Have you shown Bob Hunt your blogs? They'd be a great kids missions book. Your pics and comments are the best-educational and fun at the same time. We'd buy the first!!!
Wow, you guys have it all...way to keep up with the Jones'. Now I just can't seem to figure out what I'm most jealous of... Josh's bricks or tractor collection...hmm
Exactly 7 years ago today I put on a beautiful borrowed white dress (thanks Christy), had approximately 83,000 bobby pins placed in various locations throughout my hair to keep it in place, gathered with some of my most favorite people in life, and exchanged a few life altering words with a strikingly handsome young man I met on the internet. Sort of. Recounting Josh's and my story is no small feat because of its unique nature and the fact that 7 years later we still marvel at the fact that we ever met and actually managed to get married. We joke that we got married so we could finally date, and also that we basically had an "arranged" marriage that we arranged ourselves...and then hoped for the best! Neither of us really could have imagined that one small church group outing would end up changing the rest of our lives. Both of us had our reasons for joining this random outing to Safeco Field to tour the stadium for a few dollars. It was shockingly not our ...
Cambodian irony (and Don Garberg can correct any improper usage of the term irony I might offer here) begins with spending a week at one of our orphan homes that has two squatty potties to accommodate everyone’s personal septic as well as general hygiene needs. The hygiene aspect involves holding a small bucket of water over your head, attempting to accomplish the goal of leaving the bathroom feeling freer of dirt and residue than when you entered… This generally works. That is until you step out of the bathroom and walk a few steps, acquiring a brand new layer of dirt and dust. It’s an unbreakable cycle. This makes the idea of coming home to a shower (and perhaps this is very un-missionary-like of me to admit) after 5 days that much more wonderfully appealing. Warm water that involves no scooping or dumping. Clean feet. Not having to be concerned with quickness in case a line of people has formed outside the door. After a 6 hour drive back to Phnom Penh on Saturday, I arrived home wit...
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Where did you grow up in Ohio? I am really glad you started commenting..its fun to meet friends across the world:)