Lux et umbra vicissum…

A couple more prayer requests. I’m sure I’ll be adding these regularly… – For a bunk bed and two dressers. Our dressers are maxed out right now – we have two that all five kids share and then a few under-the-bed rubbermaid things and still some of the clothes don’t have a home and end […]

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I’m starting to wonder whether I could offer a service by teaching people how to braid. I thought it was something pretty basic and never questioned that I could do it, but I’ve gotten so many comments on Desta’s hair and how amazing it is that I did it myself that I’m starting to wonder. […]

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… and I’m very tired. I wish I had time to post about our incredible experience going to Ethiopia to get our new children. Joel and I both fell madly in love with the country and are already working out plans to go back. Anyway, since I really need sleep, I’ll just post a couple […]

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I didn’t type about the adoption for a while because we were cautioned to keep the circle of people “in the know” fairly small, but things have been moving along nicely so I think I’ll go ahead and post an update now. We received and accepted a referral about a month ago for a sister […]

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