http://vickio.net Chris & Emily Vickio Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:04:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While we were in North Carolina earlier this month visiting Emily's grandparents, we did some geocaching and made a video of our adventure with Emily's brother and my sisters: Lake House Geocaching http://vickio.net/2008/08/geocaching-video/ We've been very busy lately with camp weeks, which is great since we love camp, but it's also very draining! Two weeks ago we were the mission for MMAD week at DCSC. For those that aren't familiar with that week, MMAD stands for Music Multimedia Art and Drama. The youth ... http://vickio.net/2008/08/camp/ Sunday morning we briefly spoke at Capitol City Church of Christ in Dover, DE. They were already quite familiar with Bible Translation and PBT since they are Brian Paris' home church (in fact, it was through Brian that we first learned about PBT). We are very grateful for their hospitality ... http://vickio.net/2008/07/american-dream/ Last Sunday we presented at Dagsboro Church of Christ in the morning, and then Countryside Christian Church (in Cambridge, MD) in the evening. Both presentations went well. Both of the time slots for these presentations were a little shorter than we have had in the past, so we are learning ... http://vickio.net/2008/07/dagsboro-and-countryside/ Sunday night we had the opportunity to give our presentation at the Ocean View Church of Christ. We really appreciated their generosity and support and are looking forward to seeing the great partnerships and relationships that will develop between us! It was a great night. During the beginning of the service ... http://vickio.net/2008/06/ocean-view-presentation/ Our first set of informational brochures arrived from the printer this week! I really enjoyed designing it and am glad to see the finished product. We will be sending these to the churches we've been to already and will be bringing them with us to our future speaking engagements as ... http://vickio.net/2008/06/new-brochures-have-arrived/ We're now back home and mostly unpacked from our trip to Dallas for PMI2. We had an awesome time meeting up with friends and learning more about the organization. The classes were just what we needed, preparing us for life as full-time missionaries. The praise and worship times were amazing. ... http://vickio.net/2008/06/back-from-pmi/ Today we arrived in Dallas, TX (at the PBT headquarters) for Pioneer Mission Instute (PMI). It's a week long intensive training that PBT puts on every year. There are two main sets of classes that happen during the day - PMI 1 and PMI 2. PMI 1 is for discovering ... http://vickio.net/2008/06/pmi-2-training-in-dallas/ If you can read this, the web site is online and mostly functioning. Right now we just have the basic info, but we will be keeping this up to date with the latest travels and happenings, plus we will be posting lots of photos, so stay tuned! http://vickio.net/2008/06/web-site-is-live/ Sunday night we had the opportunity to do our PD presentation at the Milford Church of Christ. We are very appreciative of them for hosting us. We feel like we established some new relationships as well as strengthened some already existing ones. This was the first time we used our own ... http://vickio.net/2008/06/presentation-at-milford/