Max starts work TODAY. Up in Provo. The sun has set on a grand adventure with this returned missionary of ours and I’m so melancholy about that, but also just so grateful. Coming home from serving for two years in a foreign country, completely focused on serving others and teaching about Jesus Christ takes a…
Max and I have spent some good time together since he got home just organizing his things. Getting rid of the things still lingering from two years ago that he doesn’t need, acquiring some that he will need in Utah, and just getting life situated. Part of that deal has involved sorting through and boxing…
I’ve had several questions about home schooling, whether I’m doing it, what I’m doing, etc. The answer is yes, I’m home schooling Claire, but only for the last hour of her day which is English. And really, what we’re doing is really not “home-school” English, it’s more what I like to call “experiential” English. This…
Two weeks ago I headed to the post office to send off our last written letter to our boy over in Taiwan. As I walked out of that place, extra international stamps still in hand, I had such an overwhelming feeling of peace and relief that we’re finally going to get that boy home…but also…
There is a “transfer” every six weeks when you’re on a mission. Sometimes you move to the other side of your whole mission (which can be a long train ride or even a flight), and get a new companion, and other times you stay right where you are. And keep the very same companion. Max…
(on a Tuesday again) A few weeks ago Max got moved back to the big city of Taichung (from a smaller town called Jiayi). It was tough for him to leave that place filled with so many people he loves so much, but he’s off on a new adventure in a new place. This is…
The things that every seasoned missionary parent has told me have come true: the first year passes like molasses. You miss that young man of yours more than you ever thought could be humanly possible. Then, as the long months start to melt away, you start to wonder if there really is a…
Missionary Monday update on a Tuesday… Max’s friends started coming home from missions this summer. Many of them left right after high school (and didn’t do a college semester first like Max did), so it’s been two years. The first two came home when we were in Utah the first time. When we came…
When my high school friends were in town for our little reunion I discovered Facebook. Of course, I know it’s there. I even have an account that I started years and years ago when I thought I could keep up with the barrage of social media outlets beckoning to me. But I don’t go…