Once again, just like that, it’s August. WHERE did a whole year go – and so terribly quickly?! I have much to be thankful for in the past year. God has been so good (yup! – all the time –…
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– What joy to have arrived ‘safe and sound’ in July (however rigorous the trip was) back into the ‘other’ land that I love once again. I never take God for granted – so I am rejoicing that He lets…
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Every year as we celebrate the 4th of July, my heart and mind are drawn to how grateful I am for America. I say often, “Thank you, Lord, for my having been born and bred in this huge, beyond beautiful…
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– I will leave for the ‘other’ land that I love on July 10. I can hardly wait to get back to our ‘littles’ and our ‘kids’! I expect some changes as I return. Little Iulian (from Albina) has been…
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‘They’ say nowadays that there are almost as many weddings in the month of October as there are in June. However, I think that in most of our minds, we still think of June as being the ‘wedding-month’. The thing…
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I miss my work and our ‘kids’ and babies in Romania more than you will ever know, but it has been good to be back in MA to get some rest, oversee the ministry on ‘this end’, re-connect with friends,…
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They say to write what you know about. Well, this is a subject that I really know about! When I was in high school, I injured my right knee. The pain was so bad I thought I wasn’t going to…
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– By the time this is read, I will, Lord willing, be back in Massachusetts. It is always difficult for me to leave my beloved Romania – the ‘other land that I love’ – and especially ‘my’ ‘littles’ and ‘kids’!…
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I wonder sometimes about those who are so preoccupied with day to day life, their future, their kids, their jobs, friendships and just where it is they belong in their journey of life. I have met those, though, who are…
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First of all, the team of four pastors including Ovi who went deep into Ukraine – within 8km of the border of Russia to deliver food, water, goods, generators, rolls of plastic to cover bombed out windows and so much…
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