Category: Family
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Torie and Charis chose the color for their room, ripe banana and spiced orange. The color turned out beautiful. And, yes, the room is as small as it appears. ☺ Soon, we will have pictures of their beautiful, new room up for everyone to see. The problem with painting is the newly painted room makes…
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Within our community we have several families with children. These families are all pretty close knit with one another and with the community. To celebrate some of the students’ academic accomplishments, we gathered to have a special graduation and send-off service.
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We’ve been asking and seeking direction and help in several areas of work here. One of the most pressing is deciding what to do with Gina’s Place, our restaurant. Do we want it to be a tool to really have an impact on our city or should we be satisfied with it’s current role and…
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Yesterday I took a group of 4 girls to the swimming pool. I know you are probably picturing a local outdoor pool where neighborhood kids gather to splash and dunk each other while the moms sit on the edge with legs dangling in the water, absorbing the sun. You just need to throw away that…
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When we traveled around the states, we mentioned a couple of needs that we had. A new project for inside (which is shaping up), a vehicle (we are blessed to be able to use a friend’s vehicle while they are stateside), and additional team-mates were (and still are) our biggest needs. We have really been…
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It has taken a little bit of time for all of us to become steady on our “China legs” once again. It is a little hard to just jump right back in where we left off. We have been asking for opportunities to get involved with local community. So many opportunities have arisen, now we…
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When we think of holidays, we usually think of friends, family, food, and laughter. Celebrating American holidays in a foreign country is no different (just usually heavy on the friends and light on the family). This year, we went out to the countryside and had a family picnic to celebrate the Fourth of July. It…
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Today, I began looking at pictures of M, the little boy who will be my son. He looks a lot like K. They have the same striking eyes, same nose, same chin. He also looks like a thinner-faced J. In fact, we often got their pictures mixed up on first glance. There is no regret…
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Tomorrow is the day. Wow, I can’t believe it really time for us to head back to the big C. It has been such a great trip in so many ways. We have visited with so many friends and we made new ones as well. It is always great to be with family and friends…