The McCauleys

Today is going to be a full day.  I, Eric, will teach children’s church this morning.  We will be finishing a flim clip and talking about forgiveness.
After church, we go home and pack for our 2 day GEM Austria Annual Strategic Planning Retreat.  I am excited because I think it will be very good for [...]

I must admit, this is not my usual morning routine but today this is exactly what I did with 4 other co-workers.  Getting visas is an important thing when living in another country so we are willing to stand outside in the cold for an hour in hopes of securing a coveted visa.  It seems [...]

We have been enjoying Elena’s first Christmas with us.
On Christmas Eve, after we read the Chrismas story from Luke and have a time of prayer we usually open our Presents then.  Kati passed out everyones present so we all had ours in front of us then we take turns opening each present seeing what the [...]

I am trying to get caught up a bit on this site.
A few weeks ago Kati’s kindergarten celebrated Lantern Fest.  (Visit the picasa link below to see more)
The children made small lanterns (flashlights) and we walked around the neighborhood singing some songs.  After the walk a “fire balloon” was set off, pictures are [...]

This week Kati’s kindergarten had a visitor, Nikolaus.
Ttraditionally children here would put out a boot between Dec. 5th and Dec. 6th and St. Nikolaus would put small change to the ones who were well behaved.  Kati had fun and I am not sure if she thinks he is real or not.  We have talked about [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!
We are thankful to be back on line after a week of not having any internet access.  I never knew just how dependant I was on it. 
We have celebrated Thanksgiving with some really good friends and it was great fun. Right now everyone is sprawled out all over our house sleeping.  I had [...]

I wanted to give a short update from the 23rd.
There were over 10,000 prayers offered up for Europe on the 23rd. GEM has an interactive map of Europe that people can go to, click on a country and see 10 pictures and specific things to pray for that country for.
I just checked and there [...]

Soren Anders McCauley was born on October 28th. Weighing in at 7 lbs & 2 oz and was 20 inches.
We are rejoycing with my brother Andrew and his wife Kristi with their first child!
It is kinda fun to see the little cap he is wearing because it was the same one that the Hospital in [...]

Today is the Greater Europe Mission  Europe Prayer Initiative
They have made an interactive site that includes all European countries that you can click on.  It takes you to a country profile and then also has 10 points of prayer with pictures.  After you have prayed for Austria and other countries you can click a button [...]

Greater Europe Mission is gearing up for a day of prayer that focuses on Europe.
On October 23rd anyone can visit this website and will be able to select any European country and see pictures with specific prayer requests. If you go there now you can sign up to be reminded on the 23rd via [...]