New Website

Hello! Thanks for checking back at this blog...we appreciate your interest in what our little family is up to. We have now moved our information to a website for, what we hope will be, easier viewing/navigating and easier posting (which means, in theory, I should be able to keep it updated better). The website is: http://www.freewebs.com/jkperickson. The new website will pick up where this one left off, so if you haven't been here for a while, you may still want to look around. Hope you enjoy it!

~Jason, Keri & Patrick

Quick Update

Hello! We are back in Minnesota. Thank you for your prayers for safety and fun on our trip home--it was a very enjoyable time and the car is still running well. :) We got back on the afternoon of June 27, and have not stopped since we got back. If you're in the area and want to get together, please give us a call...it may take a while for us to get through our list of people to get in touch with. And, if your church may be willing to let us come share what we're doing, please let us know who to contact. Our "full time" project right now is to share our mission and find people who want to partner with us through prayers, finances and encouragement. Thanks for checking back here, and I'll try to update it again soon. We are also trying to start a website that will be easier to navigate than a blog, but that is just in the early stages.

More babies

It is so fun to watch baby animals in the spring. Here is a video of a family of cardinals in the tree by our garage.

Garden Update

Our garden is growing like crazy. Here are some pictures of our soon-to-be delicious veggies.

I planted corn in between some shrubs along the house. Now they are growing really tall and look a little funny. In reality, we'll be lucky to get any ears off of them, but it's fun anyway.

Our tomato plant is starting to look more like a tree!

This is our biggest green pepper so far

The cucumber is taking over the garden. It's growing over a row of carrots, so we may get less of those, but I'm quite impressed with my first cuc plant.

Jason and I were given two tickets to a NASCAR race at the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, NC. We went with another orientee named Zach and our friend Matthew. It was fun to do something different and we enjoyed a night out.

The biggest frog we've ever seen!

Check this out! Jason found this snake at the pond/lake at the JAARS Center...the video is really neat too! (those who are terrified of snakes or are really fond of frogs should probably be forewarned that the content of this post may make your stomach churn; for everybody else, this is so cool!!) :)

Wildlife again

I can't imagine what fun it will be to get overseas considering how much fun it is to see wildlife in the Carolinas! Seems like every day I'm running outside with my camera to capture a photo of the latest creature flying, scurrying, or slithering around our yard!

Can I come in? Please?

Might we have pictures of bluebird babies soon??

Jason found this little guy on the wheelchair ramp that leads up to the porch...what a cutie!!