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Life Signs
We are in an intense period right now. We are finishing up Nathan’s thesis so he can actually graduate (from Westminster Seminary California with a Master of Arts in Historical Theology), we are trying to find work to get some … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Real Life
Tagged africa, american, california, cameroon, canadian, Christian, culture shock, development, escondido, kumba, leader, leadership, missionaries, missions, teach, teaching, train
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Sweet Success
Well, it happened. Last year’s record of 70 pounds of food collected during Halloween to donate to our local food bank was totally blown out of the water. Tonight we collected 120 pounds of food!! You can see our messy … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, General, Real Life
Tagged alternative, alternatives, can, canned, charity, Christian, collect, community, drive, during, escondido, food, food drive, Halloween, kind, kindness, light, neighborhood, poor, poorest, protest, senior, service, soup, trick-or-treat, tv, world
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Craziness
These last couple of weeks have been crazy. Three out of the 6 of us are in school now, although Eliana is only in Kindergarten 3 days a week. We went to the Birch Aquarium with friends yesterday as our … Continue reading
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Walk for Life
Next Saturday, April 30th 2011, my family will be doing the “Walk for Life” fundraiser for the Alternatives Pregnancy Care Clinic. This clinic offers all pregnancy-related support except abortion referrals. They are a privately funded clinic (no government money) … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, alternative, alternatives pregnancy, alternatives pregnancy care clinic, baby, ca, california, clinic, donate, escondido, for, fundraiser, life, lose, miscarriage, pregancy clinic, pregnancy, pregnant, requiem, support, walk, walk for life
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Fall in Escondido
This is what everything looks like right now: You can see that the recent rains have greened up the hills. The recent morning frosts have made our lawn yellower, though. We came back from our Thanksgiving LA trip and were … Continue reading
Soup for Seniors
Wow. This is the result of our recent “Halloween alternative” idea. We decided, after hearing that it used to be a tradition to ask for food for the poor on Halloween, to try it this year with our kids. A … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, american, california, can, can drive, candy, cans, celebrate, Christian, church, escondido, food, h'ween, Halloween, idea, Joslyn Senior Center, neighborhood, party, poor, senior, senior center, senior centre, seniors, soup, trick-or-treat, trick-or-treating
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Schooling
Our long journey into private Kindergarten. Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Homeschooling, Real Life
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Contentment in Escondido
I have been pondering contentment lately, specifically in regards to where/how we are living right now. Mostly because we are also gearing up more towards moving to Africa and have been talking and reading about that. (Africa? you ask? Check … Continue reading →