Bugs and Sunshine

The Ackermans are ALL growing...

2012-01-24T16:51:00.000-06:00

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

Back to Business... and Busyness...

2011-12-22T09:26:00.000-06:00

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---

From Jan Schill

2011-08-09T09:29:00.000-05:00

I 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 and were settled in at the

I Got to Visit with Matt....

2011-08-08T17:15:00.001-05:00

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 he'll work on

Matt's Haircut!

2011-08-01T17:23:00.000-05:00

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. Next to him is

Some Updates

2011-07-25T13:28:00.000-05:00

I'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 our last post, if

Cameroon (also spelled Cameroun)

2011-07-13T09:37:00.003-05:00

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 Ocean

Becoming a Texan

2011-06-21T14:31:00.000-05:00

It'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 in the dining

Spring Newsletter!

2011-05-23T13:48:00.001-05:00

Coffee House

2011-05-05T15:44:00.002-05:00

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 world is in it.... :)

Black and White Ad

2011-05-05T09:43:00.003-05:00

This 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 our displays current

Praise God for Board Meetings!

2011-03-24T09:09:00.000-05:00

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 NOT

Matt's New Animation

2011-03-09T10:13:00.001-06:00

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.) :D

Something I Noticed...

2011-03-08T12:49:00.001-06:00

(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 three times in

Prayer Requests

2011-03-07T10:45:00.001-06:00

My 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!

Grandpa Christy

2011-03-02T13:40:00.003-06:00

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 years, if

UPDATES!

2011-03-01T17:10:00.000-06:00

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 scrappy bloggers!

Surprises and Trials While in Cedarville, Ohio

2011-01-13T14:56:00.003-06:00

As you know, lately we've been basically writing about the new house and our projects, and we don't share too much personal information anymore, other than our newsletters or prayer requests. But today I'd like to share some personal info, if it's okay. Cedarville... Without snow!!! (Not taken by us!) We're currently in Cedarville, Ohio, at a missions conference. We are two of about 100

... And We're Starting to Get Tired!

2011-01-02T00:38:00.001-06:00

As you may have noticed, this has been a big couple of weeks! We have been working hard on our new home, which we lovingly call The Peach House (because of it's brilliant peach color). We are on an adventure with this thing! We wanted to share a bit of that with you! Here is a little bit of what we've been up to in PICTURE form. Not everything is here, nor is everyone that has helped us. We

More on our list!

2010-12-21T11:17:00.000-06:00

Be sure to visit our list again, as we are progressing more and more!!! To learn more about what we've recently discovered, click here to see it!

Adventures with The Peach House...

2010-12-20T09:23:00.004-06:00

Did I mention there's a lot to do on The Peach House? Here are some of the projects ahead: - Install a water heater - Get plumbing to work - Tear off all the paneling - rewire the house - insulate the walls - build kitchen cabinets - open up the doorway between the dining room and living room. - move the bedroom doorway (the room is so small, that it's in an awkward spot...) - Put flooring down

Introducing.....

2010-12-16T16:48:00.001-06:00