he says. Thursday, October 21, 2010   David: “Judah, in one month you and Mommy and Amie and me are going to get on a plane and go to South Asia.” Judah: “Okay.” David: “How does that make you feel?” Judah: “Funny.”    

  first fish. Wednesday, October 20, 2010      

  multitude monday, #290-305   Monday, October 18, 2010 fall has finally come to South Carolina an all-by-myself walk along the Gervais St Riverwalk this morning the poetry and romance of a God who thinks up weeping willows our fully potty-trained three-year-old! Judah words: “chicken nugg-let” (chicken nugget), “hot-okter” (helicopter) watching Judah and Amelie and Annie and Lily hug, play, fight, and bond in Chattanooga Amie reaching for her Uncle Jonathan chaotic, late-night Ben and Jerry’s run with Maggie and all four kiddos a safe place to cry at FPCC the clothes closet, and especially the amazing Diane missionaries who are brutally honest and fiercely hopeful Pastor Tim Tinsley new…

We spent the past week in Chattanooga, TN, for a supporting church’s missions conference. This is an event we have had marked on our calendar all year, and I can’t believe it is come and gone already. I also can’t believe how perfectly God’s timing fits our needs. This conference – this week away in Chattanooga – happened right before our move out of our apartment, and with our November departure imminent.  A busy time for us. But oh, how we needed this week – and we didn’t even know it.  We fell in love with this town and this church. God ministered to us all week long … in…

  state capital. Thursday, October 14, 2010      

  birthday breakfast. Friday, October 8, 2010      

  I sit here with the fall breeze on my face and look around our apartment and my mind races a mile a minute.  What can we fit in our seven suitcases?  What needs to be left behind? Already I feel the loss of the dark blue dishes we were given for our wedding and our patchwork assortment of coffee mugs and Judah’s little crayon-streaked toddler bed. My heart aches over saying good-bye to the church family that I have known and loved for seven years, and the thought of starting over from scratch in a brand new church. My stomach tightens with dread when I think ahead to how…

  multitude monday, #282-289. Monday, October 4, 2010   I had a wonderful weekend away with the ladies from my church. There are so many unique and powerful stories of God’s faithfulness. sunny, windy October day on Litchfield beach. hotels with Starbucks inside them. David and the kids at home together all weekend … picnic on the porch, cooking together, breakfast with Nick and Lindsey, playing in the park, playing hide-and-seek. Judah words: “tundel” (tunnel), “light-be-a-queen” (Lightning McQueen), “elevator” (alligator), “er” (your). Judah’s birthday present from Martha: an awesome new backpack for our trip. it is October, and I am not as panicked as I thought I’d be. we have…

  pIcnic on the porch. Monday, October 4, 2010   Julie was away this weekend at a women’s retreat with our church.  So I had our little ones and grand plans.  I pictured serving chicken and rice on the porch in the cool evening, sharing what the Lord’s doing in our lives. I set them up outside and began rushing in and out getting the meal ready.  As soon as I went inside, Amie knocked everything onto the ground and fell off her tupperware stand into it.  When I returned she was face down in her food, screaming, unable to get up with the booster seat belted to her butt.…

  stats. Friday, October 1, 2010   The results of our three-year and one-year well visits are in: Judah – 40 inches (95th percentile), 36 lbs (90th percentile) Amelie – 31 inches (90th percentile), 24 lbs (75th percentile) Our pediatrician predicted that Judah will grow up to be 6 or 6’1, and Amie 5’7.  I am recording this here … and we’ll see if it comes true!