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Odd. Hillarious. Creative. If its along these lines, you’ll find it here.

Hospitality

Last night I witnessed Taiwanese hospitality once again. Mr. and Mrs. Liu invited Lucas and I to their home for a visit/Christmas party/birthday party all at once. It was wonderful. Even though I didn’t get the chance to wash dishes I still felt right at home. Lucas and I first helped make a fresh garden […]

The Other Side of Ice-Skating

I just couldn’t help but post these photos of our past ice-skating escapades. The other post shows the ideal. This one shows the other side. Yes, ice-skating is fun, but it has its ups and downs. After an intense struggle against the foe of gravity, David finally lost his balance and toppled to the ground. […]

Banana Advice

We learned an interesting lesson. It has to do about the biological structure of a banana in relation to its environment. We almost didn’t post this but then decided we should because we didn’t want anyone else to make the same mistake! It’s very applicable at this time of year too. So here is our advice: Don’t leave green bananas […]

Today was Different

I know these posts are supposed to be short, but today was long. The plan for today was to work for Mr. and Mrs. McClanen. Simple enough: probably split wood for hours on end and enjoy the new verses I was memorizing and meditating on. God had other plans, but I still enjoyed the Scripture […]

The One and Only Snow Storm!

We learned many things about caring for children during our stay with the Altizer boys. One of them was the importance of keeping baby powder, among other things, out of the reach of little hands. On a pleasant afternoon as the twins were supposedly napping, Josh and I were playing play dough when Emma suddenly […]

Mighty Knights!

Today David and I decided that it would be really exciting to dress up like knights. So we got a lot of cardboard and made helmets, shields, a battleaxe and a spear. Then we went downstairs and pretended to fight a great big battle! In the fighting that ensued, David got wounded but I came […]

Hard to Beet

Harvest time is here! Esther and I went up to the garden and found a gigantic 5½ lb beet. It looked so good that we ate it today for dinner. 🙂 And this gigantic beet came from a seed the size of a pin head! That just shows you the wonder of our Creator!

Happiness or Joy?

We recently had company and I overheard the six-year-old asking her mother, “Why do the people in this house laugh all the time?” Well, that was her perspective. It made me laugh. 🙂 It also made me think. What is the reason people laugh? People are happy when things go their way. It comes naturally. […]