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Yesterday I had a wonderful time with my friend Ximena. We went out for coffee and talked straight for two hours. My Spanish was a little rusty, but she helped me through expressing my thoughts in another language, we were able to relate about more personal...
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We are still in Spokane, Washington. We have had several times of visiting a RV dealership in town to fix a hydraulic issue. On Monday night we drove and parked overnight to miss the morning traffic. This dealership has a very nice place to park if you...
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In addition to our family visitors, we have been able to catch up with a few of Chrissy’s college roomates/housemates and other friends. It was SO fun to see our kids playing together in the same room and to share this phase of our lives together...
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Tropical Storm "Dolly" just blew through and I found that ironic. My pet name for all of my girls including Ruth is "Dolly". And so, while hurricanes are not something to joke about, "Dolly" winds are blowing all around our...
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So I made it to Mozambique! I flew out of Denver the 21 st of July and will be here till the 3 rd of August. It was an uneventful flight (as far as problems are concerned). We received all of our luggage and got settled into our Oasis, which is absolutely...
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The famous poem Footprints is special to many, but it actually can lead us to falling into one of the three traps of perpetual immaturity mentioned in Eph. 4:13-16 (being tossed to a fro, carried about by every wind of doctrine). When the man in the poem...
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We played Risk as a family the other day. How? you may ask with our kids being so young…it would take a lot to explain, but I simplified it and we had a blast.
As I sat at the table and watched Ben and Dan go head to head over a country, Rachel...
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Our good friends Titus and Stephanie, working with street kids in Guayaquil , are living through some CRAZY and FRUSTRATING experiences in Ecuador. (And to think I can get upset when someone steals my parking spot). I'd encourage you to check out...
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We are visiting our friends, the Willetts, this weekend. Malia and Stacie just got back from riding horses with Syd. The Willetts have a quote on their refrigerator that I think is fun: “Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving...
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We are having a great time visiting with family and friends. Jonathan is doing well considering he gets passed on from arm to arm. The summer time brings many birthdays and anniversaries in our family. Here we are at church on Father’s day. Unfortunately...
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This is Rae’s purse. It was given to her by her aunt, and she absolutely loves it. In fact it has become a treasure chest for our family’s belongings. If you can’t find it, its because its in her little tin purse.
One night she was sitting...
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Well learning never stops, but we knew that, right?
As we get back into life here, it’s easy to want to focus on doing what I want to have happen first. But I realized (again) that I need to just seek the Lord in my agenda and I’ll have a...
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I love to decorate. And those who have known me for a while know that my house has a tendency to change décor quite frequently. Now here in Bolivia, I find a way I like an arrangement and leave it that way. Probably because we have moved so much I’m beginning...
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The Saga August marks 25 years since we arrived in Japan as missionaries. Many of you have prayed for us and also supported us financially from the very beginning. Others of you have known us only recently and are not familiar with the our story. As we...
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Tomorrow we head to the Northeast again, this time to work with Pastor Hori, training him to check Pastor Minamida’s first draft of Genesis. Pastor Matsumoto may also join us for a bit and talk about translating Ephesians and training materials. I’m also...