Ric and Sharon Bruce On a journey with you to Thailand 
This week is one of refreshment, encouragement and strategic planning with other members of our organization serving in this region. We’re thankful for this time, these friends and the clarity the first few days have given us so far. This marks the first week since our arrival that we’ve taken done virtually no language and culture study. Instead our days consist of hearing ministry reports from our various tribal teams, business meetings, praying for Thailand and encouraging our fellow workers. Pray this week will be profitable, encouraging, fun and safe. Thanks!
Posts Tagged ‘meeting’
Field Conference and Workshop
Posted by Ric and Sharon on Monday, July 18th, 2011Hitting the Phones
Posted by Ric and Sharon on Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Telephone Switchboard Operators - a vintage circa 1914 photo (cropped), a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivative-Works (2.0) image
During the next week we’ll be hitting the phones, calling just about anyone we think may be interested in getting to know us and learning more about our ministry.
Do you fit that description? There’s a good chance we’ll miss someone who is interested. We’d love to talk with you. Our short, informal presentation takes less than 15 minutes and answers important questions about the work going on in Thailand, our call to ministry, how we will fit in there and how you can help!
There’s no obligation to give us money or to make any decisions when we meet. Our goal is to bless you. Please send us an email and we can plan a time and place to get together.
Sharon’s Birthday
Posted by Ric and Sharon on Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
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.
