A Blog and Web Site About The McDougall Family
On Saturday evening, March 21, Neighborhood Assembly of God had their 2009 Missions Banquet. Our Keynote Speaker was Missionary Andy Raatz, missionary to Moldova. Carol and I had the privilege of traveling to Moldova in October 2008 on a short term missions trip with Neighborhood Assembly. What an awesome time it was. You can read, […]
Read MoreCarol and I went to Moldova on a short term missions trip last fall. We were required to get some vaccines, and a couple of them needed to be administered more than once. Now, six months later, we finally got our last Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B vaccines. This last dosage was required to insure […]
Read MoreThis is from Andy Raatz web site and thought that they were classic! November 07, 2008 Quotations I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. -Winston Churchill A government which robs Peter to […]
Read MoreNancyR View my complete profile From Nancy Raatz’ Blog “The Journey: Soon.” Saturday, October 18, 2008 Soon This past Thursday we met as a Home of Hope staff with staff of another group that takes in trafficked women on a short term basis. They had 3 women to refer to us. Next week we’ll go […]
Read MoreThe Long Day, Home, and SNOW??? Today we left Moldova for home. We had to get up about 4:00 a.m. Moldova time on Monday, March 13. This was 7:00 p.m. on Sunday evening in Montana. Reva and Brianon left on Sunday for Romania, to do some visiting there. Jerry and Ruth traveled from Moldova to […]
Read MoreGood Bye Moldova Today we said good bye to our new friends at the church in Orhei where we worked at the first part of the week. There were a lot of hug, tears, and kisses. Our time here has gone by quickly in one sense, and in another, it seems like we have been […]
Read MoreOur Moldova Missions Team Good Bye Bubieci Today, we worked once again at the future church at Bubieci. We gained good ground in our work, and we gained good ground on developing relationships with the Bubieci church. The teamwork was amazing, from the youngest children to the oldest adults. We were not quite to the […]
Read MoreRecycled Nails, Rebar, and Concrete Today was a busy day at a community called Bubieci. We prepared for the day by doing devotions, praying, and having a good breakfast. As explained in a previous post, the church at Bubieci is meeting in a house that is being sold. Also, there is not much room and […]
Read MoreA Day Off Today, we took the day off. It was deemed that we would take the day that has the worse weather of the next three days because we need to do concrete work on the two nicest days. That is good news since we were quite tired from the last few days of […]
Read MoreTwo Rules As was mentioned in a previous post, Andy Raatz shared with us that the number one rule of a missionary is: When a bathroom is available, use it, because you don’t know when the next time will be. Rule #2 states: Be Flexible. Today we used both rules to the max. We woke […]
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