Tara
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Elijah is Three!
We had a fun day playing outside in the little pool. We’re having a party on Saturday with some friends. So, tonight there was no birthday cake, but some yummy pastries.
Grant me justice against my adversary.
My kid’s are persistent….all three of them. And sometimes all three of them can be persistent at the same time, and well that can be very overwhelming to me. I am often annoyed and short-tempered with them when they just don’t quit. Sometimes I give in because their persistence is……well….so persistent that it just breaks [...]
Humbled
Learning another language is so difficult, but to put it into perspective it isn’t nearly as difficult as teaching 34 hormone raging inner-city kids. But nevertheless, it is difficult. I have good days and I have bad days. Good days include me actually communicating (stumbling and bumbling word order and verb conjugation) but the person [...]
Pair of Ducks
During our training in November and December at Mission Training International, we were taught about living in paradox as we move cross-culturally. Whatever was taught to the adults about living cross-culturally was also taught to the kid’s on their level. They were taught about the “yeah” duck and the “yuck” duck….a pair of ducks. Living [...]
A good change
Last week began our second trimester of studying Spanish. Our family needed a change. The last few months have been really tough. For those who may not have known, we were at school from 7:30 until 12:10 each day. All three boys were in childcare(I previously stayed home with them) and Brian and I were [...]
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