January 2024

No videos this month. Not too many big things happening, just catching up from Covid Christmas and all of that. Sofia is getting into after school programs, like camptown (learning about nature) and a kids ninja warrior practice thing. I love getting to volunteer in Jessica’s classroom, and getting to know all of those great kindergarteners. Caid is enjoying this semester more, teaching health as well as gym. He is also getting ready to perform at the Valentine Family dance at the girls’ school next month!

The girls loved Disney on ice (thanks Carina!), and it was so wonderful to see the Snow family (whom we served with in Brazil) when they came to visit.

Interweb Reads:

Me stuff: What is it like giving your life to missions? and Missionaries and Politics (podcasts), Surrender?, It’s Your Birthday, Extraordinary (poems), 10 years of College for $200, Barbie Movie

Missionary stuff: Sharp edges of a Round Globe (Marilyn Gardner), How to sing hope over the wounded heart of a child (and a song for you, too) (A Life Overseas), Luxury Cars or Walking Dusty Roads (Amy Medina), Dear younger self, what’s your motivation for missions? (A Life Overseas), Sent to Need (Things we Don’t Know)

Other stuff: Beyond MLK Day (Austin Channing Brown), 14 books I read aloud to my girls this year (Everyday Reading)