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Trip Update
Our second deadline for the Kenya trip has come and gone. Some of you already know that the funds for the trip did not come with it. Because of the other things going on for the remainder of the year*, I do not feel that we can simply reschedule it or push it back a […]
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Decision Day
April 26, 2013
Yesterday was decision day. It was the make or break moment for the trip to Kenya, one of many actually. As I’ve mentioned before, this trip is very unexpected. There were no plans or funds set aside for it when the need arose. Originally the plan had been to try to be in Kenya by […]
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Weekly Photo Challenge: UP
April 19, 2013
I’ve never posted a photo for the weekly photo challenge before, I don’t think, but this week’s caught my eye. The theme “UP” is one that I have many, many photos for because I’m constantly taking pictures of the sky, the mountains and a host of other things that are over my head. But two […]
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NT 10:1 The Final Stamp
April 15, 2013
Week 10: The New Testament and Adoption Cont’d Day 1: The Final Stamp – (Ephesians 1:12-14) We always used to joke that in order to get anything done in Russia you had to have two things: A Spravka (certificate) and a Pechat’ (stamp). The stamp was particularly important because even if you had the spravka, […]
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NT 9:5 The Process And Price Of Adoption
April 12, 2013
Week 9: The New Testament and Adoption Day 5: The Process and Price of Adoption – (Ephesians 1:3-14) I love the book of Ephesians. If you could get a peek at my Bible, you might think that a pink ink pen had blown up all over the first half of the book. It used to […]
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NT 9:4 Adoption And The Law
April 11, 2013
Week 9: The New Testament and Adoption Day 4: Adoption and the Law – (Romans 10:14; Galatians 4:1-10) Over the years, I have come in contact with several children who made very puzzling decisions. They had, up to that point, been brought up either on the streets or in very bad home environments. Suddenly, they […]
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NT 9:3 Adoption and Israel
April 10, 2013
Week 9: The New Testament and Adoption Day 3: Adoption and Israel – Romans 9 “Can you imagine a woman giving birth to a child and then casting it out into the field to wallow in the afterbirth, unbathed, uncared for, naked and exposed to the elements? Can you imagine a child in such a […]
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forbidthemnot
May 15, 2013
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