The Belgium 6: Elijah

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Family trip to IKEA

Ok so we aren't your ordinary family, but neither are we in an ordinary place! In IKEA yesterday we found tiny stuffed rats for children, and the price caught our attention. Only 1 euro! We had resisted the mild urge last time we saw them, but the thought of our mother's faces when they heard that we had given our children toy rats was just too BIG to resist this time! Thus each child received a rat. Later we had a great time with baby Elijah and those tiny rats! He didn't seem to mind! What a trooper!

Also in IKEA yesterday, we were looking for the comforters and she asked the workers where the jelly/jam is for the bed. The word for comforter and jelly is very close in fact it is just one letter different! The funny part is they knew what she was talking about, and sent us to the right place! Hummm...I wonder if that happens often?

As we walked away Heather said, "Oh no, I just asked them where is the jelly/jam for the bed!" Ok so Heather just had a baby and she is on sleep deprivation soooo her French isn't quite up to par, but new baby aside, it wasn't the first and won't be the last faux pas we make in Belgium with this great new language!!! It was just too fun not to share! Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Something Fun for you

Check out our new videos posted today on www.youtube.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9j0Zw1S3KM This one is from Good Friday '09

Look up famillebelge and they should be there for the viewing! They are kinda funny and kinda cute and kinda silly!
We are going to try to put more up soon! Enjoy

The Lord is blessing and we are busy meeting with all our friends here in Belgium.
Please pray for our friend Andrea as she will be traveling to the states for the first time this week.

We have been asking the Lord to provide for our needs with this new baby and so far He keeps surpassing our requests!
We hope you all have an AMAZING Resurrection Day! We read the story in French tonight to the kids for our devotion time and with a few exceptions the children understood and were able to follow along. The kids love sharing the Good Friday/Easter story. Pray they'll have times to share it here! They have one more week of Spring Break. We have a 3 day conference. Pray they will do well for their babysitters and enjoy their last big break until June 30th.

Baby Elijah is doing good. We are 36 weeks completed! Whew! One more week and we'll be full-term! Pray for a safe easy delivery, and for Brian as he handles the house, three children, having a wife and child in the hospital, and finds a way and time to come visit us often. The kids are very excited about their new sibling. They each have a new special love for every baby we see, especially the tiny ones. Josiah is now saving all this clothes for Elijah to use and his toys and books. It's pretty cute!

Who are we?

Brian met Heather during training for overseas mission work. Brian was headed to Western Europe, and Heather to New Zealand. Each one had a strong desire to walk with the Lord faithfully. They had individually laid before the Father their lives and said, "Take my life, it's yours, do with me as you will."

God lead Brian to marry Heather the following year, and with this Heather moved from Houston to Denver. That's moving up in LOTS of ways! No offense to all Heather's loved ones in Texas! : )

Brian and Heather began as full time missionaries in Denver, and moved into part time missions/ministry as the Lord began blessing them with children 3 years into their marriage.

The Lord seemed to be rekindling their desire to see the nations to come to Christ, seven years later. At first, they thought perhaps, this would look like a 2 week mission trip, but with a new baby less than a 8 months old, even that small of a commitment wouldn't be possible.

After much prayer, and more confirmations of the Lord leading Brian back into full time ministry, they sat down with the head over short term missions with the International Mission Board (IMB). He also felt this was possibly a calling of the Lord to work in the vast church planting outreach throughout the world.

At this point, the hours, weeks, and months of paperwork began - over a half-year later, Brian and Heather were accepted to be missionaries with the IMB. A couple months later, off they went. Selling just about everything they owned, in a few huge garage sales. They went to Field Preparation training in Richmond, VA.

What a blessing that was, besides being feed with the Word each day, mom, dad, and the children were blessed with training at their levels on the religions of the world, the relaties of life overseas, new foods, new people and much more.

Now it's April 2008 already, and the Zees are in Brussels getting settled, and seeking His leading each day through His Word and prayer. Who might they meet, where can they go to seek the lost? Here that isn't difficult. Lostness is everywhere. Less than 1% of the 10 million people in Belgium know Christ.

That sums it up, we are followers of Jesus, seeking interaction with the lost in Belgium.

Enjoy our blog.

Sometimes it's silly, sometimes it's mostly for the grandmas, but in these pages you'll find stories to hopefully inspire you to cry out to the Lord to change your heart, and follow wherever He leads.

The Belgium 6

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Family trip to IKEA

Monday, April 13, 2009

Something Fun for you

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