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Sometimes, I feel like communication with our adoption agency and Ethiopian officials is completely one-sided. We write, we call, but there is no news. Nothing. It is as if they have been snowbound for 6 months and can’t get word to us. It frustrates me. It discourages me. I want to know what is going…
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There are some things that happen in our lives that are absolutely, unexplainable to those who have never lived outside of the US. Often the answer to the big “why” question is, “because we live in China.” And trust me, “Why?” is asked a lot. Please don’t misunderstand. We love Korea and China, but these…
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Merry Christmas to all of you! Our family has been blessed by so many of you. Thank you.
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The news traveled quickly through our community. The man 25 million people called “Dear Leader” was dead.
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Yesterday was the coldest day yet of this winter season. My daily weather text (I can only read the high/low temps-the rest is in Chinese) had the high listed at -10 C or 7 F. It doesn’t appear that we will start to get warmer until sometime mid-January. And actually the temperature will be dropping…
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We have seating for 100 in our restaurant and so we told our kitchen to be prepared to serve 100 people the night of Thanksgiving. We also wanted to be prepared for more than 100, so we asked the kitchen to prep additional food to be cooked as needed. We opened our doors for our…
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Frozen pipes, no hot water…again. Today’s a Korean test. After that a trip outside of town to prep for an upcoming retreat. Tomorrow, teach Thanksgiving dinner recipes to our kitchen workers. Wednesday, more cooking at the restaurant and at home. Thursday, work all day at the restaurant for a Thanksgiving Celebration. Sunday, a gathering at…
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My youngest, Alia, has always been very generous. She is the first one to make the rounds saying “hello” to our workers and giving hugs when we enter our restaurant. She always wants to take a little money outside with her on hot days so she can buy ice-cream treats for her friends. If someone…
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We woke up to snow. It just kept falling and falling. First I asked the question, then the girls asked, “Can we have a snow day today?” (aka a day with no school). But, we live in NE Asia where snow doesn’t seem to hinder the comings and goings of people. We bundled up and…
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Hope you enjoy this 33 minute video showing illogical arguments to support a pro-choice position. ~ David [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y2KsU_dhwI?rel=0]