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Many of you probably know what I’m talking about. It’s not that you think she might be incapable, of course she could. No, rather its this gut feeling that says, she’s not like that, she likes me too much, I’m better with kids than most folks. Well, apparantly, I’m not. Tonight, actually just moments…
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When we go to different countries to teach people to study the bible, we warn them of seeing the bible through their own cultural perspective or making it say what they want it to say. Instead we encourage them to try and understand it from the original reader and writer’s perspective. To demonstrate this point we often tell this…
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Many of you who know me well know that I love things like organization, action planning and teamwork. I’ve even taught seminars on time management. And I will say that in my life I have usually been pretty good at managing my time and priorities. But now I have met my match in a 3 week old. …
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So you may have noticed the title – its basically just a joke we’re having around here. Dad comes from good stock that doesn’t waste too much, so when a couple of days ago he burned my grilled cheese sandwhich he said "Well, we are not going to throw it out, I’ll just eat it".…
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Finally some more pics. Enjoy! We’ll try to get some kind of video up soon… Cassie has been SO well taken care of by countless friends and family, and though our thank you cards are not yet all in the mail, our hearts are filled with praise to God and gratefulness to you who…
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For those who have just received our email, you can find the details on Cassie and the birth two blogs below this one. In about four days you can check back to this website for more pictures since we expect our laptop to be back by then. Tonight has been so wonderful. We took…
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We, all four of us, made it out today for a stroll down the riverfront. It was cool weather, a nice change from the humidity. So we decided to make an afternoon of it and included a stop at Starbucks to read our Bible. Well while Angela was getting the drinks, the three of us…
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We are TOO excited to introduce our brand new little bundle of joy! She arrived in our arms at 1.56 in the afternoon, Fri May 23, 2008 (Taiwan local time). A strong 3,850 grams (8lbs 8oz) and 54cm (21.25") long she quickly captured the hearts of mom and dad. Mom and the little one spent three…
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…I don’t mean physically (although as I wait for this baby I feel like my tummy is growing and stretching by the hour). I’m reading a book called ‘Teaching to Change Lives’ by Howard Hendricks. He tells a story of an 86 year old woman. "The last time I saw her on planet Earth was…
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Hey everyone, just to let you know, no baby yet. Our due date was yesterday but the doctor said it could still be a little while, the baby hasn’t even dropped yet. Also, our computer just broke down so we have to send it back to Canada for repairs which is going to make emailing…
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Often our lives are so full of ourselves and our plans. For us, the excitement of having a baby seems to consume our thoughts, prayers and worries. However, today I just want to remind myself and anyone else who is reading this blog to pray for the people suffering in Myanmar where the death…
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Wow! This morning we spent two hours surrounded by many friends and family. Well, of course, we’re in Taiwan and most of them are in Canada but by using Skype Video we were able to chat with and see most of our female relatives and friends living in Winnipeg. Why female? Well, the reason is…
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Everyday we get questions like: "So does your doctor speak English?" "What is the hospital like?" "Are there rats running in the halls?" (okay well, maybe this one doesn’t get asked, but we know that people wonder!) Today we went to the doctor and took a video of the whole experience. Hopefully this will put…
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You’ll notice that we posted pictures of the base fun day we had yesterday. Every quarter we get everyone together that is associated with YWAM Danshui Taiwan and we do something fun. Yesterday we took a ferry across the river to a park where we played (or in my case watched) football and ultimate frisbee. It had been raining…
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Enjoy a few pictures and a quick update of our week. We spent three days in the office, getting acquainted with all the gadgets and gizmos. We continued to finish closing the last Titus and we started prepping for the upcoming one – those two things will compose most of our life for the next…
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I’m having a mind block about what to write… so I figure I will just tell you about our day. The day started out heading to a base meeting. Every monday all the ywamers here (about 70) get together. Our Titus team shared all about our time in Indonesia, each of us had a part…
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It always amazes me how much what we focus on determines how we feel. For instance, since getting home from Indonesia we have been swamped with a to-do list that feels miles long. Trying to prioritize the list and get the most important things done first seems impossible because they are all equally important. Does…
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The hospital serves a very important place in our lives. The Greek guy who started it all had a great idea (you’ve heard the motto) – "to always do the best for our patients". (Hippocratic Oath) Angela had her first appt in a long time and it went well – the baby is getting big,…
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We are in Jakarta for one night with our team on our way home and we decide to go to a shopping mall nearby since we saw that they had…yes a WENDY’S!!! Remember that we have had beef only one time in the past two months so a Wendy’s burger sounds REALLY good! At the…
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As I sit down to write this blog entry it is really hard to know where to start- how do I summarize 2 months of amazing and difficult experiences? I’ll break it down into four areas: Team: We had a team of six people 2 Americans, 2 Koreans and us. We actually had great team…
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