Mike and Anita James

After having to have our things go through customs, we were really happy to have our things arrive in The Netherlands.  It seems like it’s been so long since we shipped it from America that I had forgotten many of the things we packed.  That’s why it felt a little like Christmas today. We had [...]

During our last week, we wanted to stop at a few restaurants.  Tuesday night, we went to Babe’s.  Babe’s is an amazing restaurant where you can get fried chicken or chicken fried steak.  They bring around wonderful sides – as much as you want.  Can you see why we love this place.  Mike and I [...]

Since we’ve loaded our crate and sent it off to The Netherlands, we’ve continued to be busy.  I went to Detroit for a friend’s wedding.  Beth was a missionary associate in The Netherlands when we first moved there.  We even lived with her for our first 5 weeks in the country, and she lived with [...]

We came into the US with 7 suitcases.  We’re leaving with a little more.  We’ll take back 6 suitcases.  That sounds better, right?  Not exactly.  We’re also shipping 6 plastic tubs on a boat. It’s scheduled to arrive there on August 16 – just 10 days after we are.  But wait; there’s more.  We’re also [...]

On June 25, we got a call to say that we had reached our minimum budget requirements.  What does that mean?  We have final approval to move back to The Netherlands.  We are so excited!  Our budget had been cut, so to meet the original budget (which means we can do more ministry when we [...]