Personal
Destinations
For those interested, this map has places we’ll be going, both outbound and inbound.
Travels
Passports
Our passports arrived in Washington DC on May 12, some five weeks ago today, and they’re still not back yet. They’re supposed to take ten days, and we’re supposed to leave in less than two weeks. We have cut it closer than this in the past and been OK (not Read more…
Church
Boys cabin
Joel poses with a couple of his cabin mates. They all started out best friends, as nine of the ten of them were in the same cabin last year. But this afternoon, one wanted to stay in bed because others were being mean. So we took a break from our Read more…
Church
Camp Tattoos
I figured I’d get decked out for camp with a couple Christian tattoos made from the henna our Afghani immigrant friends gave us; artwork courtesy of Kimberly.
Family
Camp Eve
Tomorrow we leave for Kid’s Camp, so the excitement level around here is pretty high. The kids asked if they could build forts/tents in the living room, which I allowed after they got some other basic housework done — and they’ll have to clean this up, too. 🙂 They even Read more…
School
Awards and Inductions
So we’ve apparently entered the end of the year awards season, which like other things seems bigger in Texas. James got inducted into the National Jr. Honors Society this morning: And Joel got awards for no infractions and A honor roll all year: We were worried when the K-3 awards Read more…
Church
Cray button practice –Camp!
Sunday evening at the end of homegroup, after the kids finished praying for one another, we pulled out the Cray Button so they could practice their dance moves for camp, which is just over a week away!
Church
Prepping the Congo trip
Today I started printing the posters I’m making for my trip to DRC at the end of June. They should be large enough to be seen by people a long distance away, so they can be used in large classrooms/venues. The last time I was in Nia-nia, they did some Read more…
Family
Mourning
Last night I heard that a woman I’ve been in ministry with has filed for divorce. I could only respond “ouch”. There are lots of details I don’t know (and that’s probably good), but I can only think how much our enemy is laughing. And that we need to continue Read more…
