April 2011

Be Still, My Heart

April 30, 2011 Baby Photos
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There most certainly is a lot going on around here and thank you very much for asking. There’s some news on the docket that I’d like to share but I need to get my heart and my thoughts and my words together, and finding a moment for getting all three of those together at the [...]

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Friends R Gooood

April 28, 2011 An Expat
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We are blessed with the presence of some dear friends way down here in SA this week…helping me overcome missing Agnes! {This photo was at a bridal shower just before I got hitched!} Brittany and I were friends at first sight…which was a good thing since I was moving into the house where she lived [...]

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When It Ain’t Easy

April 27, 2011 The Good Word
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There are things that come naturally to some of us, but not so much to others. You might find it really easy to open up your home and life to the people around you. Or you may find hospitality totally draining and prefer to leave it to the people who like it. From learning to [...]

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Travelling Tuesday: Dassiesfontein!

April 26, 2011 South Africa
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So…a week late and a Dassie short, I have finally gotten together the Dassiesfontein shots for you. I hope you’ll think they were worth the wait! And that you’ll forgive the delay! Here’s the backstory: Travelling along the N2 (one of the major highways in SA) you’ll pass some gorgeous South African scenery, like this: [...]

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It is Well with My Soul

April 25, 2011 Stories
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There are days for me, when the sky is gray. One baby crying upstairs, the other crying downstairs, I find myself in the middle, thinking how much I’d rather be able to sit still than juggle.    Sometimes, the daily grind tires my heart. I imagine there are days for you. When your boss is [...]

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our ugly made Beautiful

April 23, 2011 The Good Word
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If you take some time to ponder crucifixion, to research the how’s and why’s of this type of capital punishment, you might come to the conclusion that it’s pretty close to humanity at its worst. It was a method of execution used by a few people groups (including the Romans) from around the 6th century [...]

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When You’re in Between

April 21, 2011 The Good Word
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Sometimes the most uncomfortable seasons in life seem to be the transitiony ones. The In Between. {But not the Jack Johnson type of In Between.} I mean the seasons where the soon-to-be is not yet, but the what-once-was is already slipping by. And you find yourself in this middle ground that you sometimes forgot about [...]

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To God Be the Glory

April 20, 2011 Stories
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S ix years ago I had just moved to Edinburgh and was in the midst of helping a missions team host an Ultimate Frisbee Tournament in hopes of reaching kids at a nearby local high school. The Lord put Agnes on my path, and we began to have amazing conversations over coffee about life, decisions, [...]

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