Archive for the ‘Mission’ Category

Deploying to Haiti

Friends…Many of you know that in the recent past Brenda and I began a journey to join a mission team in New Orleans. The physical shift to NOLA did not end up being part of our stories, but the community there is very close to my heart and is the reason I am forwarding the [...]

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House & Moving

Well, we are still waiting for it to sell and the plan is as soon as we sell it – we will move. That has been our state of mind for the last 4 months. Our home has been on the market for 12 months. We have had several showings and a few recently where [...]

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Monthly Support

Currently we are at 30% of our original budget. In other words, you, our supporters have committed $2,550 a month to our mission. Thank you for those commitments! Here is the reality; We are going to cut our budget in half and one of us will have to get a part-time job when we arrive [...]

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June Newsletter

Our blogging has obviously been slow (or non-existent is more like it). Hopefully we can make some time to do more. Until then here is our next edition of The ZookCrew Chronicles – June Edition.

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April Newsletter

In a mailbox near you: The ZookCrew Chronicles – April 2009
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The ZookCrew Chronicles for January

Here is our January Newsletter. I know it has been a few months since we wrote a letter and hope that we can get back on regular rhythm of sending our updates. Thank you to all that support us both in prayer and in finance!

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Communitas New Orleans Here We Come!

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The ZookCrew Chronicles for October

Here is our October Newsletter. Brenda stood in the post office today and applied almost 300 stamps to the letters going out to a mailbox near you. If you do not receive our newsletters monthly, and would like to, please send us an email request with your contact information so we can add you to our mailing list. [...]

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Communitas Block Party

Communitas New Orleans hosted their annual block party. Check out pics on the Carlson’s Blog HERE.

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In a mailbox near you again….

We just dropped our next letter, The ZookCrew Chronicles, in the mail today. If you do not receive our letters and want to be on our mailing list please send us an email with your address – or – you can click on the Newsletters tab above. Here is the many body of the letter:
As always, we want [...]

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