Author Archives: Candy Troutman

#40Yearsin40ishDays  1993 and that means our last move for the next 24 years and counting! Hooray! We finally grew up, bought a house and settled down. Scott began to teach himself about computers. He tore them apart and put them back together. He read books. He discovered the rudimentary beginnings of the World Wide WebContinue reading “#40Yearsin40ishDays 1993”

#40Yearsin40ishDays  1992 brought another move. Can you believe it?! When we look back, neither can we. By then, I was an expert at packing up houses and organizing moving crews. The school the kids had to go was a long bus ride away. It wasn’t even part of our community. The boundaries were crazy asContinue reading “#40Yearsin40ishDays 1992”

#40Years40ishDays  1991 brought great stories to tell! The first story begins in February of this year. Scott and Adam had missed dinner and we were late for Bible Study. I was fit to be tied because that’s how I rolled back then. #NoCellPhones  I was about to leave the house with Abbey and go toContinue reading “#40Years40ishDays 1991”

#40Yearsin40-ishDays  1990 began with another move. Our landlords were returning from law school back east and wanted to move back into their house. The thought of packing up the house again was very discouraging but pack up I did. We chose a rental in west Boise because we knew the new church plant would beContinue reading “#40Yearsin40-ishDays 1990”

#40Yearsin40Days  1989:  Another year of unrest, unsettled, unfamiliar, unknown, our little family spent the next ten months in the Sun Valley area. In the spring, the snow began to melt and we discovered we had a beautiful yard. It even had a small creek in the back yard with a little bridge over it. ButContinue reading “#40Yearsin40Days 1989”