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We have a cabbage tree right outside our apartment. Ok, it isn’t really a cabbage tree, but it is a tree with cabbages hanging from it. To understand this strange sight, you need to understand that in China cabbage isn’t just used for food. You can find expensive, actual-sized jade cabbages for sell in almost…
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Last night we learned of a foreign student who killed himself. Today we had the opportunity to meet with friends he left behind. As we talked together, David and I both felt that we needed to be involved in the lives of these students. Sadness at the loss of their friend, confusion as to why…
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I’ve never wanted to live in a community where you could only get in or out by punching in a code or swiping a card. Actually, I don’t even really like the idea of a gated community. Somehow it makes me feel like I’m unavailable and unapproachable, not to mention trapped! But, our apartment complex…
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Last September, we were confident that our kids would soon be home. Yet here we are asking, hoping, pleading that they make it home before Christmas. This is truly the longest, hardest road I have ever traveled and yet I can’t imagine not walking it.
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Rachel, There are so many ways that I feel blessed by you and your sisters. You just turned 17. When we asked what you wanted for your birthday, you told us you just wanted to spend time with your family and friends.
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The last few months, I’ve been on a journey through the Gospels. Yes, I said months. I’ve been slowly reading through and studying the life of Jesus. There has been a desire, more of a yearning actually, to hear and know the words of Christ. Today as I read in Luke 18, verses 18-30 jumped…
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We received news of an upcoming meeting in Ethiopia. As most of you know, our kids were moved back to their “home” region mid July. Because of politics and money flow, hundreds of kids were moved around to different homes. The meeting this week is to discuss our children, and the others like them, who…