Hannah Cottrill

7 February 2020

The Colombia Team Lands (and how to find them online)

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Well, if they’re on schedule, the Prairie Christian Academy team has just landed in BogotÃ¡, Colombia!

If you received our recent newsletter (and if you haven’t, you should soon, if you’re on our Support Team), you know that Hannah is part of a team of women who are on a missions trip to Colombia. They will be involved mostly in children’s ministry, especially in poorer areas.

We would appreciate your prayers for Hannah and her team mates! They’ve had a long trip, and after a rest tonight they’ll hit the ground running tomorrow (Saturday). They leave Colombia on the 17th, arriving back home on the 18th.

Interestingly enough, BogotÃ¡ is almost 400 metres higher than Ixtapaluca, at 2640! So even though it’s further south than we are, it’s actually slightly cooler at this time of year (down to 6â„ƒ / 43â„‰ tonight). But that’s better than Three Hills at -9â„ƒ! So I’m sure they’ll be enjoying the climate change.

If you’d like to follow the adventures of the team, check out:

The Adventures of the 2020 Colombia Team (Facebook)
pca_colombia_teams (Instagram)
PCA Colombia Teams (blog) (you can also read posts from previous teams here)

28 April 2013

Hannah Graduates

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From what? you may ask.

Well, Tuesday is Children’s Day here in Mexico (in case you’re wondering, it’s the 20th of November in the rest of North America). So they started a tradition in our church. When a child close to turning 12, they “graduate” from the children’s activities and enter the youth group.

So, Hannah, along with four other kids, “graduated” today.

A special program was planned. Unfortunately, a few things went awry. First, the organizer wasn’t able to come for health reasons. And then, during the program, it started to rain.

But it takes more than rain to dampen spirits around here! With some last minute (or long after last minute) planning and organizing, there was a short program, prizes, and ice cream (what can go wrong if you have ice cream?). And a good turn-out.

So – what happened to those 12 years anyway? It’s been our joy to see Hannah grow in the Lord. We’ve seen a desire in her to learn from God’s Word and share her faith. It’s been great to have 12 years to get to know her – and I hope we have many more!

Â¡Felicidades, Hannah!

14 August 2008

Banished to Paperwork Mountain

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I feel like I was put in jail and forced to make license plates all day. But actually, no one forced me, and it wasn’t license plates. And it wasn’t jail. It was school paperwork.

That’s right, paperwork for school registration for Nathanael and Hannah. Photos, medical information, vital statistics, legal stuff – these schools will soon know all there is to know about our kids, except maybe what they had for lunch today.

Anyway, we still don’t have all the paperwork they require, but we’re hoping they’ll be able to wait on the rest, and will be satisfied with the papers that they are about to get buried under.

We have to bring photos to the school, so I thought you’d enjoy seeing some of the shots I took yesterday. If you want to see a larger version, just click on the photo pile itself to go to our Photo Gallery.