World

Here are a few links that interested me during some of the brief moments I spent on the ‘net today. Bill Gates, ever inventive Chocolate goodness from Pioneer Woman Silhouette Photography Tips BrideoRama Wedding Videos If you’re looking to find a common theme….nope.   Totally random.  But, you know, if you’re feeling creative, you can...
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My sister Sophie is preparing to go on a two year medical mission trip to Ethiopia, beginning this summer.  I’ll talk more about that later.   But I wanted to mention that she has just started a blog called African Heart, for those of you interested in hearing more from her before she leaves. Technorati...
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Interesting Editorial: As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God.
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In the mail today was a picture of an 8 year old little boy. I get to meet him in just three weeks, when I go to the Dominican Republic to blog about their work in that country. I am so excited! I leave November 1st. I have plane tickets. I’ve renewed my passport....
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Since our friends moved to Taiwan, we’ve entered the brave new world of Skype. It is a tricky thing to get two webcams and two microphones and two Skypes and two computers all in sync at the same time. When it works, it is a fun and very satisfactory way to communicate. But not...
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Last spring I read about Sophie’s and Shannon’s trip to Uganda last spring, where they blogged on behalf of Compassion International. It sounded like such a neat chance to help a favorite charity that I wished I had been chosen to go as well. Compassion is planning another trip, this time to the Dominican...
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I Thessalonians 5:18 I have so much to be thankful for. (PS– click on the picture to see more amazing pictures of how others live)
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One of the reasons we decided to do the 30 Days of Nothing is simple: bills. Our daughter’s health issues this summer used our medical savings plan faster than we’d anticipated, and I’m eager to get things paid off. We don’t have much debt, and I get uncomfortable when the bills stack deeper than...
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I had no idea that pairing a brown shoe with black shorts was so very wrong. It is obvious to me that I am not as stylish as I like to imagine. I am still undecided about the heels/shorts dilemma…the vote was 21-15 in favor of the heels, which is not definitive enough to...
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For all of you following my folks’ mission trip to Ethiopia, they arrived home safe last week, and feel like they got a fair amount accomplished while they were there. My mom also got a bunch of training done with the nurses at the Soddo Hospital, and my dad put together that hot water...
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