April 2009

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For free time today I took a walk IN the ocean. It was very cold but as many Northwesterners know, your feet just go numb after a while. When I got back, I heard twice, “Would you PLEASE put on dry clothes.” But it was refreshing and nice in that normally, I don’t have a …

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All the Difference

We are having free time right now. Emma (from Bolivia) and Lomuria (from Kenya) are particularly fascinated with American television. A show about three sisters who are witches was fun to see his reaction to. Harriet has gone for a run on the beach (just steps outside our door) and Wess and his family left …

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More Tea! More Tea!

John just asked me about a short bio from one of our contributors, “and lives with her wife…” I got to explain that to him. That was fun. So it turns out we do have Internet here and at least five laptops so I will be blogging, about the only thing I’ll be doing on …

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I’m Here!

I am safe here at Rockaway Beach. We have already had a great time driving over here, getting lunch, seeing the Tillamook Cheese Factory, and settling into the house along with dinner in a cozy dining nook just big enough for the four of us adults and Lily in a high chair. (She’s 16 months …

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Enjoy Life!

I am off to go spend five days with these wonderful people. I will blog about it when I get back. Until then, enjoy life! 365-09 #106

See You at the Beach!

Last Sunday as I sat between Wess and Emma at meeting, I had the sense we were a team, (along with the seven others of course). I had the feeling I was a part of something incredibal, that each member of the team is unique and needed and that we were in this together. It …

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Utterly Loved

I walked into tap class tonight and Stacey’s face just lit up when she saw me. I’ve been working really hard on getting ready for the board meeting and I had been looking forward to going to class all day. There is nothing like knowing you are utterly loved. 365-09 #104

Wait For Me

Spending three days at the Richmond Elementary library was a gift from God to me. I have been so busy lately over my head in projects that I have taken no time whatsoever to sit with God. Of course there is the time at church but meeting is rarely when I go deep. And not …

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So Much for That Idea…

I am writing to sounds of the coolest band you’ve ever heard: “The Barbers”. Okay, they are not actually a band, they’re better! My friend Emma from Bolivia is here with me and to get a better idea of what Easter in America is like (they just celebrate Good Friday), I called Deborah and finagled …

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It’s a Small World

Tonight I met up with Ali downtown to give her a key for the apartment. After sitting at the Reed Opera House, we walked around downtown and had dinner together at SOBA. As Katie has mentioned, it’s nice that Ali and I have a chance to get to know each other as friends before moving …

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