Each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. <\/strong>Eph 5:33<\/em><\/p>\n Randy is active in the Technical (sound)\u00a0Ministry at Lighthouse, working with the kids’ program.\u00a0 After spending the better part of 26 years working for the same company, he began a new phase in his professional life as Director of Information Technology for the Puyallup School District<\/a>.\u00a0 He thoroughly enjoys his job – especially being back in education, where he thought he’d end up after high school.\u00a0\u00a0He is a group leader\u00a0in Bible Study Fellowship<\/a> (BSF).\u00a0 He enjoys baseball (of course), sailing occasionally, technical gadgets, and working in the yard.\u00a0 He is enjoying having kids at home again!!<\/p>\n Sary-Jo\u00a0continues to attend BSF (this is her 10th year).\u00a0 This is her second time through the study of the Acts of the Apostles.\u00a0 She loves the historical and social backgrounds, original language meanings, and inter-connections of various passages, people, and books that the notes offer.\u00a0 The questions\u00a0can be\u00a0challenging and the lectures provide food for thought and meaningful applications.\u00a0\u00a0At Lighthouse she volunteers in\u00a0children’s ministries.\u00a0\u00a0She is fortunate to work at Karshner\u00a0Elementary, our neighborhood school, where she enjoys her small reading groups (grades first to sixth). \u00a0She\u00a0loves her schedule\u00a0 – part time\/mornings – as it allows her time to run errands and take care of household responsibilities before the boys get out of school and\u00a0“mom school” begins.\u00a0\u00a0 Sary-Jo is basically a homebody and a mom at heart.<\/p>\n Sarah and Kyle\u00a0live in\u00a0Charleston, SC.\u00a0 Kyle is a C-17 pilot with the United States Air Force.\u00a0 He is currently adding another aircraft as he is in training to fly the MC-12 in preparation for upcoming deployment.\u00a0 He\u00a0fishes\u00a0whenever possible.\u00a0 Sarah works for Cultural Homestay International<\/a>.\u00a0 In South Carolina she\u00a0continues to match foreign exchange students\u00a0with host families as well as develop this new territory for CHI.\u00a0\u00a0 Both of them enjoy camping and cooking.\u00a0 They are doing well but we miss them.\u00a0 Sara, from Spain, has joined their household this school year.<\/p>\n Janel and Ryan live in San Mateo, CA.\u00a0 She completed her Sign Language training and worked as an interpreter in her local school district.\u00a0 This year, she was hired as a teacher of American Sign Language at Mid-Peninsula High School!\u00a0 She is excited and is a\u00a0gifted teacher (Sary-Jo recently saw her in action)!\u00a0\u00a0She is also the cheer coach for Capuchino High School in San Bruno. \u00a0Ryan has a technical support job with a business software firm.\u00a0 They are avid Giants<\/em> fans.\u00a0 As with Sarah and Kyle, we wish they lived nearby so we could see them more often.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"http:\/\/photos.averillnet.com\/Other\/Misc\/CoughranAverill9524\/1095308234_zK927-S.jpg\" "\\"Our")
We\u00a0have been married almost 33 years and are still very much in love.\u00a0 We love to serve the Lord, and have a heart to see married couples experience the best that God has for them. To that end, we\u00a0have been\u00a0active in\u00a0various ministries\u00a0at\u00a0 Lighthouse Christian Center<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0We also have a heart for children.\u00a0\u00a0In 2008\u00a0we earned our Foster License, but God\u00a0closed the door on Foster Parenting for us.\u00a0 To our surprise, He has clearly called us to adopt… from Ethiopia!\u00a0\u00a0We\u00a0submitted our application January of 2009\u00a0and traveled to Ethiopia\u00a0to bring Daniel (now 11) and David (now 9) home in September 2009.\u00a0 \u00a0We are once again a household of four and learning to adjust to our “new normal” and the challenges that\u00a0go along with raising two older boys.\u00a0 Read “Us, Adopt?<\/a>”\u00a0to learn how and why we embarked on this journey and follow\u00a0the main blog page for updates.<\/p>\n