February 2010

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A-Bobble-Bobble-Toddle

I have been meaning to post some pictures with an update about Abram for a while now, but pesky things like sicknesses and birthday parties and beach trips kept getting in the way. But no more, because my almost ONE year old is up to some BIG stuff.
Check him out (a few weeks ago) standing [...]

A Flower for Sunday

For we do not have a high priest who is
unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,
but we have one who has been tempted
in every way, just as we are—
yet was without sin.
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence,
so that we may receive mercy and find grace
to help us in our time of [...]

Taipei on a Sunday Morning

Walking to Sunday School on a cold, blustery day in Taipei.

One WILD (RUMPUS) Party

On Friday night, the night before Ellie’s 3rd birthday party, a forest grew in the lobby outside our room…

…and grew—and grew, until the ceiling hung with vines and the walls became the world all around!

This year Ellie’s birthday fell on Valentine’s Day (as usual) AND Chinese New Year, but we felt like turning three [...]

A Flower for Sunday

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; 
but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13

A Real Conversation

Ellie is the recipient of a lot of cookies and crackers and candy. For some reason, whenever Chinese people see a child they feel compelled to give them junk food. Lately, if Ellie happens to be given two goodies at once she will eat one and save the other for “tomorrow” which really means “later”. [...]

Cilantro, Onions and a Birthday

Take a look at what I got for FREE at the market today…

A nice big bunch of cilantro and some green onions. 

I suppose, to be completely honest, I should mention that I get this for free every time I go to the market. Sometimes I get a hunk of ginger too. Why? Because that’s [...]