Christmas Outreaches!!

Always a good time of year to hold some special events to tell folks here what Christmas is all about. Page invited some kids over to bake some Christmas cookies and to tell them the Christmas story. It was a fun night. Continue to remember the people here in Taiwan -- that they will see why Jesus had to be born!!

Winter Sports

Milly, Wade, and Hunter are all enjoying various sports this winter. Milly and Wade made the girsl and boys JV basketball teams. Wade is actually coached by his dad!! Pictures of Wade will follow in some later posts. Hunter enjoyed a great softball season. His 6th grade team competed this past weekend in the 6th grade tourney and won it!!

Levi is still playing soccer each Saturday and continues to love it.

Milly voted MIP!!

Milly had a fun time this fall on the swim team. She had never swam competitively before the season began but her times improved each meet. In fact, she improved so much that her teammates voted her the Most Improved Swimmer for JV girls this year. Congratulations Milly!!

Mustangs Win Soccer Tourney

Wade's JVB soccer team won the annual JVB soccer tourney this past weekend. Wade, who is a defender, played great for all four games. In fact, no team scored one goal on the team during the entire tournament. Wade was selected to the All-Tourney team along with his two of his teammates. Way to go Mustangs.

6th Grade Boys Win A Championship

This past weekend Hunter's 6th grade team played a final end of the year tourney in volleyball. All the boys played great, including Hunter, and brought home the 1st place plaque. See Hunter and two of his teammates -- Noah and Josh!!

Milly and Page back from the Philippines!!

The girls made it back. They had a great time but were completetly worn out. They did a bunch of stuff in a short amount of time. Milly swam every day with her swim team (see photo) and also loved on some orphans!!!

Page in the Philippines

Page with one of the many children that she is helping take care of this week in the Philippines.

Boys week!!

With Page and Milly gone this week the four boys have been having some fun. We do miss Milly and Page and look forward to them coming back though. One thing that has been fun is "no vegetable week". So far we have watched a lot of football (see TV picture above of Bears vs. Lions game), went to a movie, eaten at BK twice, Chili's once, and gone bowling. Looking forward to going to a theme park on Thursday and a golf range on Friday!! Page and Milly return early Sunday morning!!

The Mud Girls

Page and Milly are having a great time in the Philippines. They are working hard. Picture above is of them after digging a ditch for 4 hours!!

A week off of school!!!

This week -- we have no school. Each year during this same time (around Oct. 10) we have our fall break. October 10 is when the Republic of China (Taiwan) celebrates its birthday. Today is a big one -- 100 years for the Republic of China.

Milly and Page Headed to the Philippines

They leave on Oct. 9 and will be back on Oct. 16. They will be joining some other students on the swim team as well as some adults. They will stay at the same place that Milly went over the summer. Please pray for safety and receptive hearts as they share God's love. Thanks.

Wade and Soccer

Sorry for the lack of posts for the last month or so. To say we have been busy would be an understatement. Hopefully, things will slow down now that school has been underway for several weeks.

Milly and Wade are both playing sports this fall. Milly is on the swim team and has improved tremendously. She will be going to the Philippines with Page and other swimmers in a couple of weeks. We will update that trip for you soon.

Wade is playing JV-B soccer. He is really improving too and is a steady force on the defense. The team is 4-0 so far.

School closed on Monday!!

With the approaching typhoon coming Morrison decided to close school. Typhoon Day!!

Typhoon Headed Our Way!!

I know many of you reading this have had to deal with Hurricane Irene. Well, here in Taiwan we have our own typhoon that we will need to deal with. It is expected to hit Taiwan some time on Monday morning. This typhoon is a slow moving one so a lot of rain is expected. We should be ok here in Taichung as we are well protected by mountains.

First Day of School!!

Today was the first day of school here at Morrison. Good day for all the kids. Shout out to Hunter who now is a middle schooler with a locker. He was excited (see picture of Hunter and all his buddies). This year Milly will be a junior, Wade a freshmen, Hunter a 6th grader, and Levi enters 3rd grade.

Ghost Month in Taiwan

The seventh lunar month marks Ghost month here in Taiwan. Today was the 15th day of ghost month and many folks were out burning money and had food sacrifices set out to appease the ghosts. Top picture is the local temple, middle picture is a family burning paper money and bottom picture is a neighbor of ours who set out food, etc. for this special day. Please pray for a spiritual break through for the island of Taiwan.

Basketball Camp!!

Last week all three boys participated in a basketball camp at Morrison. It was a lot of fun. Levi's team won it all against Hunter's team in the finals of the younger division. Levi was awarded the most outstanding camper for the week!! Wade's team played for the older division championship as well but lost by 2 points in a very competitive game. Wade earned most improved for the week. Above are a couple of pictures taken by their proud mom.

Sports and English Camp

Last week Page helped out at a Sports and English Camp on the Morrison campus. It was a lot of work but a lot of fun too. Page coached tennis, taught English, and was a leader of a "family group". Hunter and Levi participated in the program too and Keith helped Page teach English. Overall there were around 120 campers. Fifteen or so made decisions for Christ. It was a great week!! Above are Page and Keith's English students.

Back from the Philippines

We made it back safely from the Philippines. We had a great time on our 10 day stay. Milly had many opportunities to play with orphans and show them Jesus' love. Wade played a lot of basketball. In one game at half time he shared his testimony. After every game he passed out tracts. Keith coached the team (See team picture above).

Philippines

Keith, Milly, and Wade are headed on a mission trip to the Philippines today. They will be gone 9 nights. Please pray for safety and many opportunities to share Jesus' love. Thanks.

Back in Taiwan!!

We enjoyed our 30 day vacation to the States. It went by fast. We were on the go the whole time as we were at the beach, then to High Point, then to the mountains, back to HP, then to Southern Pines, then back to the beach, then to Gastonia. We enjoyed seeing and spending time with family and friends. We also realized how much our kids perspective on things is just not the same as ours was growing up. Here are few comments we heard....

Milly asked her mom in the car at night as Page turned her bright lights on in NC -- "Mom how did you make your lights so big??" Apparently we never need our bright lights here in Taiwan.

Wade asked his dad -- "Dad -- how come the light switch is inside the bathroom?" Light switches are commonly outside the bathrooms here in Taiwan.

Finally as we were saying goodbyes to the Murrows -- Levi commented, "This is something we just do." He was referring to saying goodbyes a lot.

We did not hear a comment from Hunter like this. Only comment from Hunter that stands out is "Mom - do you think I am tan for my age?"

Funny stuff!!!

Fun at Isle of Palms

We made it back safely to the US for our 30 day vacation. We will be spending time with family and friends over these next 4 weeks. This week we are with Page's family at Isle of Palms Beach in South Carolina. Pictured above is Levi and one of his cousins -- Branton.

Wade's 8th Grade Recognition

Wade made it through middle school!! Last Wednesday the school recognized all 8th graders. It was a cool night. Pictured above are all 34 8th graders. Bottom picture - Wade is almost up to his Dad's height.

Milly's Sweet Sixteen Birthday!!

Milly had a sweet sixteen pool birthday party last weekend. Her real birthday is not until June 26 but she decided to celebrate it early so all of her classmates (she has several friends that dorm) could come to her party. It was a fun night. Hard to believe she is 16!!

Hunter's Soccer Team

Hunter played on a 5th grade soccer team recently. They had a great time. Above is a picture of the team and also Hunter in action.

Saying Goodbyes

A tough part about living here -- overseas at Morrison -- is saying a lot of goodbyes. It is common for us to say goodbye to close friends every year. This year is no exception. The Robarts will be leaving next Monday, June 6 to head back to the States for good. They have lived here for 6 years and have become good friends. Vaughn and Keith are close as they have coached basketball with each other for the past several years. They will be missed.

Junor/Senior Banquet

Last Saturday night, Morrison held its annual Junior-Senior Banquet (JSB). The juniors honored the seniors in a nice way by hosting the banquet. It was a lot of fun!! Pictures above are Keith along with other coaches and junior/senior varsity bb players, Keith and a senior student (Seul A), and Keith and his lovely wife, Page.

Mother's Day 2011

Page enjoyed Mother's Day this year. She woke up to some beautiful flowers picked by Keith along with a Starbucks card from Wade. After church we went out to eat at Fridays. On the way home we stopped at a plant nursery and Hunter and Levi picked out a pretty potted plant for Page. Finally, for dinner we went to the Night Market (one of Page's favorite places to go). It was a fun day. Picture above was taken at Fridays. As you can see -- the sun was very bright as you see all the squinting.

Easter Outreach Pictures

Page, Milly, Hunter, and Levi went to a local park on Easter Sunday and shared the reason we celebrate Easter. It was a good day. Above are some pictures of it.

Great time in Kenting!!

We (all the Curlee gang and Page's parents) headed to the beach (Kenting) over our Easter break. We had a great time of bathing in the sun and eating a lot. One high light was going to the most Southern tip of the island. It was cool to see where the China Sea and the Pacific Ocean meet.

Page's Parents are Here!!

Page's parents -- known as Papa and Nana to us -- arrived here safely last Friday. They are staying here with us for almost three weeks!!!

Levi's Concert

Last Friday, Levi had his end of year music concert. It was a cool production. Levi sang out loud and even played the drums in a couple of songs.

Dorm Party!!

Milly enjoyed a school dorm party on Sunday night. Even though she does not dorm she was invited to participate in "Blind Date" night. Part of the night was spending time in the mud, getting wet, and having eggs cracked on you. She looks gross but had fun.

2011 Field Day

All of our boys enjoyed their field day this past Saturday. They all performed great and brought home quite a few ribbons. Great shots above of them in action.

Band Concert

The Spring Band Concert was last Friday night. Milly, Wade, and Hunter all performed very well. Notice that Hunter is much taller than Milly now. Last summer Milly was taller than Hunter!!