30 January 2014

full of thanks.

  • community meeting
  • wes stafford's life
  • the encouragement he brought to our crew
  • nice time at twiga with our family (+1 friend per child)
  • fun time on deck 8...skateboarding lessons, rollerblading, sunset




  • straight cabin (for the moment)
  • how God tells us what to say/share if we just ask Him
  • hot water is working again! 
  • walking around reading about an incredible man


  • time to sit and be still
  • the plan is that we're going back to guinea!
  • everything was working properly in the cafe
  • ships that remind me to pray for friends (this is the hawk family's)


  • bag of goodies from the cheng family...what thoughtfulness!
  • thank you notes written by the pool
  • we DID end up getting something on the holland container - thanks to erin's thoughtfulness


  • successful teeth cleaning for emma.  all smiles!!
  • peaceful teeth filling for eli.  
  • animals zip-lining through the cabin

  • when the kids make really fun forts (and when they sing in them is even better!)
  • knowing that toni and suzanne are resting in key west.  
  • lovely little book (anything using the word "culled" on the title page has got to be special)(not quite sure of the title...it's not really about sympathy at all....)



  • honest and forthright communication
  • meaningful conversations  
  • amusing turkeys.  this just makes me laugh. 


  • the youth's responses to questions about furniture/ideas for the youth room 
  • reading through our monthly donor report to find gifts that we weren't expecting and hadn't heard about yet.
  • emma's contentment to peacefully "craft" for a long time (and the "crafts" she produced!)