Val
& Mike's MCC Assignment Webpage
Hi!
June 16, 2005: I have now been working at the National Research Council Canada's Institute for Biodiagnostics for nearly a year. I started with a six month contract which was then extended to a year. After waiting for well over a month to find out whether I would be offered another contract I will now start a new two year contract with NRC in July. I had to go through a big interview process at NRC and was offered a job by another company in the interim but am happy with the outcome. At this point two years sounds like a long time to be sure of a job.
Laurel continues to grow and develop - she is much bigger than Alayna was at her age, is just starting to roll over and does a lot of reaching for things. Last week we moved her from the cradle she was sleeping in to a crib.
Alayna is speaking in complete sentences (OK not always but I am amazed at how her grammar is improving) and is a wonderful big sister. Besides the occasional battle of the wills with her parents she is a joy to be around.
Valerie is at home full time and that keeps her more than busy for now. She takes the girls to a couple of playgroups a week (one at Charleswood Mennonite Church and the other at a school) along with usually a couple more outings. Tuesday afternoons she's been doing some Greek study with her dad which seems to be going well.
February 2, 2005: Laurel Irene Smith was born on Monday, January 31. Valerie and Laurel are both healthy and doing as well as can be expected. After a short 25 hour stay at the hospital we are all at home adjusting to this new family member. I am taking 5 weeks of parental leave so that should make the adjustment a lot smoother. I hope to keep updated pictures posted here
January 24, 2005: I guess at some point we'll have to get some other things up on a website besides Bosnia and Alayna but not today. We've now been back in Winnipeg for over a year. I'm settling in to my job at the National Research Council Canada's Institute for Biodiagnostics. My contract there is currently to the end of July, 2005. We've bought a house which we moved into in December and are awaiting the birth of our second child any day now.
Blessings,
Michael
You can contact us via e-mail at: mikeandvalsmith@yahoo.ca
(please excuse the advertising - the cost of a
"free" website)
What's New on the Webpage
June, 2005:
- Added links to Bread of Life websites
- Finally got some more pictures of Laurel up
- Added a couple of videos of Alayna (AVI format, sorry they're kind of large):
Kiss (1.6MB),
Come Lord Jesus (6.5MB)
February 10, 2005:
- Added more pictures of Laurel
February 2, 2005:
- Added a page for Laurel Irene Smith and pictures
January 24, 2005:
- Added more pictures of Alayna
January 20, 2005:
- Added more pictures of Alayna
September 11, 2004:
- Added more pictures of Alayna
June, 2004:
- Added more pictures of Alayna
April 12, 2004:
- Added pictures from Alayna's birthday
January 29, 2004:
- Added more pictures of Alayna
November 8, 2003:
- Added slide show of pictures from the former Yugoslavia
- Added more pictures of Alayna
August, 2003:
- Added more pictures of Alayna
March 28-31, 2003:
- Added pictures of our new baby daughter, Alayna Katherine Smith
October 6, 2001:
- Added 5 stories from May 2001
- Added 2 stories from Sept 2001
- Moved 'A Prayer for Yugoslavia' to the Archive
July 29, 2001:
- Added pictures from Prijedor.
- Rearranged the Prijedor page and added a new 'scenery
& miscellaneous' category for pictures.
December 22, 2000:
- Added several pictures from Belgrade.
- Text added to all pictures pages.
- One picture added to the Sarajevo pictures page.
Pictures
Slideshow of Former Yugoslavia Pictures,
We have used this slide show for a couple of presentations already. A lot of the pictures are ours but some of them came from our parents and others from fellow MCCers John & Karin Kaufman-Wall
(Right click and 'save target as' to download file. The slide show is a Power Point presentation. There is audio that we put with it for our presentations, email us if you are interested.)
Laurel
Alayna
Prijedor
Sarajevo
Belgrade
Scenery
& Miscellaneous
Zip File of Big Pictures from: Prijedor
Distribution, Prijedor Office, Sarajevo, Belgrade, or Scenery & Miscellaneous
(for zip files right click on the name and 'save as' then
you need to unzip)
Stories
The following are stories about people who have received
aid from Bread of Life Prijedor. Please
do not use these stories without prior consultation with
Michael and Valerie Smith. Thank you.
September 2001
A
Strong Marriage
There's
No Place Like Home
May 2001
Radan
& Milan Mikiæ
Zorica
& Radomir Milinkoviæ
Slavko
& Milka Skoriæ
Milka,
Vojislav, Uros, & Dejan Kukolj
Mira
& *arko Strbac
Miscellaneous
Links
Bread of Life Prijedor
Bread of Life Belgrade
Mennonite
Central Committee
Oci u Oci
(Face to Face, an intereligious dialogue organization in
Sarajevo)
Archive
 hits since October 1, 2000
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