christmas joy

uno, dos, tres, catorce

Who'd have though it would take us 25 years to see these guys?!? But it did. We joined about 30 other staff and friends from St. Andrew's and rented a bus for a road trip to Charlotte for the Vertigo Tour. Several of us made it into the inner circle and then center stage!

More Pictures from Masindi

Just too many memories - and a new friend, Archbishop Henry Orombi and his wife, Mama Phoebe.

Steve Visits The Diocese of Masindi in Uganda

December brought a long awaited two week visit to The Diocese of Masindi in Uganda. Masindi is about a 3 hour drive north/northwest of Kampala. At the invitation of Bishop Stanley Steve and a team from St. Andrew's led a two day clergy conference then visited each of the Archdeaneries of the Diocese over the next several days. The land was amazing and the people were delightful. The love of Christ had never been more tangible to any of us who traveled to Masindi and we were blessed by the Lord's grace as He has led us into a new relationship with these brothers and sisters in Christ. On our last day we traveled to Murchison Falls National Park - the Nile is an impressive river. We stayed at the Masindi Hotel favored by Hemingway and dripping with colonial charm.

Thanksgiving 2005

The Wood boys deep in thought

A Visit from Our Brazilian Daughter

Married to a brilliant young doctor from Recife who is currently engaged in a one year internship at a NYC hospital one of our Brazilian daughters, Marcela, spent a few days with us this fall. It was so good to see her again!

Tim's First NFL Game

A long-suffering Jets fan finally finds the field in his fifteenth year. Fortunately, the Carolina Panthers played the Jets in a 4.00 game allowing Dad to finish Sunday services and make the drive to Charlotte. We had fanstastic 6th row seats. Sadly, the Jets lost.

Back to Ohio for a Good Friend's Wedding

In September Jacqui went back to Ohio for the wedding of a special young woman - hard to believe that she was in our wedding 19 years ago!

Capers Island, SC

Our favorite summer getaway

Aaron Graduates from Wando High School

A great day!! Our family from Ohio joined us as we celebrated Aaron's graduation. A summer of work at Vickery's on Shem Creek awaits before he's off to The University of South Carolina. Aaron, we're proud of you!

Steve's Trip to Israel - March 2005

Fantastic trip to Israel! Having never had the opportunity to visit the Holy Land it was amazing to walk the land of our spiritual ancestors I was overwhelmed to visit sacred places. Highlight of the trip was to preach at the site of the Sermon on the Mount and have a 72 year old lady commit her life to Christ - I baptized her in the Jordan River two days later - it doesn't get any better than that for a preacher!