Zoom with Zoé 2021 Vlogs

2021

Zoom with Zoé 2021 Vlogs

Dec 30th, 2021

White Christmas in the NW. Crazy extreme temps in Texas 80s and then down to 19. Snow-vid last year, Texas drivers in snow, and a snake in the snow. Completing freshman year of Ruth mobile services. Women are changing their minds and getting support locally, have scanned twins, update on the the club house (paint sprayer), camouflage, Marko teaches as they help work (the kids are invested), Marko helping a friend with her dogs that she breeds. Marko helping a friend develop his property for camping sites, our friend Kim recently let him know his outdoor classrooms he creating are in high use and they need more. Patti has had a little down time over the holidays, great meeting today, developing. a needed role for the mobile ministry. Kitty in the towel cupboard for most of the day. Though Subangan house and activity area was destroyed by the recent Typhoon, they are still meeting their for feeding, Bible study and play, which is really encouraging. $3000 bamboo house lasted 5 years and the area has over 62,000 people interactions which makes it completely worth the investment. They plan to build again.

Dec 23rd, 2021

Streaming the Christmas Eve Celebration Service in the Philippines. Kids told about earning "Buddy Bucks" for sending to the Philippines for them to have a Christmas party. They went caroling, built gingerbread houses and gave them away, the avalanche gingerbread was a piled up parts of gingerbread houses with powdered sugar on top, they decorated the Kenney house with Christmas decorations. made cut out snowflakes, all apart of Elf Olympics. Police at 2:30am in the morning. Then a gain a few days later. Called the Fatherheart House parents. Apparently part of being the first house on the property nearest the gate. Subangan after typhoon. Dogs wander in during church service, get use to it, but when have visitors it stands out again. Initiation of Maria dealing with a child with diarrhea. Free range dogs that are not owned nor pets become food in the Philippines. Different mindset from our American perspective related to food. It isn't wrong it is just different. Remember next week we will start an hour earlier. 

Dec 16th, 2021

Typhoon Rai (Odette) impact in the Philippines, flooding and wind destruction, evacuation from Pandan to the Church, bridges washed out, Annamae sick but stranded not able to return to work until bridges fixed. Great day on Ruth with 3 pregnancy tests and 4 ultrasounds and all the patients came because they saw Ruth in their Christmas parade. In another location 5 abortion minded ultrasounds, 3 are choosing to parent. Elf Olympics with Bartle kids, club house at the community with lots of kids and they have invested in the club house as well. Christmas in the Philippines.

Dec 9

Dec 2

Nov 21

Nov 18th, 2021

Marko sharing: Becky moving, cleaning gutters, Patti out in Henderson normal services and then tour dinner and tour with Gideons, church in Nicaragua going as long as God is moving, compared to share your heart in 5 minutes with a timer in the US, coals touching, insights to missions behind the scenes, many stories on Nicaragua.

Nov 11, 2021

Nov 4, 2021

Oct 28,2021

Becky and Bill are buying a new house. We are fully settled into our place on the Living Alternatives campus, high winds today even going to our launch day in Henderson for Ruth, recent tornado watch, a friend's story survived a tornado but the house was gone. Typhoons in the Philippines high winds and monsoon rains and flooding, Marko would send us to evacuate to a safe place and men would stay back to keep boats from washing out, LivingWater sent a box to the Philippines, training/orientation for Living Alternative volunteers (9 for the mobile), scanning someone that has had a previous pregnancy loss and the anxiety (PTSD) that can be stirred up and support and referral offered, Marko volunteering with Awanas, progress on the club house, garage for Ruth having an electrician come for tomorrow to install RV shore power for winter coming. Experienced 3 falls in one year in 2020, leaving the NW going to Minnesota, then to Texas to make up for all the falls we missed in the Philippines.

Oct 21,2021

First trip to the Louisiana border with the mobile, new volunteer training this weekend, Jessica adopted daughter of the Tyrrells, save the shed, built a desk from scrap, studying at a big table, meeting Maria at Nursing school two days after our wedding, talked about our wedding and the Lord's provision, mass weddings in the Philippines, fiestas. fish aren't pretty they are delicious, schedule coming up.

Oct 14, 2021

We love you Becky, didn't do Google Earth pre-navigation had to U-turn Ruth around twice this morning in the dark and in the rain at 6am for a Latino health fair, planning to launch services on the border once a month and Henderson 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 24 pregnancy tests and 13 ultrasounds on Ruth in the month of Sept! An unplanned pregnancy overcoming story of resilience and maturity, 2 weeks fostering a crack baby, bike parts stolen, the Oaks Apartments kids ministry, and then on Hwy 31 Apartments near Trinity Fellowship kids ministry while Patti on bedrest, broke the ice...cream, settling into our new place, 1/2 inch plywood on the burn pile, distribution done in the Philippines, school is still at home in the Philippines, pray for friends for Alexa.

Oct 7, 2021

In our new home on campus of Living Alternatives, the first night there, Lord has provided furniture. Bekah is back in college. Tour of the place. Working at Faith and making the Upper Room at 2 a.m. Story about moving in to the bad part of town, known as "Crack Alley" in Portland, groceries still in the bag stolen. Getting a broken bottle at Mark and being told to give him his money reacted with praising God, be on the offense and introduce yourself. Will and Patty know us from childhood, before Marko and Patti met. Opening our home to occasional homeless, the guy under the bridge, Nicaragua change in perspective, ministering to homeless on the mobile, Fatherheart Maternity Home.  

Aug  25,2021

Marko playing ukulele, concussion symptoms almost gone, technology cutting in and out, Marko is improving from his recent injury doing water therapy twice a week.

Aug 4, 2021

Part 1: Welcome song, happy birthday to Ruthie, Philippine birthday traditions, update on Marko's recovery, car turned in for repair mechanic says "it was dangerous"  God's miraculous financial provision, unboxing of harness, VBS at the Bartles, technical difficulties and zoom or the internet connection dropping the meeting. 

Part 2: Unboxing of harness and tie off, falling from 25 feet from scaffolding that didn't have outriggers, uncle Darrel blessing, "brother Joe" being there this time, the room changing, blessing of support from the board, denying self vs looking out for eachother, Becky blessing for Patti when she got the news.  

July 21, 2021

Update on Marko's recovery after a ladder broke under him and he landed on his head and got a T4 compression fracture, report on Ruth's Grand Opening launch in Athens, and on Patti's trip to the NW, update on Cliff from the Bartles. Prayer for him.

June 9, 2021

Update on the lockdown in the Philippines, Marko's car overheated today but enjoying the day and the moments anyway, Marko called and serenaded Patti, facing trials and challenges consider it all joy, 4-wheeled motor cycle, NPA militia group, riding up to minister in the mountains on bad roads telling the story of falling backward on to the guitar strapped to his back, grant for a new ultrasound just awarded, mobile clinic is being wrapped,  tree house update, designing for varied ages and leading tasks for various age kids that want to help, running youth groups from 3-30 in Trinidad for 2 hours, update on Ruthie's dad, Patti will be visiting Portland for her nephew's wedding in July. 

June 2, 2021

Becky volunteering at Options for a diaper give-away, silly zoom backgrounds, Marko's trip to Oregon and finishing the bamboo bungalow, relationship and the memories it creates is the lasting important thing not the project itself, loved the team building experience it was, turned out well and has built Marko's confidence at what he can create and accomplish, good Star Wars geeking out time with Dain, he is recovering well from his surgery, Patti is still getting the mobile ready (it is getting wrapped now)

. Story about driving the VW van through the Rockies, Bekah hangout weekend, Bekah singing "Be Thou My Vision" at her Baccalaureate 2 years ago re-shared on FB yesterday, Becky hosting Marko last week for Zoom with Zoe, Philippines in lockdown and in panic, no public transportation, ports will freeze as workers are not working, goods will become scarce, those that have money will hoard, those who don't have money won't be able to their small jobs for their small livelihood because of quarantine, so the poor are in a panic, Marko did well in all the travel, pray for Ruthie's dad. will be house-sitting soon, travel distances are relative, it is just a matter of perspective, and Isaac's wedding on June 11th I will fly up to Portland Lord willing.

 

May 26th, 2021

Belize water project with the Grove, Kim's update on Bekah at camp, promoted to leader, Mark growing up going to many camps because he was hard to handle as a kid (climbing trees and exploring), ran youth group like camp, over spring break Easter plays produced and rehearsed 24-7 til Easter, great memories, story of applying to work at Sky Ranch, working at Sky Ranch, leadership training field trips, bring a blessing, writing a camp song "Fine and Dandy", camping style experience has become a part of who we are and how we do ministry like in the Philippines in Pandan and in Nehemiah, we were campers at Hume Lake in the very beginning of our relationship, Marko's story of God's provision to go to Hume Lake and then a job opens up for him, Patti worked the next summer at Hume Lake, Patti got a 1 year scholarship at Hume Lake Christian Camps for Multnomah School of the Bible, married in nursing school, brief mobile update.

May 19th, 2021

Patti & Kim is not feeling well, Marko headed to Albany tomorrow, Bekah arrived in Texas and enjoying camp, Marko has worked with Kim at 3 different camps, Sam Barnhart has COVID please pray for him, Bekah has done really well in school, she applies knowledge well and interjects what she has learned in life, our family did an escape room challenge was so fun each with our own niche (we finished it well and were 7th one this year that successfully completed it), Worship Wash Wednesday fail, how you handle difficulties are important (don't leave Jesus behind), Marko flying into Eugene tomorrow, his host in Albany recently had an appendectomy, Zoe board members are going to come down to join Marko on the 22nd to work on the Bamboo Bungaloo, weather, secret door in the clubhouse with a rope to climb up to the next level, taking apart pallets for free wood, tower work leftovers, good problem of too many resources, Patti writing policies for the mobile clinic and being a people person.

May 12th, 2021

Karen's trip to Arizona, picking up Bekah this weekend at the airport to work this summer in Texas at camp, Marko has a trip to Bamboo Valley coming up, need for a public bathroom for the church in the Philippines, Subangan is going well, dike won't destroy Subangan activity area, projects that they city says they will do doesn't always happen. painting with the community kids on the club house here in Texas, high school youth group painting story at Faith in Portland more hours cleaning up after them and tracking paint on the carpet turned out to be my own shoe causing it, speck in other people's eyes is easier to see than when we have a plank in our own eye, scaffolding incidence, what we learn in the hard times God uses to bring about good and deepening character, challenging identity not about what you do but who you are, Mark's broken feet, loss of our first child at 5 months (21weeks) of pregnancy, Glorybabies (childrensparktyler.com), people grieve differently (crying, talking about it vs not talking and wanting to fix things), a little bit in God's hands is better than a lot a bit in your hands, one stone in little David's hand took down a giant, a few loaves and fishes fed thousands.

April 28th, 2021

COVID tech boom makes thousands of miles away not feel so far, churches have grown with live streaming, now re-openning to meet in person and have grown, got the newsletter, blanket forts, change of address, cutting trail in Trinidad jungle, bamboo grows fast, killing poisonous snakes in Texas and the Philippines, pineapple fields, trading, computers arrived for students, online and module learning, internet receiver in our coconut tree needing regular adjustments, have been back 3 times since, borders closed for now, saying final good-byes and when you say them again it is all bonus, internet communication makes it better because we can video chat and send regular messages. Bekah is going to come to work this summer here in Texas at the near by christian camp. YEY!!! The mobile unit is in the repair shop.

April 14th, 2021   .   

Update on Becky's dad, Grove church meeting update and new app, newsletters, everything is real not set up, blue herring scooping up a fish and flying away, 18 pelicans stopped in our lake, clubhouse update adding siding, blossoms and wild flowers in East Texas, Suya has a hurt back, vaccination status in the Philippines, Bekah has a job at Allaso Ranch this summer, introduction to Sandra, God pursued us before we knew Him, a girl singing my story, hitch hiking, downtown someone witnesses to Marko. Silas has a new puppy: Emmie, the story of the pig that smiled and danced.

April 7th, 2021

Built a shed, out on the mobile unit together, connecting to Athens,  physicians on board and bilingual volunteers, looking for approval on a parking place, we are apart of something bigger when we work together great things happen, we are spoons passing on the soup, we are better together in unity than apart, relief work, the help we got for our rummage sale packing and cleaning to leave the NW, UHaul giving our stuff to launching young adults, teamwork vs unity (becoming one), encouraging that some churches have doubled in size when opening back up, camping with the kids, Regie got a job.

March 24th, 2021.              

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Mark's dream of spending time, mobile clinic exploding, new volunteer diesel mechanic, getting it serviced, first public relations gathering tomorrow with a mayor and community leaders, then driving lessons on friday, 4 hour PR event on Saturday, easy vs hard and God's will, planting seeds and harvesting, learning curve, observing and learning before jumping in, reusing clothes that wash up from the ocean, driving learning curve is various countries, ebb and flow, walking distances meeting people along the way, flooding in Pandan, different toilets in different countries, performing in different sized spaces with or without electricity, Plan A, B, C and usually D.

March 17,2021

Visiting Albany and having a Grove Tour, Bamboo Valley and the Bamboo Bungalow, bamboo winter damage and recovery, good trip to the NW, walking through grief, good time with Bekah and ukuleles, Rainbow Club in many countries, sleeping in a tent in Wadi Rum (where Moses lead the Israelites in the wilderness) and riding a camel, travel tricks, sabbath in Israel, coliseum in Ammon, ancient city defense, Hezekiah Tunnels, the man born blind in John 9 and the obedience of the blind man to go wash in the pool of Siloam that was not easy to get to from the Temple Mount,  Masada, experiencing the Holy Lands helped our bible teaching because we can remember the places and how far places are and just makes it more real.

Mar 10,2021

Tucson, death and grieving, traditions in the Philippines, few minutes notice on preaching at funerals or weddings, getting up set with a kid that was given a blanket and punched another kid to get his blanket, Bekah's bucket story, Radar, coyotes in Arizona, Covid re-opening, gave blood and have antibodies, vaccination.

Mar 3, 2021

 Exploding bamboo in Luzon Philippines, spiritual reasons over physical reasons in Trinidad hone it into spiritual truths, ministering in India being prepared but following God's leading is better strategy, picking up trash in India and not saying anything lead to a bigger open door, God's ways are not our ways, giving and receiving, when ministering be open to be ministered to, picking up a family stranded on the highway in Oregon, be willing to be wrong if you are technically right, being right and doing right are different things, Texas, Oklahoma, and Oregon represented tonight.  

February Video Blogs

Feb 24,2021

Had a large delivery today (mobile unit), orient and driving, making connections, how we know the Tyrerells and how we know the Eylers.

Feb 17, 2021                

 

Weather snow storm, not taking things for granted, power outages, "Gracias El Senior" in Nicaragua and then in the Philippines,  what do we have instead of what do we not have, plan A and B and C, but God works in it all (a vacation that was paid for way in advance lined up with the week after the fire), van breaks down and we hiked the rest of the way, rebuilding houses in the Philippines, everyone is related. Bekah lost internet for a number of days which made online school difficult, a new Philippine visa category has been granted entry (investors), earth balls in the Philippines, Regie passed her boards, friends who lost their son we will head to Portland for a memorial service and support, welcome to visit Albany.

Feb 10, 2021

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Marko making outdoor teaching spaces, interesting eventful weather earthquakes and tsunamis, the joys of recycling and repurposing, Sweets the flying squirrel and pets.

Feb 3, 2021    

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Anniversary, gave blood, medical stories in the Philippines (lots of deliveries), fewer headaches and better sleep.

January Video Blogs

Jan 27, 2021

Leading a patient to Jesus, diaper drive and diaper give-away, anniversary, volunteering at Allaso Ranch, couple other projects, blessing to Kim, oldest adopted daughter got a job, maturing and good decisions.

Jan 20, 2021

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Karen sharing with neighbor, building the doggie ramp, Marko twisted his back, stuck in downtown Port of Spain Trinidad so did some street preaching and sharing of our lunch, Deb recovering, bought a car for Marko, hoopty, God blessing with a french press, saved 2 lives. praying and sharing with patients, flooding in the Philippines.

Jan 14, 2021

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"It seemed like a good idea."      

Jan 6, 2021

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Finishing up with quarantine, feeling better just tired, going to Dallas tomorrow, orientation this weekend, picture in a cloud in India, musical feet with street kid camp in India, treating lice, living with lice keeping them at bay, sleeping under a house on mountain outreach in the Philippines, Marko's song "My Ameoba," fresh news Philippines locking down more to foreigners because of second strain of COVID, vaccine plan.