The Dyrud's Great Adventure

We enjoyed a nice break from school and we spent most of it playing with Justice :) Our little ham! Sometimes when Justice gets lonely, Daddy sits in his crib and they have a "man to man" chat. We went back to school this week and our French learning is really increasing. Our teacher is now speaking in French about 90% of the time during class and for homework, we have to have at least 2 petite (small) conversations with Francophones (people who speak French). The students and teachers at the school are very patient as we struggle to conjugate verbs and remember where to place our nouns and adjectives; at this point, it takes us 5 mintues just to say a few sentences but it's great to have people who are willing to listen and lovingly correct your pronunciation and sentence structure :)

Back in 2008 when Rodney returned to MAF for his flight re-evaluation, he spent two weeks prior to that in Tennessee with a man named Ron Royce. Ron was the retired chief flight instructor for Moody Bible Institute and he helped Rodney get up to speed with flight time in a Cessna 206 before Rodney re-took his test. We received word this morning that Ron was killed in an airplane accident yesterday. We would appreciate your prayers for his wife Loretta and their family. We are grateful that Ron is with the Lord and that we will see him again someday. We are thankful for his work with Rodney; Ron played a vital part in Rodney's success. You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done. Chuck Yeager

Justice enjoys helping Mommy in the kitchen; he loves to see what is cooking and wants to help mix whatever is in the bowl :) Justice also loves when Daddy gives him piggy-back rides around the apartment! Introducing our new nephew, Travis Don McCluskey . He was born to my sister Shannon and her husband Rodney last Wednesday, October 14 th . He weighed 11 lb and was 22 inches long. He spent 2 1/2 days in the NICU with low blood sugar, but he was discharged on Saturday night and they are all doing well. I'm sure Emily will be excited to meet her new brother and we are excited to meet Travis in December. Congratulations! Thanks to those who have been praying for Rodney; the medications seem to be working and he is on the mend. We are grateful to have this week off from school so that he can make a full recovery and return to classes next Monday. Here is a short video that we hope you enjoy :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URaxNP-8y6o

Yesterday, October 12th was Canadian Thanksgiving. All of the Language School students got together (about 40 of us) and had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner complete with pumpkin pie :) Thanksgiving is celebrated early in Canada because it starts snowing soon afterwards. When we woke up this morning, the snow was falling :) It only lasted for about an hour and it didn't stay on the ground, but this was the official introduction of winter in Canada! We would appreciate your continued prayers for Rodney; he went to the doctor again today and the doctor said he has some kind of a skin infection. They have given Rodney a topical antibiotic ointment to put on his face along with oral antibiotics that he will be taking. His headaches have decreased and his energy is returning, so we are grateful for that. Here is a video of Justice dancing :) If you can't view it on your e-mail, go to www.dyrudadventure.blogspot.com and view it from the blog. Enjoy!

Sanctuaire du Sacre-Coeur de Beauvoir Jésus a crucifié Jesus crucified (John 19:18) Jésus dans le jardin de Gethsemane Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-39) Jésus et le femme samaritain Jesus and the Samaritan woman (John 4:7) Le bon berger The Good Shepherd (John 10:11, 14) La route à Emmaus The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13)

Spending time with Justice This is the front of our apartment complex; Justice enjoys playing in the leaves. On our field trip to the apple orchard we saw small apples (that tasted bitter) and large Spartan apples that were good in pies We also had fresh squeezed apple juice and we were able to pick apples off the trees in the orchard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flHJPHIzmPA

Sorry everyone. I tried a new way to post the videos and apparently I didn't get it quite right. Go to www.dyrudadventure.blogspot.com to see the videos that I posted. I'll have to try something else next time :)

Justice enjoys having fun at Dave and Brenda's house while Rodney and I are in class and they take great pictures for us :) Today we enjoyed a visit from Dr. Gary and Donna Coombs. Dr. Coombs is the Mission's Pastor at Shadow Mountain Community Church (the church we attend in San Diego). The Coombs' are on the East Coast for a vacation and they drove up to Sherbrooke to spend a few hours with us after class. Here are a few videos of Justice for those who are interested in watching.