Baby Zerr Again (how amazing is this)

Here is the second baby zerr! Due date is May 4th. We are very excited and really look forward to meeting this new bundle of joy. Please continue to pray for both mom and baby.

Trip to Slovakia (articles to read)

Here are a few links to the NLI website that has some article about our time in Slovakia and what Janelle & I were doing there.

Digging Wells for Lipton - by Ronnie Zerr

NLI gives birth to EMERGE - by Linda Howell
EMERGE Testimonies

Hope you are able to take some time to read them and enjoy what they have to share.

Blessings and thanks to all you who make all this possible. We really appreciate your partnership and sharing in all the eternal fruit of our labor.

Caleb as Pooh (halloween special)

Here are some pics of Caleb as Pooh Bear (his favorite) for Halloween.


Janelle and her moms croup had a Halloween party and I am sure he was the star of the show!!!

Mom was a toy box, as we had 90% of the house packed and only boxes and toys around. How creative is that.

Even enough room to fit in a pooh bear!!!

He is the cutest!

NFL in London (Ronnie is blessed)

So two Sundays ago I was blessed with a great surprise by a friend of our here in England.

Our friends name is Lawrence, and him and his son (Josh) had found some tickets on the internet for the NFL game in London between the Chargers & the Saints at Wembley Stadium. They decided that I was a worthy candidate for the extra ticket they had gotten and I was very willing and excited to receive this blessings ;)

After calling me Sunday morning to invite me and let me know that my dream of going to the game had come true. We were off to London early that afternoon, caught a quick nap in the car and help with the guiding to the stadium once we arrived into London. Had some great & crazy driving by Lawrence and found ourselves a place to park near Wembley.

Once we arrived at the stadium (after realizing we could have parked closer for the same price) we took some time to check out the surroundings of Wembley. We then headed into the stadium and found our seats. We had great seats on the 40 yard line up in the 3rd level, but they were still great seats.

Well the first quarter was slow, but after that it was all scoring. We got to witness a great display of offensive prowness from both the Chargers and the Saints. Dree Brees put on a show and I caught myself cheering for both teams (and the guys I have in Fantasy football).

The final score was Saints 37 - Chargers 32, it even came down to the last play of the game with Rivers throwing into the endzone, but no luck. However I would have to say that over 83,000 fans went home with a good impression of American Football and that is a good things.

Thanks Lawrence and Josh!!!

The Broken Car (blessings from heaven)

So we have had a crazy and exciting October. I think most of the craziness began with me getting hit by a lady in the street behind our house and totaling off the old beater.

This was a blessing, as this bad boy was breaking down slowly and would not have been with us much longer. So we have to trust and see that Jesus knew what he was doing.

I was coming out of our yard when a lady was backing up in the alley behind our house. She was looking over her left should (driving on the right side, this is England) and did not see me emerge from her right and stop once I noticed her reversing.

Still waiting to see if insurance deems it mutual fault or her fault. I am convinced it is her fault, but I would say I may be bias.

Busy -but great- Summer

Well its been so long since our last update blog that I'm not too sure where to start. After our return from Spain we had a few visitors. Sheldon from Slovakia and Jeremy from Canada. We had a great time with all visiting and seeing some "British sites".
After a busy summer with going to Canada, Spain, and then having guests for nearly the next month, it was perfect timing to have some quality down time together over the weekend of our 5th wedding anniversary! So I thought that I'd just post some of the highlight photos and fill you in with more of our life later....

5th Anniversary spent at Safari Park

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July Update - Pics Included

We have had a busy and exciting (as always) month of July. Some of the highlights were:


- A trip to Spain to explore a church planting project out there with the Salem Church. We have been working alongside the Salem Churches in Spain for 3 years now training leaders and have developed a great relationship with them. They have a strong desire and passion to see churches planted and people reached with the love of Jesus in Spain. We feel privileged to journey with them and see relevant, community impacting churches initiated, growing and thriving in communities that so desperately need to know the truth and life that only a relationship with Jesus brings. There will be more to follow on Spain in the next year, as I have been asked to give leadership to this project and the work we are doing in Spain as we move forward.

- Janelle was able to join me for the last weekend of the above trip to Spain and meet many of the wonderful people we are working with and building relationships with in Spain. They are wonderful people and I was very honored that they were able to meet Janelle & Caleb and vise versa. We had a great time of fellowship. I was also able to preach at the main church in Madrid on the Sunday, it was one of the larger gathering I have been at in the church with most likely over 800 people there. We had a great time of ministry and many people responded to what God was doing amongst them, through me, that evening.

- We had our good friend Sheldon visit us for a few day here on a work trip. He arrived in the UK the same day we arrived back from Spain. He is a fellow Canadian and NLI missionary and it is always a pleasure to have him in the UK and be able to fellowship and have fun with him.

-We also had my good friend Jeremey from Canada make his summer trip to visit us for 2 weeks. I was great to have Jeremey here with us and be able to host him in this land. The joys of being a teacher having 2 month off to travel the world (oh what we don't give up for Jesus). Jeremey and I spent 2 days in London together which was very memorable indeed! We also went into Oxford for a day to vist CS Lewis' House and visit the famous pub where he and JR Tolkien would hang out, the Eagle & Child. It was so great to have Jeremey here and spend sometime together.

- Our young adults group had a chance to go and hangout one evening at one of the local historic parks called Coombe Abbey. We had a great night together having fun, eating some good BBQ and playing some american football. It was lot of fun teaching them the game and watching them catch on a little and have some fun.

- Unfortunately this month the one mom, other then Janelle (praise God), in her community mom's group who has not had to go through tragedy or hardship up till now, was diagnosed with the same rare condition as one of the other mom's in her group. She is pregnant again and this time they have discovered that she is in a situation that can be life threatening to her and her unborn baby (stage 4 placenta previa). She is currently in hospital at 29 weeks. Thankfully, Sam (the other mom with this complication) has successfully had a beautiful baby girl named Annabel. So we thank you for your prayers and we know that God is able to bring baby and mom through this. Please keep Janelle, this mom (Cheryl) & baby in your prayers.



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Blessings

Ronnie, Janelle & Caleb +

June Update

As many of you are aware the month of June was spent in Canada reconnecting with friends, partners and sharing with many people the heart we have for the people of Europe and how God is using us to see His love shared throughout this great continent. We had a an excellent trip and a great time catching up and spending time with the many people in Canada we love so dearly.

Some of the ministry highlights of our trip back home were:

• Being able to speak in six different church setting, in five different cities about what we are doing with NLI in Europe.
• Being able to preach on four different occasion and seeing a number of new believers come to faith in Jesus and many other believers allowing Holy Spirit to come and heal and empower them, enabling them to be instruments of Jesus to the world they find themselves in.
• Having an opportunity to meet with new contacts and share what God is doing in Europe and how they can get involved.

Some of our personal highlights of our trip back home were:

• Being able to be a part of my Dad's retirement and sharing in honoring him for all the many years(36) of hard work and life, he put into his teaching and investing in the generations of youth.
• Being a part of Kevin and Kristin's Wedding. It was a great time and a great day of celebration.
• Being able to spend some time with and see our wonderful friends.
• Being able to spend time with family and especially for Caleb to have them as a part of his life.

Even though our main purposes for coming back to Canada were to be there for a few significant personal events and to establish partnerships that will enable to continue doing the work God has called us to do here in Europe. It is awesome to know that when you live a surrendered life and are obedient to the things God calls you to do, He is able to do work everything together for our good and allow us to be used in mighty ways to see His love change hearts and lives along the way. This trip was just that for us.

So thank you to so many of you for making this trip so memorable and special. It is always a great pleasure to spend time to together and allow our hearts to be reunited.

Thank you for partnering with us in both finances and prayer. We highly value the role that plays in enabling and releasing us to do the work God has called us to and allows you to share in the eternal fruits of our labour here in Europe.

Spain iTeam - Truly Wonderful

WOW! What an experience this awesome, God ordained mission was.
For any of you who are not sure what Spain iTeam is let me begin by telling you. One of our great STM coordinators had a burden to see those individuals who were not able to be a part of a team mission trip to have an opportunity to still experience the value, benefit and joy of a short term mission. So what he came up with was iTeams.

These are short term mission teams that would be made up of individuals from different churches, cities and even countries. So from May 1-12 I had the privilege of leading the first ever NLI iTeam into the great country of Spain.

14 gifted, talented and uniquely wired individuals who mostly did not know each other were brought together by a common desire to serve the church in Spain and see lives changed by the love of Jesus. This was a truly unique and memorable experience for myself and the others involved.

We spent 12 days in Spain working with and ministering to the church in 4 different cities in Spain. God really put together a great team of individuals who all had their hearts and attitude aligned with their heavenly Father. Two of those guys (Shawn Chapman & Chris Prees) are good friends of mine, and contributed so much to the team, so that made it extra special for me. It was great to have you guys out there serving the kingdom together.

Some of the highlights for me in the 12 days we were there were:

Ministering to around 150 women in a prison outside Madrid. They were so blessed by us being there and moved by what God had to say to them. 38 ladies responded to the message and many tears where captured by God that evening.

Spending an evening with some young couples who are leaders in the church in Toledo. We had a chance to share some wisdom with them & equip them with some practical tools for their marriages. However the best part was praying for each couple individually, God really spoke to them through us and encouraged and edified them with His words of love.

Being able to preach in the church in Cordoba on the last Sunday morning. God really showed up, challenging the people to step out in faith and allow Him to equip and enable them to reach the many who are without Jesus in Spain. Calling them to share His love, mercy, reconciliation and the truth of living an abundant life in relationship with Him.

So we had a lot of fun and I felt really blessed to have this opportunity, joining with all these amazing individuals from Canada, England and Spain to share all that we had to offer.

I hope this inspires you. Maybe this is something for you to consider? If so please let me know as I would love to see any or all of you have an experience like this, it truly is wonderful!

Blessings

Ronnie +

Happy 30th Birthday Ronnie!!!!!

I would just like to take the opportunity to say a huge HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my fabulous husband! In honor and celebration of his 30 years of life I would like to thank him for being the man that he is! Thank you for being such an amazing husband and awesome father! You have led our family with great faith, strength and love. You bring soo much laughter and fun into our home and lives and we are so blessed to have a man like you to lead us through and together in life! May God richly bless this next year of life and the many to follow! We love you! Happy 30th you old man!!!(haha) In light of Ronnie being a big kid at heart and being born in the 70s, I planned a 70's birthday bash for him this past Tuesday. We played lots of goofy games (space hoppers races, hoola hoop contest, pin-the-afro-on-Ronnie, Twister, etc), ate lots of cake and partied in good old 70s style (clothes that is...). Here are some snapsfrom the celebration.

A Trip Down Memory Lane!

Trip Down Memory Lane

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More from the party...

Ronnie's 30 Party

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Cycling Expedition

Mom's been going on about wanting to take me on a bike ride, something about waiting for her bike, fixing her bike after it fell off the car onto the highway on the way home from the shop and then hitching my trailer up to her bike...So I guess we had finally heard the end of this whole saga and were finally ready to roll (literally!) So it was Monday last, a bank holiday and mom had arranged a bike trip with Judith and we were all to go cycling to Coombe Abbey and stop for a tea or something I figured (I've learned that this is what ladies like to do with their spare time!) So we were off, cycling to the lovely land of lush green fields, stream of swans and gardens of glory! However all of a sudden I feel this rattle tat tat, and suddenly the stability I once felt beneath me was gone! Mom came to a screeching halt and began muttering " oh dear, oh no!" Well the nut on her back spoke bearing had come loose and my trailer hitch had followed suit! (fortunately my trailer had a double safety, or so mom says!) We were not impressed to say the least! Anyway Judith had to cycle all the way back home to get the car, and that was that. The cycling trip as we knew it was over! But while Judith cycled home, I got to enjoy my snack and drink, so life wasn't all that bad for me. Then I just got a ride home with Judith while mom cycled uphill all the way home without even getting to Coombe Abbey for tea! I'm not sure why, but as soon as we got home, mom packaged up the trailer back into its box, and now I sit in a bucket seat right behind mom...at least we still get to go biking, I think I could get used to this cycling thing, after all, mom says I'd better!

Fabulous Day out at Sea Life

We went to Sea Life this week for a special family day before Daddy left for Spain for two weeks. We had such a lovely time out! Caleb kept pointing and saying "ohhh" and "ooooo" and "ahhh". He simply loved seeing all the fish and sea creatures swim right by his face. Mom especially loved the turtles and I think that Dad loved it all as well. We got to see Nemo, and Flo and all sorts from the movie "Nemo" and I even got to drive a really cool yellow sports car you see in the pictures. It was such a great day out!!!!!!

"Happy Birthdat to Caleb..."

1st Birthday Celebrations!

"Happy 1st Birthday Caleb!" is how my day began yesterday. Mom and Dad can hardly believe that I'm one already! (I'm not sure why, I'm so big and smart!) What a fun year its been, filled with so much fun, laughter, hugs and giggles! I had a fabulously fun birthday party on Sunday afternoon. I had lots of friends play and party with me. I must say the highlights for me were my friends, balloons, the fab presents I got and tops was the cake and icing on my bear/monkey cake!!! Then on the day of my birthday I got lots of e-cards, and phone calls from Nana, Papa, Gma and Gpa, and other family which was great. Mom also took me to the "Playpit" with Josiah and Sam and we had a blast playing all afternoon. So I must say...I like this Birthday thing! When can we do it again?!