We believe God listens when people talk to him. Dialoguing with the divine can change things and so we believe prayer is a key to success. The more people who pray, the more successful we can be.
Life may not have handed us lemons, but with our visa delay it certainly feels like a curve ball. Though we may not be wielding a lemon shooting gun, like this cartoon, we’re making the most of an unexpected situation. It has not been easy reshuffling our fall plans at the last-minute. This added time… Read More Life and Lemons
Let’s make this official: for those of you who don’t know, Amber is incubating a little human. That’s right, we’re expecting. Both Amber and The Passenger are doing well (though there have been two trips to the Emergency Room) and our little guy (no, that’s not a slip) is set to make an appearance on… Read More The Passenger
Like car parts, when plans fail they often do so in a dramatic, last-minute way that leaves you standing on the side of life’s highway wondering how you didn’t see that coming. When we returned to Canada our schedule looked a little something like this: July 14: secretly fly to Toronto July 16: even secretlier… Read More Dear Plans, R.I.P.
Application forms, bank records, medical checks, supporting documents, multiple trips to the consulate, letters of invitation and passport-sized photographs; if you’ve ever applied for something more than a tourist visa than you know what we’re talking about. Getting permission to move to a country feels like a full-time job, but it gives you more than… Read More The Immigration Family
It was just before 10am on a cold Sunday morning. In front of us a red sports car pulled over and a woman stepped out. She wore knee-high boots, a mini skirt and a halter top. The red sports car pulled away and repeated this same action several times continuing down the road. It took… Read More The Good Intentions Lullaby
Stopping in Malenovice, Czech Republic on his way north from Slovakia, Matthew picked-up Amber (who walked out of the Team Debrief meeting for the EMERGE Conference and straight into the car) and we drove to Włocławek. We were able to grab a few hours of sleep before we were up and off to take cars,… Read More Eurasia Conference in ישראל
We leave Włocławek today and will rack up some mileage before we return. We’re heading to Czech Republic for their first EMERGE conference. Amber has been organizing this conference for months and it’s going to be a busy, but impactful weekend. Matthew is continuing on to Romania where there are some car papers to take… Read More Accumulating Mileage
Włocławek, as we’ve said before, is an industrial town. The mornings are cold, complete with ice on the car and fog to rival London. The days are sunny and people love to be out and about (in fact we stumbled upon what we can only describe as a “gardening colony” behind our apartment block). The… Read More Morning Fog and Evening Smoke
We did the 11 hour drive from Slovakia to Poland on September 22nd. The hotel we had hoped to stay in made a mistake with our booking and we were unable to get a room in Włocławek until the 24th. We spent our first 2 nights in Poland 40 minutes away from Włocławek in Ciechocinek. … Read More For Want of a Home
We hit the road in 30 minutes to drop-off the car, have dinner with family and head to the Toronto airport. We’re flying to Vienna via London and a friend will pick us up and take us to Nitra, Slovakia. We’re catching a 5:30am train (that’s 15 hours after we get to Slovakia) to Romania… Read More Moving Day
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