We spent our first day in Malaysia. The weather was very warm, but we were able to be active for a part of the day. Luckily, almost everywhere is air-conditioned. We visited Nilia College near Waihon's house and are able to use the internet there. I was also able to take part in the international prayer meeting with students from a wide range of countries and play tennis with the college tennis team. We spent some time with the children relaxing, shopping, and eating. They have a lot of different kinds of fruit such as starfruit, papaya, and durian (Patty has not wanted to try that yet after my stories). Durian is called the king of the fruits, I am not sure why but it sure does have a super strong smell--You can smell it from blocks away. Its taste is unlike anything else imaginable--you can continue to taste it for a day--whatever you do the smell of durian follows you, it is truly the fruit that keeps on giving.
At night, we went to an English class Ruth uses as an outreach to international students and we worked on tongue-twisters and talked about life as a student. It was really fun.
Today we are going to visit the orphanage and also meet some friends Frankie and Juliet Yap. I stayed with this family last time I journeyed to Malaysia. We are very excited to see their three children and to hear about how God has been working in their lives.

We thank you for the prayers!! Pray for our health in the heat and humidity. Also pray for our VBS which we will be starting next week at the orphanage. We pray that God is blessing your lives abundantly.
This photo is of Dan and Waihon and Ruth's three children: Elizabeth (oldest), Joseph (second), and Daniel (the baby).

Hello everyone!! We are in Malaysia now!
It took us about three days to travel here. Our first flight was into Chicago (no biggie). Then we had a ride from Chicago to Japan: 12 hours in the plane!! Really, we thought it was never going to end. We were following the sun, so the day never really end for us untill we landed in Japan at 6:00-ish at night on Teusday. The coolest part of the plane ride was that each seat had their own personal TV to watch. We saw some movies (Eight Below and Big Momma's House 2) and we were able to play some video games (space invaders, memory, and some other). After getting off the plane, the airline put us up in a hotel, which was exactly what we needed. I don't think I was on the bed for more than two minutes before I was asleep! :)
The next morning (6/28) we had breakfast and walked around before going the airport for our trip to Kuala Lumpur. This flight was only six hours long, which was really good.
Wiahon was there to greet us and bring us to his home and family. After an excellent supper and catching up, we went to bed.
We are extremely blessed to be in Wiahon's home. His wife and children are very welcoming. We are excited to see how God will bless our time here.

During the first couple of weeks of June, I was able to travel to Montana for a trip of the national parks in the area with my high school friend, Carl. It was quite the adventure!! We travelled from Minnesota by Amtrak train to Montana and visited Glacier National Park. There were glaciers much taller than ourselves. We also went on a few hikes to Avalanche Lake and also to look at the burnt out area from the fire there a few years earlier as well as horse back riding and canoeing. We travelled then to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. There were so many amazing sites such as Old Faithful, the numerous waterfalls, and the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. We were able to see a variety of wildlife such as buffalo, elk, moose, merlots, deer, mountain goats, bighorn sheep and even bears (they were in a bear park though). It was amazing to see all of the beautiful creation that God has provided--I was often in awe of nature and could have sat with my mouth open for ages looking at it.

This is a picture of me in the Grand Tetons National Park. You can also look at more pictures in our Yahoo Album!

Welcome to our blog!! This is something totally new to us, so please I guess we will learn as we go, but please enjoy our postings. We made this to allow our friends and family from throughout the world to see how life is going in little Blooming Prairie. We hope each of you are having a wonderful summer and that God is blessing your life abundantly!!

This is a picture of our family, including our dog, Tip. He is a mix between a black lab and a rat terrier.