Prep work

It was chilly this morning!  Normally the weather here is pretty close to perfect…some days can be hotter than others but nothing like what we experienced in Phoenix.  But I do enjoy the chilly weather to wear my long sleeved shirts and hoodies 🙂 To warm up I...

Communication

Communication can and should be a beautiful thing.  It can, however, get quite muddled when people are involved or when the lack of communication creates problems, frustrations or misunderstandings. Today we had a situation at our boys’ secondary school.  A fire...

Movie night/day has returned!

Watching movies is one of my favorite things to do and I miss my Saturday morning movie dates with my youngest daughter, Amanda. So when our speaker system was recently returned, True Vine Christian Church was using it, I was quite excited. I set up the system to test...

Appearances

The other day the kids asked for “church” clothes.  It was a great opportunity to discuss appearances because this culture seems to place very high expectations/pressure on how you present yourself.  Including lying to someone so you don’t...

Gettin’ ready!

The kids are preparing for our visitors (in a few short weeks!).  I watched as they all said their memory verse and introduced themselves, then listened (while writing this post) to them practice their singing.  I know the group will be as proud of them as I am!...

Organizing day and such

It’s only noon here and my head is filled with “what to do next”.  The internet has not been very cooperative lately so that puts a damper on things, plus this morning I ran out of credit on my phone.  This is the first time this has ever happened to...

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