Lux et umbra vicissum…

light and shadow by turn…

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Entries from June 2008

Journal entry from 5-20-08

June 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on Journal entry from 5-20-08

Hosanna The people here rarely see feringie [white people], so we cause quite a commotion when we go out. The children stand back and stare, giggling, until one gets bold enough to run up and say, “What is your name?” I tell them my name and ask them theirs. They usually respond, and then they […]

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Tags: Faith & Ministries

My souvenirs

June 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on My souvenirs

I brought home a lot of things to sell this time to help support our adoption efforts (mostly baskets and other woven articles like trivets and coasters), but I also brought home two lovely souvenirs for myself. One was a broken toe. It was doing much better the other day, but yesterday I had to […]

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Tags: Drivel · Faith & Ministries

Excerpt from Journal entry 5-14-08 at 5:30 PM

June 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on Excerpt from Journal entry 5-14-08 at 5:30 PM

[Since I can’t post their names yet, I’ll call my future daughters L and B.  I’ll also remove parts of my entry that were mostly notes for another family on their own daughter or things that say too much info about L and B.] I spent much of the day – from 11 AM to […]

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Tags: Adoption