We are the Friesen's: What We Like To Do....

Welcome....Here's a glimpse of our happenings!

The verses that have REALLY spoken to me (Sarah) lately....

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock." Matthew 7:24-25

Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. I Peter 5:8-9

From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.' Acts 17:26-28

May the words of my mouth and the mediation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock, and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14

So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. Walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess. Deuteronomy 5:32-33

God, our God, will take care of the hidden things but the revealed things are our business. It's up to us and our children to attend to all the terms in this Revelation. Deuteronomy 29:29 (The Message)

Monday, July 7, 2008

What We Like To Do....

This may not be the most exciting post (with no photos), but we figure we'd share a bit about what we like to do.

Most of you know that we both like to run (Sarah's on a bit of a hiatus right now, however). Marc runs quite a few marathons and ultra-marathons as well as shorter distances. Marc also does tae kwon do, and he enjoys weather (he does do daily weather readings for the National Weather Service). Sarah enjoys reading and hanging out with friends (Marc would say she also enjoys talking). We both really enjoy traveling, and some of our favorite trips together have included Hawaii, New York City, the Northeast USA (VT, NH, ME, MA), and northern California and Oregon. Our last big trip was a trip with our good friends from Manitoba down to the Florida Keys (very relaxing and enjoyable as well). Our travel habits will drastically change after our child is born, but we hope to instill the love of travel in him as well.

Over the 4th of July weekend, we really enjoyed watching quite a bit of the Olympic trials -- mainly swimming and track and field, of course. It'll be exciting to watch the Beijing Olympics in August. Our son will get an early glimpse of the Olympics in his life!

The other hobby we have in July is to watch and closely follow the "Tour de France" cycling race. Marc has liked to watch it for years, and since marriage, Sarah has really gotten into watching it closely as well. It's an amazing race of endurance, competition, and interesting strategies. Plus, as a bonus, there's some pretty good European scenery to see (at least on TV). One of our travel goals in life is to someday get to watch at least part of the race in person (it's actually 3 weeks long).

So, there's a glimpse into our lives outside of work. We realize many of you that read this blog know us fairly well, but perhaps some of you learned something you didn't realize about us.