tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104543242012-02-16T06:21:18.755-08:00The Chronicles of the Phlaum Family.Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.comBlogger1791100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-24408777160696974112010-04-20T11:58:00.000-07:002010-04-20T12:06:49.692-07:00

Well, we bought our first house! We'll put better pictures one I get them downloaded off the camera! With the move and all, losts of stuff got "misplaced". We're super excited and glad to be able to stettle down for a while and raise our little ones! (I'll get pictures of them as well.)

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-76120000870787148222009-10-31T18:20:00.000-07:002009-11-07T08:57:15.849-08:00

Some much needed pictures of the kiddos!!Isaiah is already 4 months old!Here is our little fire-ball Khalia-Ann!Isabella is a great big sister!The whole family!Well, yes, we have been long over due for pictures! We have been very busy, but still no great excuse for not putting pictures up earlier! Since Isaiah was born, lots has happened of course!Really can't believe he's already 4 months old

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-57133532361385724452009-07-03T10:43:00.000-07:002009-07-03T10:51:14.558-07:00

We took Isaiah out of the house for the first time yesterday. It was also jen's first time out since the birth. He did quite well! Just slept most of the time.Jen is feeling pretty weak still. She lost alot of blood during the delivery and is anemic now so it will take a few weeks for her to get back to normal. She gets tired real easy so we are all pitching in trying to help out where we

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So it has only been a year since I have updated this here blog!!! I don't understand why everyone keeps giving me a hard time about it! :-)Alot has happened, mostly in the last few months. We came up to Baker City in March for a vacation and I ended up with a job, so by the 15th of April our family and all of our stuff was moved up here.I am the social quarters manager. I very fancy name to be

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-38907624906327307882008-06-29T22:54:00.001-07:002008-06-30T01:02:19.261-07:00

It's been awhile... thought I'd post the rest of our pictures from our trip that we took in May. Hopefully I'll get better at keeping this updated.The Oregon Coast Aquarium had some pretty neat displays.Down 100 feet into the sea lion cave.Khalia-Ann enjoying being out of the car!Peek a Boo!!Tasting sand for the first time... Yummy!!Snuggle time...Before and....AfterIsabella growing up!!Back

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-31932310242326612242008-05-02T22:00:00.000-07:002008-05-02T23:24:47.045-07:00

Together, away, at last!!YAY!!! We finally were able to be alone as a family and have a mini-vacation! It was so nice to relax and have fun with each other and see Justin for longer than a day or a few hours!! It was a blast, and the girls enjoyed having daddy time!We went to the coast which is always quite relaxing just listening to and watching the waves crashing down on the shore.We took

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Living an hour away from Isabella's best friend has been a bit hard on them, so whenever they get to see each other they go crazy! It is fun to watch them play together and figure things out. Here they are with Khalia-Ann, both being her "mommy".

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Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-28364294793719868292008-01-11T11:33:00.001-08:002008-01-11T12:23:19.583-08:00

Our digital camera I think has gone the way of the Dodo...so we are without pictures again. So I will have to describe in words what has been going on in our lives.Khalia-Ann just turned 5 months and is 15 lbs.!!! She is so physically different then her big sister was. She is so thin compared to Isabella at this age. And she has such light hair that she looks bald. She is also crawling too!

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She's got the cutest little baby face!!!We have moved into a house about 5 minutes from my job. We have internet and cell phone coverage. We are planning on being here for at least the next year. What are God's plans...well we'll just have to wait and find out!Here are some long overdue pictures of the family.Yes, she is a thumb sucker!!! No matter what position she is in she will find her

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Well, when I said that I would write back the next day, apparently I meant the next month. Life has been blitzing by so fast that it is hard to find the time to update this blog!I am sorry, I don't have any pictures of the baby with me. I spent the night at my brothers house somewhat unexpectedly, so while I have access to the internet I didn't bring any pictures with me. Jennifer is back to

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Not a whole lot new going on in our life. I am still working, Jen is still on bed rest and the two little ones are growing up!We are going to the doctors today so Jen can see if there has been any progress with all the rest she has been having. We will be heading there in about 15 minutes, so if there is anything big to report, (either good or bad) I will get back on here tonight or tomorrow

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Only about a month later do I finally get to a computer with Internet and free time on my hands. We are back in S. Oregon so the only time I can check e-mail or update this thing is when I am at work...off the clock of course.Life is moving right along. Khalia-Ann is now 5 weeks old, pretty crazy.Isabella still loves her to death. I was wondering if the "baby thing" would get old after a while,

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-10838306403156054682007-08-11T22:57:00.000-07:002007-08-11T23:17:50.171-07:00

Jen and I got all packed up ready to leave Thursday morning. Jen was feeding the baby for the last time and we were going to hop in the car and head to Portland. I was checking the "vitals" of the truck before we left... Such things like oil and water and all that good stuff. I noticed that the water in the radiator was down so I filled up a gallon jug, and it ALL went into the radiator.Not a

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-31427328549360801562007-08-06T18:25:00.000-07:002007-08-06T18:27:05.530-07:00

After Khalia-Ann was born Jen, Isabella and I all got the stomach flu! It was pretty crazy. I was trying to take care of the house, the ladies and get packed for our move...Again pretty crazy. I was talking to my mom on the phone and with-in a day her, my dad and my lil' bro came up to help. It was such a relief to see them! We packed a lot today with more planned for tomorrow and Jen and I

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Khalia-Ann was born on Monday and we stayed with Pat and Marcia until Wednesday evening. It was a very nice and relaxing time. They are the couple that owned the house that we had Isabella in 4 1/2 years ago, we have quite a relationship with them. Every baby seems to tighten that bond! Our trip home was about five minutes long and like most first car rides, uneventful! We will be here in NE

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Well, we have had a new member in our family for about a day an a half now. We catch ourselves just staring at her. We all fight over holding her...Isabella included. Isabella absolutely loves her little sister. She just sits there for so long holding her or just sitting by her. I know how much energy she has so seeing her this quiet and sitting still for so long is kinda funny.Thank-you

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Khalia-Ann JoyJen had 5 hours of labor and this beautiful miracle we given to us. She was born on July 30th at 2AM. She was 8 lbs exactly and 21 inches long. She came out and started to cry! We are all excited and thankful, (not to mention tired!) We are so thankful for everyone who lifted us up in prayer for the last 10 months of our lives! Jen and Khalia-Ann are both doing great. Jen is

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Yeah, so, it is 11:22 in the evening and Jen has been having strong contractions for about 2 1/2 hours now. So this might be it? Keep us in your prayers, please and I will update this as soon as I can with at least one photo!!

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The midwife came this week and did a quick prenatal. From measuring Jen's belly, listening to the heartbeat and feeling the baby she says that everything is just fine and Jen is "due" any day. (just in case we didn't realize that before)...Then she started looking at the results from the ultrasounds. As she was reading those she saw that the ultrasounds only gave a 25% chance that the baby

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-49655308839473834132007-07-24T20:15:00.000-07:002007-07-24T20:11:40.021-07:00

Well, the little one is officially 13 days overdue. A full two weeks tomorrow! People are asking us what are we doing to keep busy. Let me tell you...not much! Which is good. The two months before we left S. Oregon I was so busy at my job trying to get everything running smooth before I left that we hardly got any family time at all. And once we get back we will have a new little one and work

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-61672579631160176732007-07-19T11:19:00.000-07:002007-07-19T10:34:12.951-07:00

So when Jen was pregnant with Isabella and she was 17 days late, we were living here in NE Oregon and we brought Jennifer to this bowling alley to try to get her to go into labor...It didn't work.So since this baby is 8 days late now we thought it would be fun to bring Isabella bowling and see if we could get the mother to get things moving...It didn't work.But it was fun! And we got some funny

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Today is our anniversary! Jen and I have been married for 7 years! How crazy is that, huh? Sometimes it seems much longer and sometimes it seems like there is no way that we have been married this long!Jen's parents stopped by last night on their way to N. Dakota and are leaving tomorrow so it has been good to spend some time with them, even if it is just for a day. They were hoping to see a

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-14778255616463486992007-07-11T22:21:00.000-07:002007-07-12T10:49:51.550-07:00

So today was the due date...and guess what, NO BABY!!!Not really a surprise there I guess. Isabella was 16 days late. Anarazell was a month early so we thought that this one would be right in the middle...but, no...no it wasn't. As it is, it looks like we are in for a bit of a wait.How long? Only God and the baby know that!Here are some pictures of our day while we were waiting for the little

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-79516100527355124012007-07-06T23:16:00.001-07:002007-07-07T17:01:53.239-07:00

We took this picture just today.... Doesn't she look so cute!We have 5 days before the official Due-date...so we are here waiting.Everything is going just fine with Jen and the baby. Kinda getting excited!

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-74189848951151772072007-07-04T09:41:00.001-07:002007-07-04T10:18:17.469-07:00

Well, we have been here in NE Oregon for less then a week now, and boy have we been busy! We got here on Thursday and on Friday we had company from our church in S. Oregon come up and spend the night with us. On Saturday we all went to a wedding. Sunday our friends went home and we drove to Idaho to our church up here. It was so good to see everyone there. Monday we went to a local ranch that

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Well, we made it. We made it to NE Oregon to have our baby. Why did we drive about ten hours away from our house to have a child?Excellent question...Here in this part of the state we have a mid-wife, the same mid-wife in fact that we had with our first daughter Isabella. We have a house to have the baby in, also the same place we had Isabella.There is a hospital within a five minute drive of

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Isabella and I got the opportunity to go up in a hot air balloon. My restaurant sponsors one of the pilots so we got a ride!Isabella was sooooooo excited and scared at the same time! I am terrified of heights, but once we got up there it was great. It felt like you were standing on something solid...a few thousand feet above the earth! If you can see Isabella's face you can see the mixture of

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We drove to the coast the other weekend. Isabella doesn't remember ever being there, so she had alot of fun. It was pretty windy, but a good family time.After we left the beach we went to a little aquarium. It was quite small, but we got to feel sea-stars, and pet sharks, watch a sea lion show and cool stuff like that. So here are some pictures of our family time!Isabella getting quite

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-27744409015731882502007-05-23T20:46:00.000-07:002007-05-23T21:16:23.785-07:00

Well, we had another doctor visit today. Just a check on how our little one is doing. Talk about an emotional roller coaster. Sometimes I am certain that our baby will not make it, and other days I am just as convinced that everything will be just fine. Today the doctor was encouraged to see how much our little one has grown in the last two weeks. The waist is still a little on the small

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...all go astray.I know it isn't scripture, but it is true nevertheless! Jen and I have been making plans for our life since before we were married and it is amazing how many of our plans have fallen through. But that's ok, something always seems to come up to fill up our time!We got here in Oregon in December planning on staying until the beginning of March ad then we were going to be on the

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Well folks...It has been a while hasn't it? Does anyone read this any more! You can only go so long without updating before even the hard core readers stop checking!Well, we have internet for the next few weeks. We are house-sitting for some friends and they have both...Wait for it...Cell phone coverage AND internet access!!!Will wonders never cease???I will try to write as much as possible in

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...since I have been able to write on this. Sorry about that! I know that there are several people that have been asking me about it. We are currently living out in the "boonies" and it will cost us almost 100 dollars a month to get internet to us!!!So until we move we will have to update this only when I can steal a signal somewhere!!!We had another ultrasound today and as far as they can

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-17296213921842532862007-03-20T18:47:00.000-07:002007-03-20T18:55:09.036-07:00

Here is an ultra-sound picture of our little one. Please keep us in prayer. The specialist can't tell too much at this point, but we are schedualed to have another ultrasound in about 4 weeks. They can then compare and see if our little one is growing at all. Just thought we would let everyone know what is going on! We are trying to solve our internet problem... Hopefully we can get

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Jen showing off the little belly she has now. We all are so excited... Everything is going good as far as we can tell. Please keep us in your prayers!Another Birthday picture. Jen has been using her time well with sewing and baking. Both the dress and the cake here were made by her!I had more pictures, but I left them on the camera, so I will have to get them posted at a later date!

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Isabella and her friend Lena when we went to "Snow Park". I think this is the first time that Isabella has been sledding.Isabella and I made a blanket "tent". It has been soooooooo long since I did that as a kid. Brought me back to my childhood again!At Isabella's 4th Birthday party we didn't play anything tame like "pin the tail on the donkey". We got out our air soft gun and shot at

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I think this has been the longest time between posts...ever. Pretty crazy our life is right now. Every plan that we have seems to end at a door gently, yet firmly shut on us.We are official members of NTM but at this point we don't believe that writing for them is what we are supposed to do. We love NTM, yet we have always wanted to be involved in helping missionaries in a support role.

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-79313177065120427842007-01-08T16:42:00.000-08:002007-01-08T17:10:40.162-08:00

Well, the holidays are over and we are trying to figure out what the next several months are going to look like. Do we stay here in So. Oregon for awhile? And if so, what is awhile? We are waiting for a call from back east-ways that will tell us an exact date for an interview. (If I am seeming vague at the moment it is because I want to be sure of what is going on before I tell everyone

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Pictures of us at our four christmas parties that we went to! A crazy but a fun time with everyone.My side of the family.Our family at the "formal" dinner we went to. Yes, yes, I had to wear a suit.A Thompson Tradition of eating a ball of icecream with a candle on it. Whoever eats it the slowest is the winner...Jen's side of the family.Happy New Year everyone. It is almost overwhelming to try

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-91706315419811635722006-12-23T10:51:00.000-08:002006-12-23T10:55:47.037-08:00

A friend of mine came a crossed this blog the other day. Heart breaking. And almost exactly where Jen and I found ourselves last year around this time. Please pray for this family. The lack of words that I had last year at the death of our daughter, Anarazell, is where I find myself again here.Please, Lord, comfort them...

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It has been really good to spend time with our family here in Oregon. After last Christmas when things were so far from "normal" it is kinda nice to have nothing going on.Just a young couple enjoying themselves.Uncle Matty with his two nieces.Three of my brothers. We got Air-soft guns for early Christmas presents.Isabella is learning how to cut hair...Merry Christmas everyone.God Bless

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Relaxing is the word I would use to describe life right now. Which is a good thing. Not that life has been totally hectic up to this point...but in comparison it feels like we have completely stopped moving.We have had our life planned out pretty much from June to December...and now December is here and we are running out of "planned", so that is a little scary. It looks like we will have to

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-13279890301251943072006-12-05T12:46:00.000-08:002006-12-05T15:36:16.259-08:00

Our time in Idaho was both relaxing and such a blessing. Not only were we able reconnect with the church, we were also able to build better relationships with people we knew just a little bit. One couple, Ken and Jane, we had visited with a bit before, but this time we spent the majority of our time. The reason was that they have a guest house on their property and they let us stay in it while

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-72640015326841706282006-11-25T17:27:00.000-08:002006-11-26T18:43:59.476-08:00

Our daughter Anarazell would have turned one today.I can hardly believe that it has only been a year, and at the same time I can't believe that a whole year has passed.Thoughts of what might have been, go through our minds.Would she be walking before now like her big sister was? What would her personality be like?We try to not let the thoughts take control.After today we have two weeks...and

Justin and Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964589092529018283noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454324.post-35885472622134216982006-11-15T12:14:00.000-08:002006-11-15T13:14:23.869-08:00

Well, we made it to Eastern Oregon and Idaho. We forgot how beautiful this part of the country was. It is late enough in the year that there is even snow on the mountains. Someone asked that since we have been all over the country, what part we think is the most beautiful...and we would would have to say that this area is it.Our time with our church here in Idaho is going very well. We have

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Isabella with her Uncle Tim showing off and dividing their loot after the harvest festival. Doesn't Isabella look good in her ladybug suit?Our friends Matt and Jalna. We have know this couple since before they were Christians and way before they were married. They are one of our closest friends in Oregon.And their two children. Two little rough and tumble boys. So cute and so different then

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...when your life is on the road.Sometimes it feels like we are living in some sort of time warp. Time doesn't seem to exist for the most part. Maybe we will use a clock if we need to meet someone somewhere, but otherwise...Our time here in Southern Oregon is about over. We were actually planning to be on the road today, but the first people that we were planning ton seeing are going through a

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We had a relaxing time with Jen's grandparents in California. A couple weeks if helping around the almond orchard, seeing the sights and just hanging out visiting. It sounds like they are going to try to make it up to Oregon for the Christmas Holidays, so that will be fun. Jen and I haven't been with our families for Christmas in 3 years so we are looking forward to hanging out this year.

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Some more pictures of our time with our family in Arizona. Here we are at Aly's volley ball game. As you can tell, everyone is watching the game intently, but half the fun of going to a game is just hanging out with family.Aly and Dori, her Laberdoodle...(a mix between a lab and a poodle.) Dory is an excellent hunting/retrieving dog, but sheds less then most dogs and Aly like her father is an

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Our time in Topock with my family went by really fast. Part of that was because we were only there for a week and the other part was because we stayed so busy! They live right next to the Colorado river and so we went out on their boat several times. So fun and relaxing...and you are amazingly tired when you get home! With that went fishing, swimming and wake-boarding. Isabella made sand castles

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Isabella, Auntie Jess, Miai and the cat. Auntie Jess is who we stayed with most of the time we were in Phoenix. Miai is the little girl she was a nanny for. We went to a baseball game. You could tell that we are "country mice"! All of our eyes were super wide as we walked around. We have been good friends Auntie Deb for about 5 years now. She works with the organization that I took the Biblical

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( I just found out that the "Enter" key doesn't work on this computer here...so this post will look a bit funny...) Our time in Arizona was...well great. Four different cities...all vastly different. It was amazing that we were in the same state for all that

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While I have been at class and Jess is at work Jen and Isabella have had plenty of time together doing...well, let's see what they have been up to. Isabella's first attempt at wielding a huge knife. I always say that the only response to a woman with a large knife is, "Yes, Ma'am". I think she going to make a cake. There is more than one way to skin a cat...or smash cookies for a crust! Vacuuming

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I got an e-mail a couple days ago from a friend that is on staff in Missouri. She has a two year old girl and Jen and I became friends with her and her husband over the summer before we left campus. It is kinda weird that we met and became friends because they had a loss in their family as well. She was 5 months pregnant with twins when there was complications and both little girls went to heaven

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I am so glad that our camera is functional during our trip. We had to "jerry-rig" it to make it work, but thankfully even though it might look a bit silly, it still takes pictures! I was looking through different pictures that we have already, and different stories came to mind...so I thought it would be cool to pass some of those on.This was taken in Utah. A pretty cool picture. As I travel

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Well, we are back in Southern Arizona...and so is the heat. We left Flagstaff this morning and it was 45 degrees and got into Phoenix three hours later and it was 85!Blah! And it was only 9 in the morning!This next week is going to be a busy one for me. I will be attending a "intensive" course with an organization called VCLI or Victorious Christian Living.It is a Biblical discipleship program

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We were supposed to leave Flagstaff today. We spent last night as well as today with our friends Eric and Amy who are heading to the mission field as well. It is about a three hour trip between here and Pheonix so we were going to head back down this evening.But at the last minute we decided to stay for their son, Adin's, birthday. So that means that we now have to get up at 5AM to get packed and

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We left Phoenix on Tuesday and drove about an hour and a half north to a place called Camp Verde, where we went to the castle and stuff. In Phoenix it was 95-100 degrees the day we left. Camp Verde was a bit cooler, but still 80-85 degrees.We got into Flagstaff last night dressed in t-shirts, shorts and flip-flops...and were met with55 degrees and rain.55 stinking degrees! That is like a 45

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We have been enjoying our time with our friends Josh and Heidi. They are missionaries with NTM as well and are planning on heading to Mongolia the middle of next year. They are staying with Heidi's grandmother until then, and it has been a relaxing time with them.Went to see some pretty cool sites today. A place called Montezuma's Castle. As we were heading there I was trying to figure out

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I can't believe it! I am actually on-line! I did not realize how much I use the Internet if it is available. But since it hasn't been available...I have been missing it!I think the thing that has been missing the most is communication. The friend that we have been staying with in Phoenix works full time and at her work she has Internet access...so she doesn't bother getting it to her house.

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We have been in Arizona for almost two weeks now. The houses we are staying in don't have really good internet access, so I have to think of creative ways to update my blog.Some friends that we have spent the last two years in training with are staying for a year in Arizona, so we got to go to their son's 3rd birthday party. Micah and Isabella are good friends, so it was fun for them to be

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The Mormon Temple in St. George. Utah is a unique state. There are many truly beautiful parts but spiritually there is such a darkness. It was strange thinking that the great majority of people in this state are religious and as passionate about their beliefs as I am about mine.It is sad.It really was an eye-opener for me. I have traveled crossed the country and seen many types of people and

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Colorado is an incredibly beautiful state...at least the part we went through. We have found that typically the interstate highways are through the most boring parts of the states...but not in Colorado. Of course alot of the beauty might be just in our heads because of us being so excited to see mountains again! We didn't realize that we missed them so much until we started through them again!

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"Nebraska...more corn than Kanas" read one t-shirt.Wow...I am impressed!I love giving my Nebraska friends a hard time, but we did have a really good time there. The couple we visited there were fellow students with us in Bible school. When we met them, Jen and I had been married for four weeks and they for three! That was six years ago...Yikes!Here are some pictures of our trip there!Julie

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We have made it to Western Colorado...Grand Junction. Yesterday was about a 10 hour drive UP the Rocky Mts. That was rough on the car, but thankfully we made it. We stopped about halfway up and let the car cool off for almost an hour and had a picnic. It was beautiful! We have missed the mountains so much! I got some great pictures, but I can't seem to upload here at the hotel, so I will do

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We have started heading west. We are at the second of our many stops. I will try to update as often as I can during this trip. Please keep us in prayer as we have over 3,ooo miles to go before we reach Oregon...Here are some pictures of our trip so far. Our first stop...Kansas...the sunflower state. Our car and trailer. Can't even tell that I just replaced the rear shocks can you? Please

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Well, we are on our last week here in Missouri. Finally! It was beginning to feel like we would never get out of this place. In April-May of this year we took a trip out west...Then we came back here.In July we went to Florida...Then we came back here.Two weeks ago we went to Wisconsin...Then we came back here.It is almost like there is a magnet here that we can't break away from!Jennifer's

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To some extent I think that every person in the world has a somewhat skewed view of God. Take for example how people react when their plans don't work out. Maybe the air-conditioner in your car broke or you are late for something because you can't find your keys. I have heard people say, and I used to think, that when something "went wrong" that either God was disciplining you or He was trying

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Our trip out here was thankfully uneventful. We left at three in the morning so that we could get here at a decent time. We have been having a good time with our friends. We have two families that we know really well that live here on the New Tribes Bible School campus, and we have been hanging out with them. We had a list of people that we wanted to see, but when we got here either people

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I think Isabella is happy to be in Florida. The view from our front door.A trip to Daytona Beach. At the zoo.Isabella has no fear... The Flight home.All the excitment has worn us out.

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We have returned from Florida. We are trying to re-coup a bit because we are off again for Wisconsin starting Monday!Florida was a very restful time for us. We had meetings for only two days, so for the rest of the time we just relaxed as a family.We went to the zoo...swam in the pool...went to Daytona Beach and got crispy...pretty much just had a great vacation.I am a time oriented person so it

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ElijahA couple weeks ago I posted a prayer request about a little boy Elijah with an updatehere andhere and it sounds like he is doing a whole lot better.He had an EEG and the neurologist said that his brain has "made some repairs". The Pediatrician said that they could be "cautiously optimistic" and used the word "miracle" to describe the progress he has made!Praise the Lord!They still aren't "

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We have been letting Isabella take pictures with our digital camera. It is a fun cheap way for her to learn the basics of photography.It is also fun to see what life looks like from about 3 feet tall.Happy 4th of July everyone!!

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It seems like everything that we have been planning is finally coming together. Maybe it is what God wants as well? That would be nice!We are members of NTM, and we are heading down to Florida to have an interview with the communications team there.During and after Anarazell when I was writing a lot on this blog, people said that I should write full time. I seemed to have a knack I was told, why

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This past year has been an amazing one. To explain to everyone the spectrum of emotions that we have experienced would be almost an impossibility.From the very first week here in Missouri things started getting crazy and then through out the rest of the year...Jobs didn't work out, friendships dissolved, our daughter died, and because of some rumors we were almost asked to leave the mission.I

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We just received an e-mail from a family friend from our home church. They know a missionary family that is with Jews for Jesus.This family had a baby in April that was born with a Cleft Lip and Palate.Here is their e-mail:Tomorrow (Thursday, June 22) morning, our daughter Tikvah is going in for the first of 3 surgeries to close up her cleft lip & palate. The first surgery will close up her lip

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Here is Isabella and four of Pastor Jeff's children. There were plenty of little ones for her to play with. She really had a good time. Every night after the conference we had international food, and in keeping with this theme someone brought a pinata for the kids to beat on. You can see on my face that I am not to sure about the direction the stick is going to swing. Isabella with her

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Yay! Elijah is home. Such a blessing! Thank-you all for praying. Todd and Julie are still in need of prayer though, things are still going to be rough for a while. Here is their latest e-mail: Dear Praying Friends,We could not be more thankful for our Father’s faithfulness! Our hearts are so grateful to know that we have YOU asking the Lord to help us – because He really has.Elijah

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Got a new e-mail from Todd and Julie. I was thinking that the people who went to B.I. around the same time we did would know Julie. Her last name was Kruit (or something like that) back then.Here is their latest e-mail: Thank you all so much for your prayers!!! The Lord has answered and we thank Him for that.Elijah is off all oxygen and the heater, we can carry him around and

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Four years ago Jen and I were in class with a single guy. His name is Todd. He graduated...moved on with the training, and we lost contact with him. We heard that he had gotten married to a lady we kinda knew, but that was it.Yesterday we got this e-mail from a mutual friend...Our dear friends, family, and prayer supporters, Early in the morning on Tuesday, May 30th, my labor started...and at

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What can I say about Tennessee?I was trying to think of a few simple words that would describe our trip there, but I couldn't seem to think of any that would encapsulate everything we felt.Pretty much you have to go into it like you would any other foreign country. You first have to learn the language and culture, and then you can start understanding the natives!HEHEI'm just joking.It was our

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Well, after many hours of work our display board was up and ready. It actually turned out really nice. There were four display boards at the conference, and they all looked really good. You could tell that many hours were put into all of them.These two pictures are of Jen cutting out all the laminated pictures and signs that we made. We figured that if we had them laminated that they will last

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Well, it feels like we are just recuperating from our last big trip, and we are starting another one! Crazy. This one is only 6 days long, as opposed to a month, but this one we will be with people we don't know. And this one is only 8.5 hours away... not days of traveling!It should be good, but we are a bit nervous. I think that we are as ready as we can be. Well almost. We just heard today that

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We are leaving this Saturday for a missions conference in Tennessee. I've been to plenty of these throughout my life, but I have never been an active speaker in one before. We are pretty excited. It is a lot of work to get ready for these things! Specially since all of our "missionary stuff" is all out of date! We have had to make a new display board, a new prayer card, a new News letter...

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Our friend Jeff (check out the link to his site in the right) made this for us. If you are on our usual mailing list you will be getting one in the near future. If we have met you on this blog and you would like to start recieving our updates, e-mail me your address, and we would love to start sending them to you.

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Always a question that we are asking ourselves here at the Phlaum house.Well, after about two months of us trying to figure out what we are going to be doing for the next while, it looks like we might have somewhat of a heading.I want to write full-time and I want to mesh my writing abilities with the desire that Jen and I have to reach the lost for Christ. So what I would like to do is write

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Here we are, just being a family. We had our Graduation...it turned out really nice. We just found out a couple weeks ago that we were actually going to be able to graduate, so we didn't have time to invite anyone, soooo we didn't get any pictures of ourselves. I know...I know...everyone

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Well, our training with New Tribes Mission is coming to an end. Tomorrow (today, by the time many of you read this...) Jen and I will be walking the aisle and recieving our diplomas. I will be getting my B.A. and Jen her A.A. in "Intercultural Communication". Sounds pretty cool, huh? Alot of time and work went into these, so we are proud to get them!Within the next 3 days the majority of the

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...I started reading though the month of December on my blog this morning. I don't know what possesed me to do it. I don't think that I have really read through that since I wrote it several months ago. It was probably a good thing to re-visit. Life gets so very busy that it is easy, for me as a guy, to just "bury" what has happened and move on with life, without total healing. It has been less

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The beginning of April, Jen and I went to an infant death seminar up in Wisconsin. When we were invited to go to this seminar I thought that it was going to be "professionals" in the field of grief and/or people who had lost infants, and I thought that they would be able to "logically" explain the things that we are feeling/going through......It wasn't quite as we expected. The key-note speaker

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We made it...We are back in Missouri. The trip from Wisconsin down to here was, thankfully, totally uneventful.As a "kid" I used to long for adventure, and then I was taught by a very wise man, "Never pray for adventure...adventure means that you are probably cold, and wet and scared!" (my paraphrase)So now we are here and really have nothing much to do for the next couple weeks. We found out

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I know...I know...I told everyone that I would update while we were on our long trip. I'm sorry I lied!On April 7th our family left Missouri to travel for about a month. Well it is now May 4th and our trip is almost over.Talk about a whirlwind trip!We have driven over 2,500 miles and we are still in Wisconsin for a few more days! Add a round-trip flight from here to Idaho via Phoenix, AZ and the

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Isabella came running up to me the other day with three flowers that she had picked. She was so excited to show me that she had picked a, "Daddy flower, a Mommy flower and a Bella flower." Then she stopped and got this look on her face and said, "Oh, I forgot a flower for our Anarazell...I'll have to go pick one."It is amazing how little things like that can catch you unaware, but at the same

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Well, I was so excited that we had internet in our house so I could update the blog more regularly...then I promptly ignore it for over a week! Oh, well.I wanted to give an update on how Kris, Mary-Jane and baby Ayla were doing...and I have to say that they are doing quite well. It is a little hard on the family because Kris is here on campus with the two oldest children...as well as taking a

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One amazingly exciting piece of news for us is that we now have internet access in our house. I don't have to go for a walk, try to find an empty computer in the lab and then remember who I needed to write to and what I was supposed to do!! So I can now update my blog more often and keep in touch better.Mary-Jane and Kris are doing well and so is Ayla. Thank you for your prayers. Jen and I took

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Lot of things happen in a week. Since I do not yet have internet in my house it is harder for me to keep this updated like I want to.So...what has happened...We got our tickets to the west coast. That is exciting. Our trip begins on April 6th. We plan on driving up to Wisconsin and seeing our friends for a few days. There is a "bereavement" seminar up there focusing on people who have lost

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The little princess of the day. I can hardly believe that she is 3!!! Grant and Sarah enjoying some cake and ice cream."Auntie" Jess came up from Pheniox, AZ for almost a week. It was really good to have her visiting. She was at Isabella's birth as well as her 1st B-day party, so it was special that she could be here for her 3rd as well.

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Jen and I wanted to say thank you to the friends...new and old...that helped us out while we were in Wisconsin. I have talked about these people by name, and I wanted to let everyone else "meet" them as well.This is our midwife and her husband. Deb is an amazing women as well as a skilled midwife and we are so thankful that God brought our paths together when He did.Here is Brian and Julie. We

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Exactly one week ago, last Sunday, I woke up and had a cough that hurt in my lungs. I didn't think too much about it, until Monday when I was in bed with a 103 degree fever. Crazy...I never get sick...NEVER. So here it is Sunday again...and I still have a stuffy head and a cough. Both Jen and Bella both ended up with fevers and head-aches and runny noses and BLAH!Our whole family had been

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I had posted a prayer request on an earlier post about a little boy named Nathan. Jen called the family today and got an update from them. They are still in Milwaukee...about 2 hours from their home. It has been over two months now. Nathan had to have a little hole cut into his throat so he can breath consistently. When he is older...at least by a few months then he will go through some more

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