Jo’s Book

January 17, 2012

Way back in 2008 I blogged a series called green about envy. On the last day I revealed a notebook I used for a gratefulness journal. Oh the joys of a Sharpie gliding across the lush pages of a snazzy journal. Way back a long time ago before that I learned the meaning of the [...]

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Did I mention we are moving?

January 8, 2012

Like everything? By this time next month: the church will be in a new location. the ministry office will be in a new location. the orphanage will have a new rental house. the Washington’s will have a new rental house. By the mid-year the bowling alley will be in a new location. The only thing [...]

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The Cradle of Liberty

January 4, 2012

Surrounding the elevated statue of Simon Bolivar, the Great Liberator of South America, in the plaza at the center of Bolivia’s capitol city Sucre you will find a ring of golden words. Words. Powerful words which read: Sucre, Bolivia, the cradle of liberty. The city holds the wonder of words which gave me the power [...]

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Looking Back at the Year… 12 Images

December 31, 2011

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Face the Hail

December 27, 2011

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Which Ones are Mine?

December 14, 2011

Who doesn’t love the opening of Dumbo when the stork struggles all plucky over the clouds until he finds the train where Mrs. Jumbo awaits the arrival of her precious child? Such sweetness when he plays a note and then sings Happy Birthday to the little tyke. Where did all this stork business start anyway? [...]

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Full Moon Bloom

December 7, 2011

I keep cactus plants on my porch. It would seem this one bloomed just in time to watch the full moon rise this 7th night of the month. This is the first bloom we have seen on it since I brought home this fuzzy, bullet-shaped, stump three years ago. See how the flower faces the [...]

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Sunny Sunday

December 6, 2011

A few months ago a member of our church told me she had an idea of a way to honor us for ten years of service in Bolivia. She had rallied some other people from church to help her with this idea. They wanted to bring DaRonn’s mom down for a visit. She had never [...]

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Winner! and the final excerpt

November 27, 2011

After a month of writing I finished the first draft with just over 50,000 words. My winner’s certificate: Very happy with the book. It’ll be fun to edit. This evening with one more hour of writing ahead of me I flipped a coin. Heads: a happy ending. Tails: a not happy ending. Fate said tails. [...]

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Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving

November 24, 2011

The wall started white. A blank canvas beckoned. A tree emerged. A tree to carve our thanks upon. A tree like the one of our Lord. For we know that giving thanks often follows sacrifice. We mark the entrance to our home with thanks to Him. The rebellious act of scribbling on the wall redeemed [...]

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