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This week is Spring break, and for the first half of the week, the weather was beautiful.  So, we loaded everyone up in the car, and headed to the coast for the day.  Seaside was predictably crowded, but then who can blame all of us sun starved Oregonians.  We had a great time, and introduced [...]

Karen’s mom recently sent some pics she had in her camera.  A couple are of Andy at the Gering Family reunion back near the New Year.  The others are of Emily at her cousin’s, Zoee and Lily, birthday.

Emily has taken to running around in pigtails lately, and very much reminds us that there is a little girl in the home.  Karen remembers her mom putting pigtails in her hair every day as she does the same for her girl.  Andy reminds Emily that he is the typical big brother who could care [...]

This is a bit out of the timeline, but back in January we were happy to dedicate Emily to the Lord.  The pics didn’t come out well in the dark theater, but in the end this moment marked the continuation of a process where this little girl has been prayed over lots.  Our hope long [...]

Received some pictures from one of the families who journeyed to China at the same time as us.  Like us, their daughter was from Shenzhen, and they sent some pictures of this city as we drove through it on our way to the Hong Kong airport and home.  In some ways, that day seems like [...]