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Photos and Bragging

Today on our way home from picking Josh up from work he got a call from our pastor at Vision Valley church. The pastor was calling to discuss some details about the upcoming trip to the Manambolo where VV visits on a mon…
the deluge begins

May i just preface this (long and potentially mind numbing) blog post with a comment that I really enjoy Marva Dawn's book Talking the Walk. Although i dont agree, necessarily, with all her theses. I do appreciate how s…
Vision Valley Church "Family Day"

The following are photos from our church's family day this past Sunday after church. Judah enjoyed the fun things for kids (bouncy castle, which was a bit too rowdy for Judah's mom's peace of mind :-S), trampoline, elect…
Sunday at the J.R.Plett's

Out for Josh's birthday - we went for lunch at the Korean restaurant on Saturday with friends. Far side: Renier (sp) from South Africa, Adam (MAF Chief Engineer) from Australia, Josh. Near Side: Jako and Ilke from Sou…
Judah is no longer sick. I am. Well. I was sick a few days ago and now i dont know what's going on. I'm either having a prolonged (ie. 3 days now) anxiety attack (which i'm not very familiar with, so i cant recognize o…
heritage

Recently in our small group study we have been talking about how we raise our children, what gift we would like to give our children as they grow up. It has been a renewed revelation to me how much i have been given by m…
when there's pain in the offering, blessed be your name

The heartache that continues to stem from our home country has us feeling sapped ourselves and wounded on behalf of all the people we know and love who are experiencing it firsthand – no matter where they…
a few thoughts on why i love our church

today in church i was trying to grasp, coherently, why it is that i am so thankful to be in Vision Valley church. When we first arrived in Madagascar we took the 'church tour' (which didn't take long since there are on…
Wakeboarding, gingersnaps, first advent and other incongruencies

This past weekend was First Advent. Usually i associate First Advent with -snow -bundling up to go to church -candle(s) -christmas baking -putting up the tree and decorations. -that cozy feeling we get as preparations f…
Sundays at the J.R.Plett's

Last Sunday Judah didnt go to sunday school. This sounds terrible, but we bring him to sunday school based on who the teacher is for that day. Anyway, although he didnt go to sunday school they tracked him down and gave…