining vacation and visiting of friends, relatives and churches) a total of 7,000 miles!!
including a few days in rockport ME with the fantastic Umsteads,
a couple days on Monheegan island for our anniversary,
a short visit to family vacation home in Bethel ME,
4-5 days in Montreal Canada with the unforgettable Dadidis family,
and a night and day with the Marvelous Moores in Malta, whom we MUST visit again before the year is over.
we're certainly busy with a certain little person..... lol
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jediah turned 30 this year!
And the latest about the Tanguays is that we are moving to Zambia this Fall!!!!!(our goal is to be there by November) It started 15 yrs ago when Jediah first visited Africa and picked up earlier this year, weeks before jediah graduated from bible college. We were anxious to find out what God had in store for our family!
We are excited to join the Lusaka team with a 1 year commitment but with the desire to establish ourselves there for a long term work.
P Renaldo Brown is the leader and has an amazing wife Charity and daughter Linda.
We also have other good friends on the team that's already there, Sophie from Cyprus and the Armans, P Chris, Julie, Callia and Poema.
During this month of October we are focusig on raising financial support. Our goal is to be ful time missionaries and so for that reason we need the help of our friends and families to make it there! We will most likely have a paypal link on this blog at some point, but donations can also be sent to GGWO Missions Office 6025 Moravia Park Drive, Baltimore MD 21206 (memo: Jediah Tanguay)
We are so thrilled about this new adventure and will keep you posted through this blog!
CALLIA AND POEMA ARMAN
LINDA BROWN
including a few days in rockport ME with the fantastic Umsteads,
a couple days on Monheegan island for our anniversary,
a short visit to family vacation home in Bethel ME,
4-5 days in Montreal Canada with the unforgettable Dadidis family,
and a night and day with the Marvelous Moores in Malta, whom we MUST visit again before the year is over.
we're certainly busy with a certain little person..... lol
.JPG)
jediah turned 30 this year!
And the latest about the Tanguays is that we are moving to Zambia this Fall!!!!!(our goal is to be there by November) It started 15 yrs ago when Jediah first visited Africa and picked up earlier this year, weeks before jediah graduated from bible college. We were anxious to find out what God had in store for our family!
We are excited to join the Lusaka team with a 1 year commitment but with the desire to establish ourselves there for a long term work.
P Renaldo Brown is the leader and has an amazing wife Charity and daughter Linda.
We also have other good friends on the team that's already there, Sophie from Cyprus and the Armans, P Chris, Julie, Callia and Poema.
During this month of October we are focusig on raising financial support. Our goal is to be ful time missionaries and so for that reason we need the help of our friends and families to make it there! We will most likely have a paypal link on this blog at some point, but donations can also be sent to GGWO Missions Office 6025 Moravia Park Drive, Baltimore MD 21206 (memo: Jediah Tanguay)
We are so thrilled about this new adventure and will keep you posted through this blog!
CALLIA AND POEMA ARMAN
LINDA BROWN
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