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Continue reading →: Living in Limbo
Limbo (n.): a place or state of restraint or confinement Living in limbo is the best way I can think of to describe our tiny kitchen in its present state. It is so small that two people cannot stand side-by-side together, let alone try to work in the same space.…
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Continue reading →: Let It Rain, Let It Rain, Let It Rain!
Some of you must have taken my request to pray for rain to heart. I am happy to tell you that we have had two nights of beautiful rainfall. I can hear it pouring down outside as I type, a welcome relief from the exhausting heat we’ve been experiencing. Two…
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Continue reading →: Prayers All Around
My last post included a vital prayer request for rain. Yesterday morning, we looked outside and the rain was lightly falling. We were so excited, we ran outside only to discover it had already stopped. The light shower only lasted for 5 minutes! It didn’t take long for the merciless…
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Continue reading →: Waiting for the Rain
“They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.” Job 29:23 One cold shower and two tall glasses of ice water later and I am finally beginning to cool down. I’ve changed into the paper-thin African robe that was a gift from a…
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Continue reading →: Taking Flight
By the time you read this post, we will have already taken flight (on Thursday) for Ft. Lauderdale. Early Friday morning, we will land in Cap-Haitian. Today, we are making last minute runs of buying food and other needed items that will fit into a suitcase, packing boxes to be…
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Continue reading →: That Makes Three
Sunday, (August 25), marked the three-year anniversary since Prit’s release from the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Canada, after suffering from back-to-back brain aneurysms. My mind traced back over the events of that crisis as I sat in the pew at Moncure Baptist Church Sunday morning and listened to my…
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Continue reading →: Gearing Up
Gearing Up for Haiti A week from today, Prit, John, and myself will be flying into Cap-Haitian. The tickets are bought and hotel reservations have been made. It’s going to be a busy fall. John has been busy studying the book of Hebrews and gearing up for teaching in our…
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Continue reading →: A Poem for the Hungry
It’s so easy to look the other way Easier just to ignore what they say “I’m hungry, can’t you please give me something to eat?” The dry, red hair and stomach protruding the dazed look, the crazed look A mother’s voice soothing “I’m hungry, can’t you please give me something…
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Continue reading →: A Million Little Things
On Tuesday, two lady friends came to visit us. They drove over from Mount Olive, North Carolina, and spent the day with Prit and myself. Not only did Janet and Karen come to spend precious time with us, but they came bearing gifts for us and our children. Prit and…
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Continue reading →: Comin’ and Goin’
“Why is that lady taking a picture of her suitcases in the Barnes and Noble parking lot?” Well, because a friend asked her to do so, of course! “Isn’t that normal?” a woman would ask. Well, as I sit and type this post about the busyness that this week will…
