tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31425435862583877582024-03-05T18:17:51.524-06:00Ackerman AdventuresBuckle up for a wild ride with the adventurous Ackermans as they slay dragons, defeat armies of skeletons and swaddle screaming babies.Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-86449607177795654832013-01-07T13:11:00.001-06:002013-01-07T13:11:21.998-06:00On His LevelSomething we're learning: Get on Sammy's level. Like... literally. On the floor, hands and knees. Doing this helped him crawl! I was on the floor, laying at eye-level with him, and I kept cheering for him to come closer to me. "Come on, buddy! You can do it!" And I had a music-making toy in my hands that he wanted. He reached. He was close. I scooted back. He pulled himself closer and Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-90263696847219269372012-10-26T10:00:00.004-05:002012-10-26T10:00:45.996-05:00Life is ShortSeveral things in the past month have really helped me step back and think about the gift that life is. I sometimes take it so lightly, assuming with a sigh, sometimes, that tomorrow I'll have to do such-and-such because it's on the calendar, or that next week we'll see so-and-so, and I just continue on with my life, looking at my silly calendar and writing in it all the details that don't often Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-76514733571809991132012-07-24T21:33:00.000-05:002012-07-24T21:33:19.713-05:00Sammy's Four Months Old!
Sammy wanted to make a video for you! He celebrated 4 months today! His mommy accidentally MISCOUNTED his days in the video. At least God has the right number! :D
Tonight Sammy had his first bite of banana mush. It was a birthday treat! Mmmmm...
Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-64947057589076711432012-07-21T16:03:00.000-05:002012-07-21T16:03:10.103-05:00Sammy's Toes
This is a glimpse at the fun Sammy had his first time in a REAL swing!
Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-878569386270274462012-07-21T15:55:00.001-05:002012-07-21T15:55:05.227-05:00June VacationThe Rughs
In June we were able to travel to Illinois to see our families. My mom and sisters in Elgin decided to do an early Father's Day surprise for my dad and invited my Minnesota sister (and family) as well as us to Elgin for the party. We all DID surprise him! It was a two-day adventure with 12 grandkids decorating the lawn and even doing a parade for the neighborhood. (When the Rugh Family Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-8952591385268368122012-07-10T21:22:00.000-05:002012-07-10T21:22:21.595-05:00An Afternoon with SammyThis afternoon we got the internet hooked up at home (after a year and a half without it at the house! YAY!), and I thought to myself, "Boy, if I were a Sam-Fan, I would definitely like to get to know him better." I am a Sam-Fan, to be sure, and I decided to do an interview with him and share it here on our blog. The following is a result of pointed questions and close observations.*
Mom: SammyMatt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-54722356605046827462012-06-30T12:35:00.003-05:002012-06-30T12:35:26.382-05:00Sam Update
Sammy just turned 3 months a week ago, so we were hoping to do a quick update. We want to officially announce: he is brilliant--- quite ahead of the game! This week he moved a toy from his left hand to his right hand, he raises his head 90 degrees when on his tummy, and he "coos" along with music! Yup! Brilliant.
Life at home is good. Sammy and "Mommy" are getting into a routine, and Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-13807536261651552442012-05-12T14:42:00.000-05:002012-05-12T14:42:35.130-05:00He's Here!
We are thrilled to announce the arrival of our son, Samuel Leeland Ackerman! He was born Saturday, March 24th at 7:39 pm. He weighed 7 lbs, 3 oz., and he was 20” long.
His name was chosen after we experienced several encounters with the Lord during the pregnancy. Both of us were brought to the conclusion that Samuel should be his name, and Leeland refers to a meadow, pasture land or valley. WeMatt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-77826357949307391352012-01-24T16:51:00.000-06:002012-01-24T16:51:55.786-06:00The Ackermans are ALL growing...Not much to say, but Matt and I are attending some pretty neat leadership workshops at Missionary TECH Team. They are based around the book Leadership 101 by John C. Maxwell. We're learning a lot... and let me say that this weekly workshop plus all the books we're reading at home are packing our brains with great information and ideas! Not only that, but this new knowledge is going to help us Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-9104287270947148242011-12-22T09:26:00.000-06:002011-12-22T09:26:56.902-06:00Back to Business... and Busyness...We are so delayed in updating our blog. There are a lot of excuses--- Goodness, maybe they're even legitimate! Hahaha! Here they go: I don't know if you know, but we don't have Internet at home, so we update our blog at our lunch break, usually, at Missionary TECH Team, or after hours now.
Another thing maybe you didn't know... we're pregnant. I was in my second month during the last post-Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-80949093003937601732011-08-09T09:29:00.000-05:002011-08-09T09:29:53.363-05:00From Jan SchillI received an e-mail from Jan, Bob's wife! She shared some great information, and she gave the go-ahead to pass it on to you as well. Here it is:
Monday evening, August 8, 2011
I finally made contact with Bob on Saturday morning. Matt, the architect who is with him, had SKYPE on. We couldn't talk, but could Instant Message. I found out they had arrived safely Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-13824238089540761152011-08-08T17:15:00.001-05:002011-08-08T17:18:21.042-05:00I Got to Visit with Matt....Hi, All! Yesterday, Sunday, I talked with Matt on Skype for about an hour and a half. It was really nice to catch up on everything... but of course I thought of more to say afterward, so it was great that he called me again today!
He is doing well. He seems very joyful, and he's doing a lot of hard work creating charts of the measurements and buildings' needs. (Soon Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-24657204637099766942011-08-01T17:23:00.000-05:002011-08-01T17:23:41.391-05:00Matt's Haircut!Just wanted to share a few pics with you! Matt convinced me to cut his hair, since he is about to go to a part of the world that is very conservative. So I have two motives for this post: 1. Show you his new hair. 2. Introduce you to some awesome guys he is grateful to know.
Matt with his full beard and growing hair on the left. His hair got about 2 inches longer than this.&Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-79407663705855549852011-07-25T13:28:00.000-05:002011-07-25T13:28:02.220-05:00Some UpdatesI've been weak at writing... I'll try to update y'all on the goings on!
Matt IS going to Africa in a week. He'll head to Atlanta where he'll meet Bob Schill; from there they'll fly to Paris, then into Cameroon, Africa. The work? They need to work on some designs for an existing HUGE hospital in the area. Western hospitals are rare, but needed. You can read the info in ourMatt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-63097331285213391482011-07-13T09:37:00.003-05:002011-07-13T09:52:50.488-05:00Cameroon (also spelled Cameroun)Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun), is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the Bight of Bonny, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic OceanMatt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-85179146750560595622011-06-21T14:31:00.000-05:002011-06-21T14:31:46.235-05:00Becoming a TexanIt's been a HOT couple of weeks!
We have had high humidity and temps around 104 degrees F. Up until about 5 days ago we did not have air conditioning in the house, either! We were fixing up the house with fans on and hoping for great cross-breezes.
But, alas, it was a difficult feat... and we were defeated. :(
So we ran to Home Depot and picked up an air conditioner to put inMatt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-44540951926327102712011-05-23T13:48:00.001-05:002011-06-07T16:18:13.797-05:00Spring Newsletter!Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-49281303538062099782011-05-05T15:44:00.002-05:002011-05-05T15:48:32.521-05:00Coffee House
Matt and I are still helping put on coffee houses at NorthWood Church. Please pray for the First Fridays. We have a crowd, at times, that really needs to see people who know Jesus. We want to be a good witness as we put on the coffee houses. Thanks.
Here's the pic going with the invitation for this month. Thought I'd share it because the sweetest man in the whole Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-36930967488744303052011-05-05T09:43:00.003-05:002011-05-05T09:46:31.343-05:00Black and White AdThis ad is (obviously) B&W, and will be 8 1/2 x 11 in a pastor's conference booklet. I'm so excited to be able to design it.
I don't know if it's official, or anything, but my manager has talked to me about changing my job description. He'd like me to be on top of "new media." This means keeping our website up-to-date, facebook, and advertising for TECH. It means keeping Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-49689343842191075282011-03-24T09:09:00.000-05:002011-03-24T09:09:19.597-05:00Praise God for Board Meetings!This week/weekend the Missionary TECH Team Board is here! The week or two before the board arrives, there is a nervous tension in the air. Things start getting tidier, the rules get a little stricter, the refrigerator gets... bleach-e-er?
Anyway, all this happens, and it made me wonder if the Board was to be dreaded because people dreaded those last two weeks. (Side note: Matt and I were Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-71791016856755989232011-03-09T10:13:00.001-06:002011-03-14T08:43:39.203-05:00Matt's New Animation
This animation is Matt's second at TECH. It is of the Missionary Village Ministries outside of Longview for pilots-in-training who want to be missionary pilots. Check it out! (NOTE: In order to do this animation, each building needs to be designed then rendered. It's a very long process... The peeps at TECH are very proud of/ impressed with him.) :DMatt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-24384599382546892782011-03-08T12:49:00.001-06:002011-03-08T12:53:13.236-06:00Something I Noticed... (A Note From Molly)
Right now, honestly, I feel a bit overwhelmed. We've been working on the house every night, unless we've had a meeting at church, and the house is coming along--- though not a single room is TOTALLY finished. It's a HUGE project that we're in the middle of, and there is a learning curve involved (though Matt is incredibly skilled!). We've traveled up north Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-66716572877700161362011-03-07T10:45:00.001-06:002011-03-07T10:46:10.933-06:00Prayer RequestsMy sister brought it to my attention that we hadn't updated our prayer requests for a LONG time! If you are on our prayer team, please click on the "Current Prayer Requests" tab, OR click here! :)
Thanks, Sarah, for noticing!!!
And thanks, everyone, for praying for our ministry at Missionary TECH Team! We are grateful!Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-22252579462738840762011-03-02T13:40:00.003-06:002011-03-02T16:19:41.384-06:00Grandpa Christy
The last two months has spun by us.
Matt's grandpa passed away in January. We had just spent several days with him in Iowa, when we traveled up North last month. We drove back up to his funeral on January 30th... Nine days after Larry Wiklund's funeral.
If you didn't know Matt's Grandpa Christy, I wish you did. I have a suspicion that he is a LOT like Matt will be in 40-some Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142543586258387758.post-69876052187977899652011-03-01T17:10:00.000-06:002011-03-01T17:10:51.679-06:00UPDATES!So much to say--- so little time! Stay tuned! We'll be adding information about the follow sitting-on-the-edge-of-your-seat topics:
- Our three trips up North in the past 2 months
- Our House updates
- Spiritual changes
- New and excited jobs here at TECH!
- Missionary TECH Teammates... lots of changes going on.
... and more!
Stay tuned! Same scrappy blog! Same Matt and Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527377352330015331noreply@blogger.com0