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July Flies By!

Posted by Ric and Sharon on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Sharon and I at Leelanau State Park

Normally during the summer I would be updating from somewhere exotic: Alaska, Cambodia, the Appalachian Trail. This summer is a bit more normal, but certainly not mundane! We’ve been all over the midwest to share our ministry and to connect with friends.

Our Summer Events:

Fourth of July
Lighting fireworks Fireworks We spent the fourth with family, supporting my aunt and uncle’s local business in Grand Ledge, and lighting fireworks. Check out more pictures here.

Tenth of July
Grand Traverse Bay in Northern Michigan We spent a day up north on the Leelanau Peninsula and Traverse City with good friends and partners in ministry. The place was stunning! Incredibly beautiful. We were there on the last day of the National Cherry Festival. Delicious! Pictures.

Seventeenth of July
I was trying to get a picture of the clock while driving by and I happened to get way more than I bargained for! Flower boy and girl in the wedding we went to. We traveled to Ohio for a good friend’s wedding this past weekend. It was a lot of fun to re-connect with old friends and make new ones. Pictures.

Well, those are our major events. During the week, our internship with Trinity Church continues and we are re-connecting with old friends and close family here in Michigan. Please pray for us as we raise financial and prayer support for our ministry in Cambodia.

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24 Years Young

Posted by Ric and Sharon on Sunday, June 28th, 2009

With the cake on my birthday.

Sharon baked me a cake for my birthday! She worked on it all Friday morning at her mom’s house. Can it get any better than that? Well, I actually met like three people for the first time at my own party, which was the icing on the cake so to speak.

Here are a couple more photos:
Blowing out the candles. Do you ever get to old for this? Sharon made the cake. Ric and Suzie

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Carrying on the Name

Posted by Ric and Sharon on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

The three generations of Richard K. Bruce

Some families do construction, some practice law, and others work farms. My family does missions. It started with my grandfather, Dick Bruce Sr. Following his example, my father (Rich Bruce Jr.) decided to go into the ministry. I’m the latest installment, Ric K. Bruce, III.

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An Encouraging Conference

Posted by Ric and Sharon on Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Oli Jacobsen, chairman of NTM`s international ministries committee gives a talk on the realities of ministry in Cambodia today.

When I graduated high school I received a congratulatory card with a very smart looking professor on the front of it. He had his finger in the air and a bubble over his head that read, "Now that you’ve graduated, here’s a tip." The message inside said, "DON’T GO THERE ANYMORE!" Well, we broke that rule last week and headed back to the school we just graduated from… but not to attend class!

We attended our first missionary conference as official New Tribes missionaries with Sharon’s sister Michelle. The whole experience was terrific. The encouraging speakers, refreshment in the Word of God, and chance to re-prioritize life was incredible.

During the conference I worked with experienced photographers to produce a slideshow of the best pictures from the conference and set it to music. I learned a lot about photography and had a great opportunity to re-connect with childhood friends and family I haven’t seen in a long time.

To see pictures of the conference, click here!

By the way, do you use twitter? So do I! Add me here.

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Sharon’s Race

Posted by Ric and Sharon on Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Sharon lacing up her shoes at the start of the race.

Today was a long day. It started at 5:00 AM and I’m just going to bed. It’s good to be back in Missouri after Sharon ran a race this morning in Novi, Michigan called "Flirt with Dirt". She did really well, finishing fourth in her age bracket despite the rain, mud, and hilly trails.

Thank-you to those who prayed for safety during our trip. We arrived here safely for a missionary conference. We will be back in Michigan next week.

Sharon kicking it in to the finish line. Sharon`s mugshot. She won the mug for placing in the race.

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Sharon’s Birthday

Posted by Ric and Sharon on Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Zingerman`s Deli

If you Google "Zingerman’s Deli" you will come up with all sorts of mouth-watering results. Just writing this article is making me hungry. Now I’m eating a bowl of cereal as I continue writing. So here’s how the day went down:

We went to our internships just like we always do on Wednesday mornings. During our morning meetings we celebrated Sharon’s birthday with yogurt parfaits from McDonalds and birthday cards. It was nice of Leslie to remember her birthday even though we’d only been working for a few days.

We left the internship early and went south. It took us a while to find Zingerman’s because we don’t have one of those fancy GPS things in our car… too bad. We actually had do the old fashioned thing and stop into a AAA insurance store to get directions. Actually, I thought it was fun to drive around Ann Arbor.

When we arrived at Zingermans and parked we walked in and tried all sorts of new things at the urging of the staff, who are very friendly and helpful as you look through their massive list of sandwiches. After our meal we took a long walk in downtown Ann Arbor and went back to Zingerman’s for desert.

We didn’t have a problem getting out of Ann Arbor and we arrived in Detroit in plenty of time of time to see Sam and Kari step out of the terminal gates into the baggage claim. It was great to see them and catch up a bit while we were looking for a Taco Bell. Taco Bell? After returning from Honduras that’s where they wanted to go. It was, perhaps, strangest birthday celebration Sharon has ever had.

A Year Ago Today:

We were in Cambodia! It was our last day and we went to a nice restaurant to celebrate Sharon’s birthday. That trip was an incredible, eye-opening oportunity (and a hard birthday to beat!).

We hope that in another year we will be weeks away from going to Cambodia to minister. Sometimes the steps seem insurmountable, but we know we have a great God and incredible support from our family and friends.

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… And We’re Back!

Posted by Ric and Sharon on Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Life has been hectic here. The day after we got back to Michigan was my sister’s graduation, then over memorial day weekend we roofed my parent’s house. This past week I have been working down in Jackson and Sharon has been working on getting us settled into our new home. Look for new updates at our blog and here on our website soon! -Ric

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We Made It!

Posted by Ric and Sharon on Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Our new kitchen is a bit bigger than the old one.

We arrived safely in Michigan after a 12 hour trip in a car with no air conditioning. :D Just trying to get used to Cambodia, right? We are now settling in to my parent’s place here and celebrating Chelsea’s graduation tonight. I will try to post pictures later. Unfortunately, we don’t have internet at the house yet so things on the site will be sporadic until we get that set up. Thank-you for your prayers.

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Mother’s Day

Posted by Ric and Sharon on Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Ric`s Grandma, Lucy. It was a lot of fun to spend time with family this mother`s day.

This mother’s day we’d just like to thank our mothers who spent so much time and effort raising us. We both are blessed to have excellent families and especially dedicated mothers who love us very much. Although we weren’t able to be with them we still thought about them often.
-Ric and Sharon

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