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I see the word tender and I don't think "adjective." I think "noun..." and I see people who have been "tenders" in my life. ...because a "tender" is a person who allows him or herself to be stretched, always self-inclining towards people, paying attention. A "tender" notices details, remembers them and then acts on those memories. "Tenders" mind the hurts of other. They hurt

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I read 70 some books last year - these are the ones that made the top of my list! 10. Meeting of the Waters, by Fritz Kling "The Meeting of the Waters identifies seven trends having a major impact on the Church around the world—and on every Christian at home in every country..." This book challenged me to think about what missions could and should look like in this rapidly changing,

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"Whose Wife Are You?" (As I've been asked by our Pastor's wife to teach a Bible study series on marriage, the husband/wife relationship and what submission should look like, this is, I think, one of the most biblical, best bits I've read to date. What do you think?) "...the way my wife submits to me, as the leader in the home, may look quite different from the way another wife submits to

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I remember the first time I hear a lion roar in real life... at a zoo. It was a terrifying sound. It was even more terrifying when, after moving to a new neighborhood in Niamey, we heard that same sound from one of the surrounding houses. It isn't one of the sounds where you wonder, "What in the world was that?" The hairs on the back of my neck were definitely standing on edge. Sometimes,

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Well, as much as I was looking forward to a vacation (any vacation) this year... after staying home last year with the littles while Tim scoped the place out... The littles and I still missed out. Our four younger ones were really too sick to go camping {insert very sad face and tiny violins playing as I indulge in a very short self-pity party...} and so Tim headed out with

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Surprising statement? I thought so... It is not exactly your typical response to one seeking to serve in her church's Sunday School program is it? ...yet it was essentially what Rosalind Goforth was told.    "Some years later, having moved to a strange city, a great longing came to do some definite service for my Master. One day there came to the Bible class I attended a call for

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In fourth grade and horse crazy, Ellie thinks... dreams... lives horses. In fact, much to the amusement of her entire class, her recently announced "science" experiment at school is determining the most effective way of convincing parents to get their girl a horse: begging, crying or praying. That's when a shaggy, skinny, spotted pinto running lost and distressed down the road causes her trouble

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"...and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages..." I've come across that quote many times recently - always attributed to a different person, so I don't know who actually first said it or where it really comes from, but I've been thinking about it quite a bit. Pretty graphic description, not at all flattering... but right or wrong, I've agreed with that sentiment of

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The nature of water is yielding, and that of a stone is hard. Yet if you hang up a bottle filled with water above the stone so that the water drips drop by drop, it will wear a hole in the stone. In the same way the Word of God is tender, and our heart is hard. So when people hear the word of God frequently, their hearts are opened to the fear of God."  ~ Abba

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"Arc of Iraq war told in images" (As this year closes, as the troops return home... seems fitting to reflect on sacrifice, accomplishments, failures... and hopefully, lessons learned. I also thought - it would be quite fitting to add the Iraqi nation and her people to my regular prayer list - as they face a new beginning. May God's name be glorified!) "The American war in Iraq is over. The

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I remember a few years back, a conversation with a younger friend where I shared that God had been teaching me much about holding those I love with an open hand, trying not to saddle them with the burden of my expectations. I realize now, a few years after the fact, that I'm still just an infant in my understanding of what that brand of bighandedness relationships is all about. My

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...and not just the human big and little kid kind! Lord willing, today we'll be packing up camp and heading home, with lots of stories and good excitement to share. Stay tuned... and if you think of us, pray for safety as we travel.

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Brendan and Leandra have already left... yesterday. They are canoeing to the campsite with a group of friends, including an overnight on an island in the middle of the river. We're praying they don't have any closer than desired or safe encounters with hippos, crocs, elephants, other African "wild"life. I am excited for them... and a little bit jealous. I'd LOVE to be paddling

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At least that was how Nadia described it... Last week, she and her daddy were taking a "Christmas" delivery out to the bush churches with whom we work - wooden benches to replace rocks for pews and some stationary supplies to help with their dry season Bible school that will be up and running in a very short time. I got a phone call later that morning telling me they were just

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Getting everyone to actually look at the camera? Mission IMPOSSIBLE! But littlest guy knows just how to keep his mama smiling (and he was happy we let him take his permanent-these-days-shades off for the photo!) Lookin' like a bunch of monkeys! My favorite of Bren! He looks like a fox caught in the hen house... and I still have no idea why he looks so - guilty!

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"Advent Reflection on Mary" (I used to dismiss Mary, never seeing the wealth of her godly example... until I started raising my own girls... Now she (and Ruth, of course) are to of my favorite people in the Bible to return to and to study, again and again.) "...I hear echoes of the King James Version, 'Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.' Be it unto me

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I was reading something the other day. I can't remember for the life of me what it was, but instead of seeing the word "incarnate" I read the word "incarcerate" and was terribly confused for a few moments until I figured out my mistake. Then I started thinking about how similar those two words look, really, especially as these 40+ year old less-than-perfect-to-begin-with eyes are beginning to

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Does anyone else remember vacation road trips spent pouring through those books trying to find the funny looking dude in the red and white striped shirt? If you look carefully through these pictures, you'll find all the kiddos but one... Some are easier to find than the others. We're at one of our favorite family restaurants... big kids can take their books, there are no size

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  ................................................................................................ (not sure which one of the kiddos took these photos... wasn't me... whoever it was did a very nice job!)

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A few weeks back, the ladies and I at church commenced a Bible study on marriage, particularly our roles and responsibilities as wives in this gift from God we call marriage.  Our first session  focused on the end of Genesis 2, God's creation and ordaining of marriage within the context of man's existence as a social, relational being who needs other people. Put simply, God created man for

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Saturday we celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary... and hosted a birthday party with several friends for our best anniversary present ever, our...  not-so-little-much-tougher-than-I-thought-but-still-the-baby-boy Jonathan! Gratitude for the wonderful gift of both guys in my life definitely tops my list today! this week's gratitude list (#'s 1758 - 1777) celebrating

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  Curious to know why they are all laughing? Our family doesn't say "Cheese" to get everyone to smile for a picture. They all yell, as loudly as possible, "UNCLE STEVE HAS STINKY FEET!" Of course, if you don't snap the picture quickly enough, everything deteriorates into silliness and giggles - but that makes for great candids. .................................................

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"Is it still wrong if another culture says it's right? A teacher's surprising discovery." (Sobering to consider that the next generation refuses to make any moral judgments because they don't feel they have the right to "ever judge, ever criticize, ever take a position." We're reaping the results of relativism...) "...I decided to open by simply displaying, without comment, the photo of

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Connected... It really is a "buzz" word in today's world... I mean, think of the synonyms: networked, linked, rooted, bonded, attached, meshed, integrated, united, consolidated... Just out of curiosity, I looked at a list of on-line synonyms - one site had 4 pages worth of equivalent words and expressions. With synonyms such as networked, linked and plugged in, my thoughts immediately

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I don't know if we've "introduced" our animal menagerie (much smaller than it has been in the past) ~ ~so today is brought to you by our two dogs Butterscotch and Beethoven! They were given to Anna (and probably Nadia) last year at Anna's birthday party by one of the girls' friends from Ecole Alliance. Butterscotch is the not-so-little girl, and the lighter colored of

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Driving home after dropping the kids off at school the other morning, I was sitting - waiting, parked on the bridge - all traffic had stopped due to some government official moving about the city. During the thirty minutes or so that I sat there, I entertained myself by listening to the Zarma conversations going on all around me, trying to pick out the bits and pieces I could understand... and

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"...you shall not...?" I was studying through Genesis 3 this past weekend, and spent some time meditating on the crafty strategy, used by Satan, to entice Eve into disobedience. It seems to me that the serpent's initial success was not leading Eve into sin, but rather changing Eve's perspective. He used provocative words... words designed to incite an immediate and

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They're so much fun and such good buds!

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 "The Dyslexic Prayer: Weary in Not-well Doing" (Do you struggle with perfectionism like I do... and get frustrated with yourself that you never meet your own, self-imposed, expectations?) "...there are more than a few times I have felt weary in not-well doing. Dishes are piling up and it is way past bedtime. Sunday morning finds angry children and exhausted coffee-tumbler-toting parents

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(I'm a day late - this was written yesterday, but I was too tired to take the time to actually post...) When you live on the backside of the desert, in one of the harsher climates and among one of the poorest populations worldwide, it is easy to become overwhelmed by the browns, oranges, dust covered greens and harmattan hazy faded blues that tend to characterize this land. Until

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The past few months, I've been slowly... very slowly, actually... studying my way through I and II Kings. It has been eye opening, to say the least! When I came to the story of Naaman (2 Kings 5), I figured I might move through it a little more quickly; after all, it is an account I know pretty well, one I've both studied and taught as well as heard taught several times. I was wrong. I

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Many thanks to our friend Lisa, for sharing this photo with us!

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"I TOOK A LONG, DEEP BREATH AND WONDERED AS USUAL, WHERE TO START.   YOU START WHERE YOU ARE, IS THE SECRET OF LIFE.   YOU DO THE NEXT RIGHT THING YOU CAN SEE. THEN THE NEXT...." ~ Anne Lamott ~

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...an amazing blog post on what it means to be a good parent. And I immediately thought of how my perfect heavenly Father gifts me with opportunities to parent well - and how I often don't even see them until they've already happened. In those moments, those accidental-on-my-part-parenting-more-totally-a-grace-from-God-blessing, my kids have a chance to learn something, live something, I

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"Deep Intellect: Inside the mind of the octopus" (Written from a different world view and perspective... but still some amazing observations and conclusions that, to me, all point to only One - the Almighty Creator! The article contains so many interesting facts... like the one below.)  "But new evidence suggests a breathtaking possibility. Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory and

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"This is our 11th year in Niger, so it really shouldn’t catch me by surprise, yet it does. Every year. Just before my September birthday, I find myself moody, easily angered, tearful, rapidly frustrated by the idiosyncrasies of living here, and continually questioning God...." Please join me over at Missionary Moms to read the rest.

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I pulled up at the school. Stuff, lots of stuff, was strewn everywhere. Kids were collapsed on the ground amidst all that stuff, in an odd assortment of positions. They were tired. And I was glad. Two days prior, they'd left immediately after school, headed for the bush - an outreach trip with children's programs and activities to encourage a local church. The kids took care of

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That was the question I asked the ladies Saturday afternoon, as the woman's group has finally resumed meeting twice a month to study God's Word together, pray and just enjoy the fellowship. I know why we get married (or say we get married) in my culture, my world... I know what the Bible says about the goals and purposes of marriage, but I was curious to know what the women from this world, this

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(thanks to Nadia for the photos!)

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"Shelter is not a place" (An older article... but excellent thoughts about how we best protect our children from the influence of this world.) "I would love to withdraw my family from society and keep them from having to face the messiness of navigating relationships in a fallen world. But that’s just not feasible. Maybe not even desirable. Besides, we have enough sin nature between all

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I'm a student of words. I love etymologies, root words, histories of use - kind of nerdy stuff, but what can I say other than "I enjoy it!" So ~ I know that gratefulness actually comes from the Latin "gratus" meaning pleasing or agreeable. Italian grazia or Spanish gracias both derive from this same original root. And then there is the word gratitude. But I don't immediately hear any

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Rapunzel was locked away in her tower. In the movie, she spent lots of time painting the walls of her tower to entertain herself... for Elsie Mae's party, the girls' loft became the tower and all participants had their turn to paint the walls. This was a highlight for several of the invitees... climbing the tower and painting designs on the wall. And the girls love the loft that much more

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Just like in the movie, any of the girls who so desired had their hair braided with flowers... a bit of a makeover by talented make-up artists Rebekah and Leandra! While the girls were busy getting prettied up... the guys and the girls who weren't "in" to that sort of thing were treasure hunting. The object of their hunt? The crown for

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What are we to do when "without are fightings and within are fears?" (Matthew Henry) Just last week, I received some pretty devastating news about a friend of ours. Speechless, on my face before the Lord, I finally mumbled something about how to even begin praying for this situation, feeling pretty helpless that all I could do was pray. I asked. He answered...  almost immediately

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How do you play musical chairs... when you don't have enough chairs for all of the players? You play... MUSICAL SHOES instead! Tim found the shoes so much easier to remove while birthday celebrators marched sandy circles to the "Tangled" soundtrack. Tori took responsibility for ensuring that little M&M could participate, playing right along with

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"The Fear of Yahweh Involves Revelation..." (Thought-provoking post on the critical role of God's Word.) "When we think of fear, our first thought is probably of the emotion—that paralyzing, mouth-drying, stomach-clenching dread that seizes hold of us in the face of an imminent threat. This connotation is not altogether absent. Anyone who can think of God and shrug is not thinking of the

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"I get a terr'ble awful ache 'specially when it rains. At first I was a 'fraidy cat but now I know it's growing pains. Gosh! oh gee! oh can't you see, I'll soon be grown up tall, So I've got to think what I will be when I'm no longer small. When I grow up in a year or two or three, I'll be happy as can be like a birdie in a tree. When I grow up there's a lot I want to do. I will have real

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back in September, and boy, did she plan quite the party. I still can't believe she's THAT old!    (Elsie Mae and one of her favorite friends, Zoe. Funny little side story? I almost forgot to invite Zoe because Zoe's brother is in Elsie Mae's K/1 class at school. Zoe is a year younger. And I forgot her name on the invitation. Thankfully, Zoe's mama asked about it... because it just

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I jotted the following "notes" down a few months ago... a blog post formulating in my mind, and as usual, I started off thinking with my fingers... based off of a book and some research I had been doing. I even went ahead and pre-scheduled a posting date, far enough in advance that I would have time to think and mull and muse... and then write... never dreaming how appropriate that post would

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Child trafficking… in the Bible.  A horrifying, terrifying, abominable practice then and now, “wrecking” lives and families. Yet in 2 Kings 5, we see how God used it, and how a little one gently let Him use her and her life… to change Naaman’s life, probably the lives of Naaman’s servants who were with him, possibly the lives of his family members, and who knows how many others who marveled

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SEEKING, ASKING, WAITING, LISTENING… these should always come before our planning…     2 Kings 3 describes the continuing war between Israel and Moab, as Moab rebels against Ahab’s successors. The Israeli leader, Jehoram, was considered an evil king, but nothing like his father Ahab… or his mother Jezebel. When Moab refuses to pay tribute, Jehoram allies himself with Jehoshaphat, King of

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"Into the Light" (Hard, but life changing truth here...) "Grace and truth co-exist in the One who is the true light, who came into the world on a divine rescue mission to give those who receive Him the right to become children of God. This is jaw-dropping truth! We want to hide our ugliness, our brokenness, our darkness. But when we willingly expose it to the Light, we are healed and

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Totally unexpected. I never dreamed a green, metal can filled with a yellow fizzy drink would become such a part of my life. Especially since I detested the stuff. Growing up, my friends and I refused to drink Mountain Dew. In fact, we had a very descriptive, unmistakeable and unmistakeably unflattering name  for it. Then I graduated, moved a few times, finally landed in the state of

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Matthew Henry wrote those words in his commentary on the first part of 2 Kings 4. I've been studying my way through 1 and 2 Kings the past few months. Interesting - some stories well known and familiar, the stuff of children's Sunday School songs I've taught my kids to sing. Others? I've wondered how I managed to miss them as I've read through my Bible in the past because they are wild stories,

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They've flown by. Such a short time ago... He was still a babe in arms, tugging, twiddling, worrying my ear for comfort... Now he's first choice for his brother as littler one sneaks into his bed for snuggles and comfort. All those laps walked late at night, working to calm colicky tummy... ...He often works late into the night to calm his mama's colicky need to

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I'm one of those person who makes lists of all that needs to be done, but once I've written down, never return to the list. The act of writing usually cements even long and complicated grocery lists, honey-do lists, plans and dates for the future... firmly in my mind until I can mentally check them off. So why is it so different when it comes to remembering faithfulness of family and

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Second Kings 2 is one of those chapters of the Bible that is simply chock-full of lessons and truths that I could apply daily in my life... ...if I would. I was reading there again this week, and was struck by verses 9 and 10. "When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, 'Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you." And Elisha said, 'Please, let a double portion of your

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"Gardening continued" (timely words for one searching and hoping for... hope...) "What is one supposed to do when seeds are planted in faith, watered in love, anticipated with joy...and then,a graveyard.What is hope supposed to do?With all the hope that is in me, right now, I'm begging for mercy.Because a couple of those little seeds did make it. Tenacious, they clung to life..." "

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(Edited post... 'cause I love these photos!  ~from the archives) At 10 months, Elsie was not terribly interested in solid foods. She'd eat applesauce, mashed bananas and mangoes, yogurt... (Today? All of hose are all still some of her favorite foods... though she now prefers her bananas "like a monkey!" or mashed in banana bread.) Occasionally she'd let me get a few bites of pasta or rice

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Directly, accurately pertinate, authentically connected to a topic. Not out of date. Current. I see the word relevant... those words come to mind. I also see that relevant is borrowed from French, the gerund of the verb relever, meaning assisting, or lifting up yet once again... When I hear people complain that the Bible just isn't relevant for today, my heart aches. Nothing

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When God created man, he equipped him with incredible tools. All were instilled to make him more like God and to bring glory to the Creator. Each tool, each gift, was bursting with potential for good. One gift with great clout was the ability of speech, enabling men to praise God and encourage others. Great leaders, the men who motivate and inspire others, are often great orators. Words have

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A few weeks ago, Tim was privileged to participate in another huge baptismal/communion service at the bush chuches he's been helping to encourage over the past several years. Last year, he said the watering hole smelled like laundry detergent - this year they had to chase the goats and cows out of the water before the service started, so... Over 40 adults took this public step

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Missed church this weekend because of some sickies - and ended up reading this (WARNING - do not click unless you'd like to have your toes stomped on at least a few times). "Humility is one of those qualities that every leader says they admire, but few want to experience. Think about it. Ask any group of leaders if humility is important, and almost every one of them will nod their heads and

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My dear friends are making progress every week. Pray that God opens their minds and enables them to grasp reading. They long to open God's Word for themselves... It is such a privilege and honor to work with these ladies - Mamata and Aissa (Alarba wasn't there the day this photo was taken). Monday mornings literacy classes are a highlight every week! (Photo courtesy of my new

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More power to you if you can find our crew in this photo! (I have, by the way!)

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With the dissolution of our sending organization in August, we've had lots of people writing and asking questions, especially now that some time has passed and the dust has settled... a bit. So... in case you were wondering, here are the answers to the questions we receive repeatedly, on a regular basis. Are you in your new house? Yep, and as soon as I get it clean and have the camera

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Well, actually, we've not "gone" anywhere... But, after we moved into our new home, our internet service was too slow to access our blog unless it was the middle of the night. I love blogging - but I was also just too tired to try and keep up that sort of a routine, so I took a blog-cation. Now, if I could just remember how I fit daily blogging into this very busy life... At least there's

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Favorite fact? Six weeks after we started trying and exactly one month after we moved into our new house, we FINALLY have DSL internet. I'm so thankful ~

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Each year, Sahel offers students opportunities to serve the communities around them, and so on Wednesday afternoons, they take a group of volunteers (staff and students) to two different orphanages here in town to play with the children who live there. Rebekah and Leandra go to the same orphanage every week, and a friend of ours snapped these photos. We wanted to share ~

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It has been awhile…. A way too long while…. I’ve discovered that I not only like blogging, but that it is therapeutic, at least for this particular misso… I have every intention to return to blogging as soon as I can… Just so you know… we aren’t AWOL… our digital absence is not voluntary… it is forced… And the craziest thing about it? Right now is the best internet we’ve had at our new

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"A Lifestyle of Enough" (Found this super convicting... how about you?) "We want the bestest, the fastest, the  strongest, the mightiest, the largest, the mostest, the most horse powerest, the most blazing CPU processer-est, and the list goes on and on…Even as I’m typing this on my lethargically slow netbook, I want…I need…I lust…for the new MacBook Air. But I digress.

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WE'RE MOVED! WE STAYED IN THE HOUSE LAST NIGHT! ~and except for an electrocuting fridge, everything is going well~ Additional prayer requests: We need to get the fridge issues figured out sooner rather than later. We need to get internet access here at the new house - the ditch is mostly dug for the cable and will be finished shortly. However, getting the phone company out here to figure

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"Worship Acceptable to God" (It has taken me forever to work through this... I share the link because I believe that anyone who takes the time to work through all of the Scripture referenced in this pose will be blessed and challenged... greatly...) "It seems that we are all born with a deep desire to worship God.  We are born with a desire, not only to fellowship with Him, but

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~SATURDAY~ ...lots of progress has been made. Still lots to do between then and now. Pray, please!  Tim busy at work   Rebekah passing out the blondies she made to share with the guys working on the house. Nadia and a friend who joined us in checking out the house. Everyone enjoyed the brownies!   Great room, looking out the front door three cheeky monkeys

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Thanks to my sweet friend, we've enjoyed raspberry danishes minus a chunk of work thrice this summer... she sent me a bag of raspberry filling - all I have to do is squeeze it out of the bag. We finished it up making raspberry-filled donuts last Saturday. These danishes are a favorite - one of the kids (usually Nadia) mixes up the recipe the night before and then I get up early to bake it. The

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School has started... though not how we'd been imagining... We thought both of these two pipsqueaks would continue at Ecole Alliance, continuing the three days a week summer program they began in August. God changed our minds suddenly and abruptly with the closing of our mission... and not having an immediate way to transfer funds and support from the States out here to Niamey...

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Sometimes those Old Testament stories just... just... well? They just about leave me wordless. The death of Jeroboam's boy was one of those accounts... Why? I dated a guy once who's name began with "J." After he dumped me, at least for awhile in my mind and when talking to my mom, I called him "J- the JERK!" Jeroboam, however, wins that title hands down. He had so much

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"I was in Baghdad in March 2003, where I lived as a Christian and as a peacemaker during the “shock-and-awe” bombing.  I spent time with families, volunteered in hospitals, and learned to sing “Amazing Grace”… in Arabic. There is one image of the time in Baghdad that will never leave me. As the bombs fell from the sky and smoke filled the air, one of the doctors in the hospital held a

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Why do I have this picture of some family I don't know on our family blog? Nathan Adair's evening meal consists of two scoops of rice, tomatoes, half a potato and some green peas ”at a cost of about 21 cents”while his 3-year-old daughter, Emerson (left); wife, Lindsay, and even 7-month-old Payton enjoy more typical fare. Adair is spending 30 days living on $1 a day -- ”the lifestyle of

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"The problem of evil? The greater problem of good" (I think this one is gonna be book-marked for a long time, to read... and read... and read again.) "But if there is really a God at the center of the universe, love at the core of the cosmos, love manifesting itself as loveliness in the garden —- doesn’t He care about the 330 children with names and dreams and who lay in Somalia

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I'm reading through 1 Kings right now. Much of the time, I'm a bit bewildered by where God has me in His Word when facing difficult times. The first truly difficult time in my life, I was reading through Jeremiah... the weeping prophet. We cried a lot together during that time, Jeremiah and I, - and I discovered some true gemstone verses to cling to, including the incredible promise of Jeremiah

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After the seriousness of yesterday's post, I thought it would be fun to share this video, put together by a friend of ours while the kids and a friend were hanging out at his house one afternoon, having a jolly 'ole time, as you can surely tell. :-) Thanks, DJ!!!

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Though no-one can go back and make a brand new start,anyone can start from now...and make a brand new end.~ Author Unknown ~  This week has been a doozy for us - but instead of rehashing all the details, I'm going to copy and paste the text from a prayer letter we sent yesterday. August 28, 2011 “And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, ‘

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~ It was one of my favorites, way back when, when I was in high school. Today it seems so totally appropriate for such a time as this, as well as for an "I'm-confident-its-coming" moment when I believe I will say with all my heart that I'm "So glad" for the current events in our lives. So Glad (Amy Grant) I had laid some mighty plansThought I held them in my handsThen my world began to

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...particularly a special educator... ...and a parent, the words to this song break my heart. How about you? FLOWERS ARE RED by Harry Chapin The little boy went first day of school.He got some crayons and started to draw.He put colors all over the paperFor colors was what he saw. And the teacher said, "What you doin' young man?""—I'm paintin' flowers,"

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"John Stott has Died" (One of my favorite theologians to read...) "Stott believed in the mind as a gift from God. In an evangelical world tempted to rely on proof texts and emotive stories, Stott drilled down deep into Scripture to display its power. Many people, hearing Stott preach for the first time, said they had never heard the Bible expounded with such clarity and depth.

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"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there... some day."~ Winnie the Pooh ~ Thursday is my favorite day of the week. It is the one consistent day each week that I have made the time to get up early to just sit with the Lord, to slow down and relax, think, leisurely study, lesson plan, menu plan, spend chunks of time in prayer, drink tea (raspberry

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"When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer." ~ Corrie Ten Boom ~ 

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All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition: that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors. ~ John Calvin ~  this week's gratitude list: (#'s 1461 - 1490) buckets where the bottom is falling out - and lessons being learned Andi's first trip to the bush... and a bush church homemade from scratch fajitas on a

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