Archive for May, 2008
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May 09, 2008
No CommentsIntroducing Yongyut Mitsathit
This is Yongyut Misathit. Chris and I have been supporting him monthly through Compassion International for a few years now. He is from Thailand, and he will be seven years old this October. It has been an incredible blessing to be a part of Yongyut’s life and to receive drawings, pictures, and notes from him...
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May 08, 2008
No CommentsWorship at Real Life
Real Life is the high school student ministry at New Life, and they have amazing worship nights. Chris has been playing keys with the band for the last few weeks and is loving every bit of it. It’s the first opportunity he’s had in a long time to consistently be part of a worship team....
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May 08, 2008
No CommentsFortune
Chris and I have a favorite place to eat here in Conway. It’s a hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant called Jade China, and they have better fried rice than anywhere else we’ve eaten… except maybe PF Chang’s, and even that’s a hard sell. Part of the tradition of our meals at Jade China is that we always...
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May 06, 2008
No CommentsGreen Opportunities
Sometimes new opportunities beget new words, like ecopreneur. Check out this story in the May edition of Natural Awakenings: Women Ecopreneurs Create a Better World. Some very interesting info here about new opportunities for women in the new, green world. According to the article, women-owned businesses are increasing at twice the national rate. And, these new businesses...
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May 06, 2008
No CommentsAnchor
What holds things together? In a world that is spinning so quickly, where the speed of time seems itself to accelerate exponentially with each passing year, it is easy to feel like things are spinning out of control. It’s like riding a merry-go-round. Thrilling at first, the faster and faster you spin, the greater the...
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May 06, 2008
No CommentsQuick Update on Annie
The vet called this morning. Annie’s not pregnant and she doesn’t have hyperthyroidism… so, we’re back to where we started. She still thinks she’s pregnant, so there’s all that mess. And, we have to keep her on Phenobarbitol because she’s probably still epileptic. Plus, we have to exercise her a lot to help her lose...
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May 05, 2008
No CommentsDance It Out
Sometimes when my head is so full I can hardly sort out all my thoughts, I like to take a hot bath and just not think. But sometimes, taking a hot bath or any other kind of relaxing activity just won’t do. There is too much quiet and too much time to think. In these...
