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Confused Surfers

Posted in General Musings on January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »

(As you may be able to deduce…I like to elevate the discourse ’round these parts )
So one of the funny little experiences you begin to have when you write on a blog is that you get to peek into the wonderful world of traffic statistics. Frankly, it can be a bit addictive–and very [...]

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PDA Alert

Posted in General Musings on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I love my wife.

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The Long-Awaited UPDATE

Posted in Progress Updates on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We heard from our agency today. Here’s an excerpt from their email:

Unfortunately, do to our plane being delayed one day to arrive (due to the ice and snow here), we were not able to meet with officials as planned. They said they did not have time to reschedule the appointment. [...]

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“Out Of the Mouth of Babes…”

Posted in General Musings, tagged , , , on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Been thinking a lot lately about the kingdom of God, which we’ve begun calling “the upside down kingdom” (a phrase, of course, we stole from someone else). You see, for much of my faith journey I have thought that being a christian meant that I’d have it all together. Things would go my way. All [...]

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“Have You Gotten Your Kids Yet?”

Posted in Progress Updates, tagged , , , , , , on January 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »

After my niece, Madison, and I finished chatting about puzzles, princesses, and the books she’s reading this was the question she asked me. She is definitely one of my favorite people on the planet and if my love for her is even an inkling of how I’ll feel towards my own children … I’m “in” [...]

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We’re Still Waiting…

Posted in General Musings, tagged , , , , on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We’ve had a bunch of folks ask us about our agency’s meeting on the 18th with government officials in Ethiopia (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, see this post).
We still haven’t heard anything.
Not sure what to make of that right now, but we do know that communication from Ethiopia via the internets is [...]

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“So…how are you paying for this?”

Posted in General Musings on January 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Note: This is NOT a fundraising appeal!
In fact, a few people have asked about it, and I wanted to address that. As you may or may not know, international adoption can be quite expensive. (If you really want to know, google some of the adoption agencies and you can find out more specifically)
As [...]

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“Inerja … right?”

Posted in General Musings, tagged , , , , , on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday we took a mini-road trip to “Little Ethiopia” in D.C. for an organized convergence of the Ethiopian community and the adoptive parents who were “in process” or had already adopted from Ethiopia in our region. We had no idea what to expect but, in all honesty, needed a “light” afternoon to just relax and [...]

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We’re Looking Toward January 18th

Posted in Progress Updates, tagged , , , , , , on January 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Hey folks, Nate here.
If you’ve read my wife’s posts below, you’ve seen a window into our hearts the past couple weeks. This whole process is such a roller coaster of emotion…just when we start to allow ourselves to get excited about what seems to be ahead, we get a curveball. It’s tough to put into [...]

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Waiting and the Dangers in Being Obsessive About Hand-Washing

Posted in Progress Updates, tagged , , , on January 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I had a dream a few weeks back that I wrote a book, published and bound, but with only six chapters completed and scores of blank pages towards the back, not yet written. The name of the book was Waiting.
God speaking through dreams is not a new thing, in fact for right now at least [...]

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