The Wurglers

A dish in a menu here. "ENHANCED DESERT SAND BLOWN BY WIND WING"

This is a toy that our friends' kids have here. There may not necessarily be a Lost in Translation factor here, but the 3rd item, the white sticker above the #1, must say something about some kind of difference. Enjoy

The other night some friends of ours here in the city offered to watch all 3 of our kids so that Sara and I could have an overnight date night. We had told them how little sleep we had been getting lately and they took it upon themselves to add our 3 kiddos to their already well formed brood of 4 kids under 5. We have no idea how they pulled it off, but they did. We went out to dinner together at the place we had our very first date ever, saw some parts of the city we were in together 6 years ago and saw a part of the city that gets decked out in Christmas lights every year. We had an amazing time. But perhaps the most amazing part was when we read and shared thoughts on 2 Corinthians chapter 4. It was one of those times where we had read these specific verses before but that day the Lord seemed to pull back the curtain and open our eyes to understand it in a new way. The Lord used that passage to encourage us and affirm us. -A major question brought to mind was "Do I view this ...

The name of a store here

As you may have figured out by now, our transition here has been anything but easy. I don't say this for pity, but for prayer; not for sympathy but in order to be sincere. Unfortunately I have come to the point that when people on our team ask me how I or my family is doing, I have an inclination to shirk back and paint a picture that is not accurate. Its easier to say "Things are great" when they're not simply because I don't want to be the guy who pops an inquirer's good mood bubble; nobody likes to be a Debbie Downer. But we have so much to be thankful for as well. In the spirit of Thanksgiving this year, here are a few of the many joys in my life brought on by my wonderful family: 1)My wife - she serves, she sacrifices, she loves. She is so stinking good at everything she does! I love her more today (even after hundreds of arguments and seeing each other's sin) than the day I said "I do." 2)Our kids EMMA She loves playing horsie an...

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