Last night we had a Chinese couple over for dinner.  Their names are Huang and Lisa ( she gave herself an English name ).  They go to our church and just recently Huang became a Believer.  ( An answer to Lisa’s prayers!! ) I just never know what is going to come out of my kids’ mouths!  It makes me nervous sometimes.  Last night Samuel brought out his Go Fish card game.  He said to Huang...

My sweet angel-face, Sophia Faith, turned 4 yesterday!  We had a fun-filled family day with lots of activities.  The kids friends, Chad and Caroline Mason, spent the night at our house and then the entire day with us.  I didn’t get any normal pictures of the boys – they were too busy bouncing off the walls and wrestling and being “secret agents”.  I got some of the girls, though. ...

How time flies!!  Sarah Grace turned six years old on February 3rd.  She was our first baby born in Brazil and what an experience that was!!  I remember saying to my mother-in-law before Sarah arrived, “What if she isn’t a girly girl?  What if she is a brute and a tom boy?”  Well, I should not have worried because Sarah doesn’t have an ounce of “brute” in her!  She...

For the past couple of weeks I have been reflecting a lot on the family that God has given to me.  I guess we can all play the “what-if game”.  What if I had never heard about Jesus and His love?  What if I had never gone to AR to teach and met Bob?  What if Sarah had died from the blood infection she had in Brazil?  What if it were our car in Sao Paulo that was surrounded by gunmen instead...