The Fortunes

David and I are married 18 years today.  What a great 18 years we have had!  I am grateful to God for the man that he has blessed me with.  We have four wonderful children.  We are on an amazing adventure called life!!!  I look forward to the next 18 years ahead!  I love you […]

This past weekend was the 6th annual Wild Winds Track & Field Tournament. Michaella and Marissa were both participants this year and both won medals. Michaella took part in Long Jump, Triple Jump and the 100M race. She won gold and set a new school record in High Jump. Marissa was in Long Jump and […]

The international news organizations are now reporting about events in Baku today. While there is no clear report yet it is clear that a very tragic event has happened. There has been a shooting at the Oil Academy and several university students are dead and others wounded. There are various reports about how many gunmen […]

I tried to put a picture in here of our recent camping trip but it wasn’t working. So I have decided to write an update without the picture. What’s been happening? Well, the kids had two weeks off school at the end of March. Rhonda found that to be a lot of time to have […]

Joe and Amy arrived in Baku just a couple weeks after we did. For the last two years they have served as the youth pastors at BIF. They are expecting their second baby in May (a boy) and have decided to return to the States for good. Yesterday at church we had a farwell service […]

Yes, I know we have neglected this post for too long. Sorry. I will try to remember a few things that have taken place. Around January 23 we headed to Bali, Indonesia for our company retreat. The kids were very excited and we had a excellent time. We saw lots of old friends and met […]

Sunday night we hopped on the midnight train to Georgia (that reminds me of a song). Our kids have three weeks of holidays so we thought we would take a few days away. The train ride to Tbilisi is cheap and the train isn’t too bad. There are sleeper cars so you can rest. […]

While Christmas was green and mild, New Years is white and cold. A big storm started on New Year’s Eve which is a busy day in Baku. The roads were bad and we weren’t sure if we would have a party or not. But by evening the snow had stopped and 7 other families joined […]

I just wanted to take a moment to Wish all our friends and family a Merry Christmas.  One of the difficult things about being overseas is that we have to celebrate special occasions without all of you.  We are blessed to have new friends that have become like family to us but we truly miss […]

The last Sunday in October, Baku International Fellowship celebrated our 10th anniversary. We had a great service together and then celebrated with cake and coffee. We really enjoy being a part of this church. I am always amazed at how God has brought people together and built His church in this city.
Here’s a history of […]