I started writing this (okay, voice dictating on my smartphone) on the 23rd after our church’s big Christmas outreach concert. It’s scattered as usual – even more so as deciphering what I said from electronic dictation is tricky…but here we go.
I’m walking home after our yearly Christmas concert. When I walked to...
I went to a “beechee kureen” (beach clean or, as I think we call them in ‘Merika, trash pickup) on Monday with some fun people – 90 fun people, to be more specific. I put a few pictures on FB, but I want to process more about the day and about this group of people. About 90 of us gathered for...
My uncle’s birthday was on Monday (or Sunday US time?). I called him – pretty bummed that, once again, I didn’t get a card in the mail.
My uncle has a disability and often doesn’t make sense (at least to me. I think he makes perfect sense to himself – at least some of the time). We talked for almost 30 minutes, which...
I’ve written a couple of ramblings about likes and dislikes related to Japan. I think I’ve also written before about having a personality that “when I’m up, I’m up. When I’m down, I’m down. And when I’m only halfway up (…wait. Does that happen?…) I’m either up or down.”...
I want to share a neat answer to prayer. It involves Mrs. A and Mrs. B. Mrs. A, a mother of two very active boys, is quite confident and forward. A natural gatherer, she is honest, energetic, and occasionally a bit abrasive. She’s my friend. Mrs. B, a mom of two polite gals, is very gentle and kind. She is open about her experience from the...
I shared about this briefly on our adairupdate fb page but thought I’d expand the story here. In our last newsletter, I wrote:
Other friends…have gotten more and more comfortable with the church community. They are beginning to feel less like okyakusan (guest) and more like kazoku (family). Please
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To answer the title of this blog, which is something R asked me a several times last week: indeed.
Last Tuesday, I received a package in the mail from my mom. It surprised me because it arrived about one week before she comes for over a month (yippee!!). Inside the package was a stack of cards &...
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