raw and more raw
how are you?ugh.... urgh.. pretty good? not too bad ? plain bad? alright? all wrong?...this question often leaves me a little hmmm....dumbfounded. sure, i usually come up with a response. but is it...
View ArticleLEMON SCENTED??!.
I was folding laundry in my in-laws laundry room, mind is drifting, random picture words and thoughts, eyes lost in the pipes on the unfinished ceiling. "dogs leave lemon scented pawprints on our...
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Our 3rd wonder is here!
OCEANA HOPEBORN ON HER SISTER LILIANA'S BIRTHDAY!8/8/2013, @ 6:27 AM, 8.4 LBS, 20.5 INI am so thankful for family that cares and that have prayedspecial for this time. My moms Isabelle and Janet and my...
View Articleand so time is fleeting
I am forseeing this blog will be succinct. I don't even know where to start!We landed in Baltimore end of May. Gdpa and gdma Tanguay had 2 bedrooms ready for us, super hospitable and sweet. some of...
View ArticleFISH TAILS & GM MAIZE
I am laying in bed, semi-awake, it’s after 4 am, writing a blog in my head. It rarely happens, but lately, probably because we are days –almost hours- to leaving this place- I have been subconsciously...
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EVERY DAY LIVING
The girls with Benson in front of the 'church' . This tent was imported from South Africa and we have been meeting under its white and blue tarp for a couple months now!Benson is the leader in charge...
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTERLUDE
and so on this beautiful Zambian fall afternoon i made my firstever batch of homemade dark chocolate!it is out of this world delicious. and did i say it's also healthy. yup.it took 5 mn to make and it...
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LITTLE BABY....
every time that kick or turn or move or rub is felt in the womb i still wonder at the miracle, the oddness, the magic of it... who are you? you! little person growing inside of me and with every...
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MEMORY!
This is my new sweet friend Memory! and her almost 3 month old baby girl Nalu. She heard abt our church on the radio while she was veeery pregnant and couldn't go anywhere and started coming to our...
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FRIDAY is FAMILY DAY!
our sweet lil rascal! LILIANA FAMILY DAY OFF AT THE DAM- We JUST discovered that there is a dam -which really is a beautiful lake- in kitwe!! just as we were having a pity party over the lack of any...
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SOFT BREEZE IN THE TREES
Our Liliana! we started calling her our blueberry muffin, with her blond fluffy hair and blue eyes it is quite appropriate :) she is 1 and a 1/2 and is already a riot! As she was walking away, I leaned...
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OUR KEZIA! 4 and a half. Today she comes in the kitchen and says to me - totally randomly: Now i know why i have to go to school! so that when i'm a mama and my children ask me about the gospel of God...
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so this is the car we drive here in Zambia, it's a Spacio, THE car that all taxi drivers drive in kitwe... you might remember me mentioning that. A week or so ago, I went downtown with the girls,...
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Article 5
It rained all day on Thursday, so the construction work on the church's new plot of land was interrupted. perfect! jediah came home earlier than planned, we hopped in the car and set off to visit...
View ArticleSPECIAL THANKS
... to the most faithful and edifying follower of our blog/lives! Rachael Umstead your comments are always SO uplifting, don't stop.
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It’s Thursday night, and we made it out the door, you know, one of these days where meltdowns just don’t seem to stop -shoes are nowhere to be found, bruises around every corner, wife is stressed out...
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HERE WE COME AGAIN ZAMBIA!!
We just got our return to Zambia tickets! Praise God! Though we only bought one way tickets it was still a large sum, and we are so thankful on this pre-thanksgiving particularly- that we were able to...
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