Undefeated Season!!

Keith's JV basketball team just concluded their season this past weekend. The team had a great year and won all their games to finish a perfect 17-0. In addition to the unbeaten streak they also won two tournaments!! Now, Keith will help out the varsity finish out their season. By the way, the varsity is undefeated too.

Basketball Weekend!!

This past weekend was a basketball filled weekend. Here are the results of every one's basketball tournaments.

Wade's JVB team played in 4 games this past Saturday in Kaoshiung. Wade played well and scored in each game. He scored double figures (10 points) in one of the games. The team was in a tough pool and went 1-3 on the day. Wade's season is over and ms soccer will begin next.

Milly's JV team played in Taipei this weekend. Milly played tough defense. The team made it all the way to the finals but lost by 2 on a last second shot. See Milly's team above with another picture of Milly in action. Milly's season is over too.

Keith's JV team played and won the island wide JV tourney. Their team is now 12-0 and plays in another tournament next weekend to conclude the season.

It's COLD!!

This week has brought very cold temperatures to Taiwan. Normally, we do not have too many cold days here in Taichung but this week has been really cold. The temperature right now is 10 degrees Celsius (around 50 degrees Fahrenheit) but it feels much colder with the wind, the humidity, and the fact that we have no heat. We are hoping that this cold spell leaves soon!!

Wade's Day

Today, Jan. 9, is Wade's 14th birthday. He had a good day. We went to Chili's for lunch and the tradition here at the Taiwan's Chili's is to stand on a chair and the waiters and waitresses sing "Happy Birthday" to you as you hold a cheese cake.

This weekend, Wade's basketball team competed in a tourney in Taipei. They played well and finished tied for 3rd place with a 2-1 record. Wade played hard even though he was not feeling his best.

Happy Birthday Wade!!

Happy New Year!!

We brought in 2011 (the 100th year of the Republic of China) by eating at a nice Indian restaurant, playing board games at a friends, and finally watching fireworks explode out of Taipei 101!!

Christmas Pics

Here are a couple of pictures of our celebration. The bottom picture is of the kids upstairs awaiting the ok to come downstairs to begin the opening of the presents. The top picture is of the family right before we headed to some friends house for a Christmas party. Again, Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas from Taiwan!!

We hope everyone has a fantastic Christmas break this year. Our tree is up and Page is especially busy with all the cookie making for our village friends. We will celebrate tonight (Christmas eve) by eating dinner at a friend's house. Tomorrow we will open up all the many presents that we have received from many of you. Again, Merry CHRISTmas!!

NC team here in Taiwan!!

As stated earlier, we had the privilege to work with a fantastic group from our home club in NC. They presented Christmas to four different groups. They did a fantastic job and many seeds were planted. Pictured above is the "team" right after they arrived in Taiwan. The other picture is Keaton Spillman about to go on as "Joseph".

Visit from Green Street Team

We had a great visit from eight of our friends from GSBC/HPCA. They arrived on Sunday, Dec. 12 and left on Tuesday, Dec. 21. We were all very busy with 4 outreaches. They also got to see Morrison in action. It was great seeing our friends and sharing our lives with them. We will post some pictures very soon.

Basketball Update!!

A quick basketball update. Keith's JV boys team is 4-0. They have a couple of games left before the Christmas break. Wade's JV-B team is 3-0. Unfortunately, Wade still can not play due to a broken thumb. He is hoping to be back after the Christmas break. Milly's JV girls team is 0-2 so far but are playing hard. Read the latest in the school announcements.

Feng Yuan HS- 57 Morrison-33. Our girls did a great job working hard until the end of the game against a scrappy Feng Yuan HS team. Rebecca Huang was our high scorer with 10 points. Julie Brown chipped in 8 points and had 6 steals. Teresa Chen also had 6 steals for the game. Fun stat: Our shortest player was also our third leading rebounder with 6 in the game… great hustle, Milly Curlee.

House of Blessing Fellowship

Our church (House of Blessing) had a fellowship at our house on Saturday night. It was a great time of good eating and even better fellowship!!

We even played a game of charades. See top photo!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We had a great spread of food and enjoyed celebrating Thanksgiving with a few of our co-workers here in Taiwan. On the kids last day before the break, Levi was the main actor in a Thanksgiving play for his 2nd grade class. He did a great job with his lines. Again, happy Thanksgiving!!

Wade to the doctor AGAIN.

Wade has had a tough school year. Counting today's visit to the doctor he has been 12 times since August. Mostly for his eye but today during ms softball practice he dislocated and fractured his thumb. The doctor says he will be out at least for three weeks. He will probably miss the rest of ms softball and some of hs basketball.

Bible Study at Our House!!

Last weekend we hosted Milly's class to dessert and Bible study. Everyone had a great time as you can see by the picture. The top picture is the front of our house. Look at all of the shoes!!

Morrison Basketball

Morrison basketball has begun. We are going to have a very busy basketball season. Wade will be playing JV-B (8th and 9th graders), Milly will be playing JV, and Keith is the head coach for the JV boys and helps out with the Varsity boys team. We will keep you updated on the progress of the teams.

Wade's Final Soccer Tourney

Wade has been enjoying playing soccer this year. He starts at sweeper for the JV-B team. The team played an end of your tournament this past Saturday in Kaohshiung. The team played in the championship game but lost 2-0. It was a fun season but now Wade is focusing on basketball which starts next week.

Global Leadership Summit

Keith attended the Global Leadership Summit (see his name tag above) in Taipei this past week. He had a great time. It was held at a church. The speakers all spoke in English and then there were subtitles in Chinese. It was a great line up of speakers: Bill Hybels, Jim Collins (Good to Great), and Andy Stanley. Although the speakers were great, the coolest part was to witness 500+ Taiwanese praising God in song before the sessions began. Quite uplifting.

Still Here!!

Sorry for the lack of posting lately. We are doing fine and will look to post pictures of Wade's soccer tournament this weekend.

Family Picture!!

Here is our latest family picture. It was taken at Green Island right before we were going snorkeling.

Back from Green Island!!

We made it back from Green Island. We had a great time -- although the weather was very rainy most of the time. The highlights included motor scootering around the whole island, great snorkeling, and enjoying salt water hot springs (one of only three in the world).