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Great Work Stephen!

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so should I make the move? I am considering using www.mikelibolt.wordpress.com, so give it a look-see and tell me what you think.

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This past week I got a look at what lay ahead for me in my work and I must say, it's exciting!I not only get to improve and expand my passion to help develop people for Kingdom work, but now get to coach newly married couples as well as per-marrieds as they navigate though the first critical years of marriage. I also have the oportunity to lead a team of people who will be insrumental in what i

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On Sunday night during Re:Hope's Church service I was standing at the back looking at all that was going on. Sometimes it is critical for me to just stop, yes even in worship, and look around me. I absorb all that is going on, I take it in and it's great. What? you ask. Well that night, as I paused, I took in a couple people standing up in the balcony, out of the sight of most, just praying

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So finally the illnesses are gone and we usher in the new year in good health. Mike

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this morning as I was helping Stella overcome a coughing spell, and listining to the sound of my wife clear her plugged lungs, I thought, this is the type of moment when our heavenly Father jus wants us to simply turn to him and ask for healing and help. A sick home is not an uncommon thing around the Chistmas Holiday's, which is why we so quickly make the mistake of not looking to God for help.

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So here I am back in the States for the next week and 5 days. And today was struck again with the overwhelmedness of what God has done with us in the last 4 years. As someone who depends of the support of others I often find myself in the position of feeling like I have to sell myself and talk about how amazing I am. Don't think, cuz it's not, that my supporters make me feel this, they don't

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I am bad.I should do this more, right?So we have been good here in Glasgow. Adjustment back has been slow, but it's coming along none the less. Some of the things that I had on my "non work" to do list when I got back here was: To get my UK driving license.To have our car repaired.I have et to pass my practical Uk driving test - man it is hard!!! And even worse I found out today that our car is

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Thanks to everyone for giving Olivia the birthday every 5 year old girl wants. We had 11 five year old girls over that day to celebate - and we survived! In other news we are doing really well. We have made some adjustments to our routine and things seem to be move smoothly now. Jae has been Christmas craft crazy lately - this was all kicked off by a great party that she had at our house with a

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I don't know what to say.... We are doing well, we have had some nice weather lately.Re:Hope church is gearing up for the huge wave of new college students who will flood our west end location. We have feasts and other great welcoming events planned for these students and our regulars. Please continue to pray for us as we seek hard after God and the course He has set for us.Thanks

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Well Olivia has begun the schooling chapter of her life. How long this chapter goes is up to her. Not even falling down the stairs to meet her parents today and locking herself into the bathroom stall on her second day could take away from her love for school. Less then a week into it and she is already more level-headed and generally happy. She is like a sponge right now, just taking in

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Well Noah was a bit unsure about little Stella at first, but now he gets excited when he sees her, and keeps kissing the top of her head!

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It was love at first sight for Olivia.....she is quite taken with her little sister.

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Here's us right after the birth! Two relieved and happy parents, and one calm little baby!

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6lbs 8oz21" longborn 2:31am July 18th perfect little peanut

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One of my key responsabilities at work is to lead our 9-14 day short term missional experiences. So in the middle of May I hosted 6 Azusa Pacific students and 2 others from other parts of the States. They were a great group of young people, we were really blessed to have them journey with us for a week or so. While they are with us here they receive some of our core teaching in the areas of

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If you were to login to the Multnomah Alumni 10 year reunion internet page and look up the profile of one Mike Libolt, this is what you would find. This may alert some of you as to my health, both mental and physical. I am here just to tell you that I am feeling fine. Hope you are well!

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What is that look in his eye? Well we had had a crazy two weeks or so. I will spare you the details only to say I have learned so much from it all. Over the past 4 years I have felt like I have platued spiritually at a level of maturity that I was not comfortable with. Recently, this "next step of spiritual maturity" has found me. God is shaping me and using me, but this molding comes with

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A sleepy day on the West End of Glasgow.This past week we were paid a visit by CRM's Staff Develpment and Care Team. This gave us (NieuCommunities) a well needed break from the normal pace, and time to unload as a team. You might think that living in "community" sounds easy - but for many reasons it seems to have gotten complicated. This is free: An important thing to keep in mind when living

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This is the little one who is nameless. Why is it that boy names are so hard to come up with, I guess we should hope for a girl then.

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First, a quick reminder to check out our flickr link to view more photos. Go ahead, check it out now.Well lately Jae and I have been reminded of the burdens of pregnancy. You may ask "Mike you are not the one with a being growing in side you, what possible burden could you have?" Mmm. At this point I should say, "good point, my bad!" but its not a good point, not at all. Listen to this, and

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As many of you know, Jae and I packed up the kids and made our way to North America for the holidays. A well needed break was in order, and I needed to attend a "new staff" oreintation toward the end of January. The whole trip was a great blessing to us, we didn't get to see all of you, but felt very supported nonetheless. I came with the plan of broadening and deepinging our financial support

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I know that it has been a while, so here, let me blow the dust off this blog, and update you all on how we are doing.Early in the fall Jae had an opportunity to travel south to Paris and visit her Mom. Trips like these a very easy for us and cost very little to boot.After their wonderful trip around the Mediteranian Coast with their dear friends the Johnsons, Mom and Dad McDonald stopped and paid

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For now we are done with our Short-term trips. These have proven to be a nice change in pace, plus we get to meet new people and encourage them in their relationship with Christ. Road Trips, as we call them, are also our best tool for recruiting new 42 week participants. If you are an RT alumni reading this then you know who you are.God has been good, and even in this busy time of the year we

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Thank you to everone for a great time back in North America. We had a a lot of fun and miss you all very much.

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Disney was a lot to take in for Noah buddy, but he did great and had loads of fun just hang'en out, and catching the monorail.Disneyland is not for the weak. We found ourselves pushed to the limit often. Even for an "urban family", manuvering throughout the day just did us in. We know now what we will do different next time - but we totally had fun, just look at us!Though her eyes were closed

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Well our summer has come to a close and we are now safely back in Glasgow soaking up the liquid sunshine. We will coninue to update this blog with all of our summer highlights starting with the CRM WorldWideConference. As you can tell from this picture California was good to us. We had wonderful weather and great fellowship with old friends and new ones as well! What a great time.Thank you to

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We celebrated Mike's birthday this week, with a few extra guests. This week our team is hosting a group of "Road Trippers". The Road Trip is designed to give them a 10-day taste of Nieu Communities Glasgow. So far it's been a great week, and we've even had nice Spring weather! We are also anticipating our furlough, we leave in a week!! There's so much to do, so little time.... Please pray

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This past Saturday we celebrated Noah's first birthday! It's hard to believe our little man is already a year old. We celebrated with family and friends and Noah had a great time (apart from a wee allergic reaction and meltdown...but you can't win 'em all). Turns out Noah has a love/hate relationship with chocolate icing!

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What an amazing week we had in Portugal!! We enjoyed sunshine and the beach, and a great time together as a team. Portugal is a beautiful country with friendly people who loved our kids! The hardest part was coming back to the rain...but the week away was such a gift! Now we are trying to re-engage our life, resisting the attempts of the enemy to discourage and distract us after such a great

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Olivia & Noah were in heaven this past week, enjoying a visit from "Bapa & Nana"! We had a lovely week (well not the weather, but the company) which went by way too quickly. Thanks for a wonderful week Mom & Dad!Over the next two months we have a lot happening, and before we know it we'll be preparing for our furlough in the States & Canada! We'll keep you posted on what's next for us....and

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Though this type of weather is not unheard of this time of the year, today's storm has taken Glasgow by some what of a suprise. Thousands of people are stranded in the city due to transport cancelations and road closers, however spirits are good, at least here on the more calm "west End". People are out playing and having a good time - it really was a great snow fall, so silent and peaceful.

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Here it is our long awaited intro to 2006 newsletter! It sould be arriving in your mail boxes soon.We hope you enjoy it, and that it helps give you a better understanding of the Spirits movement here in Glasgow.Blessing to you!Mike

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February has been a great month for me! After my return from France, I had a dear friend come and visit for a few days. We had a great time together catching up (she was a roommate in College who I haven't seen for almost four years), seeing a bit of Scotland together and visiting A LOT of coffee shops :) The winter months can seem long and dark here in Scotland, it was nice to have the treat

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Well, after making it through the dreary month of January, I had the chance to get away to France, for the CRM International Staff Women's retreat. I was able to spend Feb 1-5 in beautiful Peillonex, France (just 30 minutes from Geneva, Switzerland) with some amazing women of God. I wasn't sure what to expect going into the conference, to be honest I was a bit anxious about just how "deep" it

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This is Sarah, one of our staff, serving food at a thanksgiving meal we hosted at the Glasgow City Mission. This event was attended by roughly 80 or 90 of our community friends! This was a shock to us all, until then we had no idea how large the impact of NieuCommunities has been in Glasgow. Since then we have just continued to see God's favor resting on our work. Please continue your

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We've had a busy month celebrating the birth of our Savior, bringing in the New Year, and celebrating Jae's birthday! We enjoyed a visit with Jae's parents over the holidays which was such a blessing to us. 2006 promises to be another year of challenges and blessings and we look forward to what's ahead for our family. Please pray for the deepening of the relationships we have already formed

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This past Friday Mike and Tim had the opportunity to teach an Evangelism Training workshop for CMF (Christian Medical Fellowship) on the University of Glasgow campus. It was a great experience to meet many students and to equip them with tools to share their Faith with other students. Mike and Tim now plan develop a set curriculum that they can use for this type of training in the future.

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Praise God for a great Thanksgiving Feast! This past Thursday, the church plant Re:Hope along with the Nieu Communities staff, hosted a Thanksgiving Feast, and anyone and everyone was invited. 80-90 people ate together at the Glasgow City Mission (who generously let us use their facility). Side by side, believers and non-believers breaking bread together. It was pretty powerful to see people

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Last week Olivia started Nursery school at a little Nursery a few blocks from our flat. As parents we were a bit nervous about how she would do, but she absolutely loved it! Showing no shyness whatsoever, when asked what her favorite song was (in front of the whole class), Olivia proceeded to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star from start to finish all by herself! I couldn't help but be amazed by

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This past Friday we celebrated Olivia's 3rd birthday! We had a party at our house and she had a great time with her friends. She is growing up so quickly, she will soon be starting "nursery" school. Olivia is a happy, loveable little girl, she loves her ballet class and any time spent with her friends. Please continue to pray for her safety in the big city, that she be able to adjust well to

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Normally this tool is used to assist in changing a tire, however the other day I walked across one man hitting another man with this exact instrument. I don't know what they were fighting about, but the look in both their eyes was that of fear and anger. I managed to get ahold of the metal bar and remove it only to find that neither men were interested in receiving any further help, both just

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Nieu communites Glasgow is made up of 20 fulltime missionary staff. We are a close community of friends, focused on discipling this next generation. We get many opportunities to minister to each other as well, this picture was taken in my flat of our team worshiping during an extended staff meeting.Please continue to pray that our team here stays united in purpose and in heart.

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Noah is a great boy. He is always an easy smile, a happy face. He loves others and really, really likes his food .... now! He is a perfect reminder of God's goodness and his creativity. Please pray for him that he might grow in the strength and knowledge of God, and that he my continue to be healthy and happy.

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Cute, and Cute Originally uploaded by mlibolt27. enjoy some pics while I figure this Blog thing out. I will also begin writing more family info once I get this working.

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