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I visited the home of a friend of a friend. She had three young children of her own, one on the way, and was also baby-sitting two other young children. One of which was a 6-month-old baby girl.

When I walked in the house, she was sitting in a little seat on the counter, screaming [...]

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Too cute to not post

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Called

“I was wondering — I mean — could there be some mistake? Because nobody called me and Scrubb, you know. It was we who asked to come here.” -Jill

“You would not have called me unless I had been calling you.”
-Aslan

– The Silver Chair

Oh, glorious! That He has called us!

We decieve ourselves into thinking [...]

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Bejjing is in a frenzy of excitement and preparation.

The long-awaited Summer Olympics are coming to China!

Tearing down, building up, these have been the theme of the past years in Bejjing.
The Chinese government has erected many new churches, all under the name of The Three-Self Patriotic Movement.
Of course, when millions flock to Bejjing, [...]

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All in a day’s work

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My study buddy

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On a personal note

Over a week ago, I found out that Sarah tagged me to share 6 six non-important likes/dislikes/habits/quirks.
During my procrastination of this post and hesitation to get this personal with you, the reader, I found out that I was tagged a second time, this time by Amanda!

Here goes!

Six random likes, dislikes, or quirks about myself:

1) [...]

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My ezer kenegdo

I lift up my eyes to the hills— where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
-Psalm 121:1-2We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.
-Psalm 33:20

Each time the word help is used in these passages, the Hebrew word is ezer kenegdo. [...]

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As requested

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Eliot’s 99 balloons

“Doctors tell us that you won’t likely make it to birth…”
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I couldn’t.
 

We feed you every three hours, and it takes and hour and a half to do it. We’ve loved learning how to best take care of you. We love it.
It’s 11 at night right now, and my feeding shift [...]

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We say we are Christians, we proclaim it to the whole world, even under the hands of the executioner and in the midst of all the torments you inflict upon us to compel us to unsay it. Torn and mangled, and weltering in our blood, we cry out as loud as we are able to [...]

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