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press F5 to view as a slideshow. THIS WILL BE OUR LAST NEWSLETTER BEFORE RETURNING TO TANZANIA, AND IT’S A BIG ONE! DURING OUR TIME IN THE U.S. WE’VE VISITED & BEEN VISITED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO LET’S HAVE A LOOK THROUGH THAT FIRST UP.

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  2. THIS WILL BE OUR LAST NEWSLETTER BEFORE RETURNING TO TANZANIA, AND IT’S A BIG ONE! DURING OUR TIME IN THE U.S. WE’VE VISITED & BEEN VISITED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO LET’S HAVE A LOOK THROUGH THAT FIRST UP.

  3. DALE & TONI SMITH – YOU CAN TELL WHICH OF US THEY WERE MOST INTERESTED IN SEEING. ;)

  4. KELLY BRIAN SOME KID ME CONOR DAVE ANNA SUMMER 1999 DAVE MILLER – DAVE & I USED TO WORK TOGETHER AT SHADOW MOUNTAIN’S HIGH SCHOOL MINISTRY. HE’S A DOCTOR NOW, SO WE MIGHT START SENDING HIM PICS OF ANY STRANGE LUMPS OR RASHES THAT WE GET IN TANZANIA. 

  5. DISSECTING A CAT, H.S. BIOLOGY, 2000 THE BONES AND WEEKS – EMILY & I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER. SHE ALSO USED TO WORK WITH ME AT SHADOW MOUNTAIN.

  6. FAMILY GET-TOGETHER AT THE LEWIS’

  7. FAMILY GET-TOGETHER AT DOHENY STATE BEACH

  8. THE MATHIS ‘CLAN’.

  9. HERE’S A SHOT OF CHRIS, KELLY AND ME IN ROMANIA, 2000 (YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPOT SOME OTHERS IN THERE TOO). CLICK ON THE PIC FOR A VIDEO OF SOME OF OUR FINEST WORK. THE GUESS FAMILY – THEY’RE PREPARING TO GO TO ROMANIA AS MISSIONARIES (MIHAELA’S HOME-LAND). CHRIS & I USED TO WORK TOGETHER.

  10. LUKE & MALIA’S FAVOURITEST TEACHER FROM MUSOMA, LYNDY, CAME TO VISIT US IN SAN DIEGO WHILE SHE IS ON FURLOUGH. WE TOOK HER APPLE PICKING IN JULIAN, WHICH WAS FUN, ALTHOUGH THE $10-BAG OF APPLES THAT WE PICKED COST $5.50 BACK IN TOWN.

  11. WE TOOK HER TO THE SAN DIEGO ZOO, WHERE WE MET UP WITH PAULA & ROBYANN. *NOT A REAL BEAR

  12. TRUST ME, IT’S A SHORTCUT. WHY DIDN’T YOU JUST STOP AND ASK THE MEERKATS LIKE I TOLD YOU TO.

  13. DECEMBER, 1998 JULY, 1995 THE MOLCHANOFFS – DANIEL & I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE HIGH SCHOOL & WERE IN EACH OTHER’S WEDDING.

  14. THE VAUGHANS – ANNA & I WERE IN THE YOUTH GROUP TOGETHER & SHE WAS A BRIDESMAID IN OUR WEDDING.

  15. AUGUST 23, 2003 SPEAKING OF WEDDINGS, WE HAD OUR 8-YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN AUGUST, AND CELEBRATED BY GOING TO BALBOA PARK (WHERE WE WERE MARRIED) & WATCHING THE VIDEO OF THE CEREMONY.

  16. IN AUGUST WE FLEW TO SEATTLE TO VISIT SOME FRIENDS. WE STAYED WITH THE TULLYS, WHOSE KIDS I USED TO BABYSIT WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE.

  17. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE’VE ALL INCREASED A LITTLE SINCE THEN.

  18. ELIZABETH, ABIGAIL & ELLIOT, AUGUST 2011 ELIZABETH, ABIGAIL & LUKE, JUNE 2007

  19. BECAUSE THE EVIL PIGS STOLE THEIR EGGS. WHY ARE THE BIRDS SO ANGRY? THE VEGAS – ADAM WAS THE BEST MAN AT MY WEDDING. ACTUALLY, HE’S THE BEST MAN AT JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING, & STILL BEATS ME AT CHESS, RACQUETBALL & SCRABBLE. I HOLD MY OWN IN TABLE-TENNIS, BUT LEAVE HIM FOR DEAD AT GRAMMAR. IT’S WHAT I DO.

  20. IN JULY MICHAEL SPOKE AT OUR NEWEST SUPPORTING CHURCH, VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH. WE RETURNED A COUPLE WEEKS LATER TO HELP OUT WITH V.B.S. (VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL). GUNNAR HANSON IS THE PASTOR THERE. WE WENT TO BIBLE COLLEGE TOGETHER. GUNNAR IS A FORMER NAVY SEAL, AND A FELLOW COFFEE ADDICT. WE’RE BAD INFLUENCES ON EACH OTHER. 

  21. AT V.B.S., KELLY SHOWED THEM A FEW SWAHILI SONGS, WHILE GUNNAR AND I SNUCK OUT THE BACK AND MADE COFFEE.

  22. Greek Week

  23. Greek Week IN AUGUST, I TOOK AN 8-DAY TRIP TO FRESNO TO PARTICIPATE IN A KOINE GREEK FLUENCY WORKSHOP, RUN BY DR. RANDALL BUTH OF THE BIBLICAL LANGUAGE CENTER. IT WAS A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE, AND WILL GO A LONG WAY IN IMPROVING MY SKILLS IN BIBLE TRANSLATION.

  24. Greek Week MOST OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE EITHER COLLEGE GREEK PROFESSORS OR GREEK ENTHUSIASTS. EVERY DAY, THE FACILITATORS WOULD SPEAK ONLY GREEK TO US. THEY WOULD USUALLY TELL SIMPLE STORIES OR GIVE COMMANDS, AND WE HAD TO FOLLOW THEM.

  25. Greek Week Θαυμαστόν!

  26. Greek Week GREEK SONG THINGS WE DO WITH OUR HANDS CLICK THE IMAGES TO WATCH SHORT CLIPS ON YOUTUBE OF SOME OF OUR CLASS SESSIONS.

  27. Greek Week AND THIS IS A HILARIOUS CLIP WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES OF THINGS WE DO IN THE TOILET. THAT’S RIGHT, THIS IS POTTY HUMOUR AT IT’S FINEST IN 2000 YEARS. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!!

  28. Greek Week JUST SO YOU DON’T THINK IT WAS ALL AS OUTRAGEOUS AS THAT – ONE OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS WAS AT THE END OF EACH DAY, WHEN ONE OF THE FACILITATORS WOULD PRAY IN GREEK. CLICK TO WATCH.

  29. ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, WE WERE THE MISSIONARY OF THE WEEK AT SHADOW MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY CHURCH. CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF US BEING PRAYED FOR IN THE SERVICE.

  30. HOME FOR THOSE WE’RE LEAVING BEHIND, WE’LL MISS YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN KNOW, BUT WE’RE THANKFUL THAT WE LIVE IN AN AGE WHERE WE CAN EMAIL & USE FACEBOOK TO STAY IN TOUCH. SO THIS IS IT, FOLKS. WE‘VE FINISHED OUR FURLOUGH, & WE’RE HEADING BACK (BACK TO THE SCRIPTURE TRANSLATION) TO TANZANIA FOR OUR NEXT 3-YEAR TERM. WE’D LIKE TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED & SUPPORTED US ALONG THE WAY. THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT, & WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM.

  31. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? PREACHER FOR A DAYWhile visiting a new church, the pastor comes over to you just before the service starts and whispers in your ear that he’d like you to preach that morning. What would you do? Leave your comments on our website, or email us and we’ll post them there (if they’re good ).

  32. For Your Prayers: • We leave on Wednesday, September 14 to return to Tanzania for probably three years. Pray for the looong trip, which includes two 10-hour flights and a 10-hour bus ride. More importantly, pray that the next three years would be fruitful for Bible translation. Commit our children to God. Pray for peace for our families left behind. And give thanks to God that we (and you) are allowed to be a part of this plan of his. • Also, some of you might have heard that we were still waiting for our work permits for Tanzania. We were informed this morning that the permits have been granted and we are all set to return to Tanzania, so praise God for having a clear hand in that process. support us support us

  33. LINKS/INFO • To read our blog & join our online discussion click here. To see more about our work, visit thetask.net. • To sign up for newsletter notifications send us an email. • To join our Prayer Team send us an email. • To support us financially go to this link, or send us an email & we’ll send you a card. • Our Tanzania mailing address is: • Michael & Kelly NichollsBox 1235 • Musoma, Tanzania • EAST AFRICA • michael-kelly_nicholls@wbt.org • or catch us on facebook .

  34. PROBABLY IN A MONTH OR TWO WHEN WE GET THE TIME… HMM… TIME… MAYBE WE SHOULD GO FORWARD TO THE PAST, TO A TIME WHEN WE’VE FINSHED ALL THE WORK… EXCEPT I DON’T REALLY BELIEVE IN TIME TRAVEL. I MEAN, SRSLY, IF I TRAVELED TO THE PAST & CHANGED SOMETHING THAT STOPPED ME FROM BEING BORN, HOW WOULD I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO THE PAST TO CHANGE IT? AND THE WHOLE ‘FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT’ THEORY JUST MEANS THAT YOU WATCH WHAT JUST HAPPENED FROM A LONG WAY AWAY. AND IT’S NOT LIKE YOU COULD SEE YOURSELF IN THE FUTURE ANYWAY, BECAUSE IF YOU STEPPED INTO A MAGIC BOX TO TRAVEL TO THE FUTURE, YOUR FUTURE DOUBLE WOULD’T BE THERE BECAUSE HE/SHE STEPPED INTO A MAGIC BOX ONE DAY AND NEVER CAME OUT. SO… HEY THANKS FOR READING ANYWAY. SEE YOU SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. UNLESS YOU’RE IN A BOX.

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