Author Archives: David

Cake and God’s faithfulness

God is always faithful, so let’s have some cake and celebrate. I recently read the following story by Elyse Patten and thought I would share part of it with you. Once upon a time, on a small island far away, … Continue reading

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Back to School

A quote that has stuck with me for years is, “Days may be long, but years are short.”  I’ve found this quote to be so true.  Some days feel like they drag on or something happens and makes a day … Continue reading

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Light Bulbs

I (DeAnna) never gave much thought to light bulbs. Yeah, I knew there were different kinds, but other than fluorescent long bulbs, I thought the other bulbs all had the same twist/screw end on them. I knew the twist/screw ends … Continue reading

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Hard Choices

We live something that I think is quite unique. Not many people in their lives would live in this other dimension. Here it is: in our passport country we are considered low income. In the USA, we qualify for government … Continue reading

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Sac Sac

Although we are blessed with wonderful, juicy tropical fruit; we crave things we can’t get like strawberries, cantaloupe, peaches, nectarines, pears, grapes, etc… David was introduced by a colleague to a Korean made grape juice drink, Sac Sac. The drink … Continue reading

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Silliness

Lately we’ve seen many people complete silly online survey’s.  Things like what Downton Abbey character are you, what Sesame Street character are you, What State should you live in, What occupation should you really have, etc…  Most of the time … Continue reading

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Huh?

I used to have a game called Mad Gab.  My mother strongly disliked this game.  It was a game where you were given gibberish to read and the other person had to try and solve what you were saying.  For … Continue reading

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One Upper

I (DeAnna) recently read a blog post by Tara Livesay on a life overseas blog spot.  This blog’s audience are people who work outside their passport country as humanitarian workers and missionaries.  It was convicting.  The theme is one-uppers. Since … Continue reading

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I’m encouraged by those of you who read our blog.  Sometimes we are silly, sometimes serious, David sometimes delivers sermonettes, sometimes it’s sad and sometimes it’s raw emotion.  It’s our life. I’ve (DeAnna) been asked questions about our blogs from … Continue reading

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Interesting Tropical Fruit

As I’ve posted before, we get to experience all kinds of tropical fruit.  Although we like tropical fruit, we do crave berries, cantaloupe, nectarines, grapes and peaches that we can’t get in a tropical environment. There was a fruit that … Continue reading

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