Another BIG announcement

Another BIG announcement

Growth is going to be a key word for us this year. Our family is growing. You read that right. Janell is pregnant! Our third little Poulette is due in September. We are so excited to see our family grow.

Here’s the ultrasound picture.

So, what do you think? Will it be a boy or a girl?

Our New House


Back in October, we were informed that we would have to move from our house that we are currently living in. We began praying (and asked you to pray with us) for a new place to live that had both a good location and price. The houses in our area of town rent for more than 1200 dollars a month, so we knew this was not going to be an easy thing.

After talking with the Seminary administration, they decided to allow us to live in a vacant house on campus. What a blessing!!! It has been used in the past as a guest house, and many groups who have come to help us have stayed there. Other than being a guest house, though, it hasn’t really been used in the last 6 years.

Needless to say, there is some fixing up to do, and we could really use your help to fix up the house.

We need to put in new cabinets and a new stove in the kitchen, a bathtub for the boys’ bathroom, a new covering for the laundry room, and a wall to protect the boys from falling through the stairs. Watch the video below to see what we’re talking about and get a tour of our new house.

The need to fix the house is urgent, as we would like to move in by the middle of March. We are estimating that we will need around $3,000 dollars to be able to fix the things we need to fix to move into the house.

We have set up a special account with Youth Ministry International, where you can send a check with a note marked “Poulette housing fund.” The faster we can raise the money, the faster we can begin fixing up the house.

The address for Youth Ministry International is:

1300 Envoy Cir.
Suite 1306
Louisville, KY 40299


You can also watch on youtube

Back in Mexico

A welcome site

The best place to view the volcanoes in Mexico City is from the airplane when you come in. Just above the layer of smog, you can see the tips of these two gigantic mountains covered in snow.

We’re back in Mexico after about 6 weeks of time in Florida and St. Louis. We had a great time reconnecting with family and friends as well as sharing at churches and representing Youth Ministry International at Urbana ’09.

Now we get to unpack in time to pack again. We’re moving. I’ll give you more details about that soon, but just wanted to write that we are happy to be back. So happy we celebrated by eating some real tacos last night.

Dolphins vs Steelers – January 3, 2010


I went to the Miami Dolphins’ vs Steelers game with my Dad, Uncle, and cousin. It was Don Shula’s 80th birthday celebration at the stadium. We had a good time.