The biggest problem with only getting to email your son once a week while he’s on the other side of the planet, sixteen hours ahead, is that when he happens to have a bad day when he writes one week, worry rolls around in your heart all week. You pray your guts out for him…
A couple weeks ago my oldest child hit his half-way mark on his mission. Yes, he’s been gone a whole year. Half way through all those endless dots that looked so daunting when he left: Let’s get a closer look at that puppy: There we go. That’s a whole lotta dots! Which means…
Shoot, I didn’t mean to let that sad blog post linger at the top of this blog for so long, (thank you so much for all the sweet thoughts sent our way, we really appreciate it), let’s move to something a little happier. I mean, it is December after all. And in eleven days we…
I’m trying to do a “Missionary Monday” every now and then, but I don’t think I’ve ever actually written them on a Monday. Ha! I just want to label them this way so they are easy to find in the future. On Sunday we attended two missionary “homecomings” (where the recently returned missionary speaks in…
Yes it’s late on a Monday, but still Monday 🙂 There’s so much happening in our family right now, and that of course includes Max over on the other side of the world in Taiwan. He has been “training” with his first “on island” companion for twelve weeks, and he got a new companion as…
Speaking of missions (back HERE), Dave’s parents are doing some pretty great things right now. Adult missions are a little different from the ones teenagers head out on. Often times the couples that sign up to go have a little say in where they go. Dave’s parents have been really involved in a self…
Ok, so it’s really Tuesday by the time this posts, but as I write it is still Monday evening, and I am sitting here so overwhelmed with love for missionaries. For my own missionary who made it safely to Taiwan and is now paired up with a new “trainer” companion: (not sure what the story…
Last Sunday we had a pretty sweet little missionary miracle happen at church. And there was another big one last week. And others sprinkled in every week. When I stop to recognize them, there are little miracles every day. But before I talk about them I need to update about Max a little bit. There…
I’m so grateful for my little (big) miracle of overwhelming peace last week (last post). Things have been great post-Max-drop-off. Yes, we all miss that boy like nobody’s business but we’re all so excited for him, and for us and this adventure of being able to share this experience with him. One night as Dave…