For many years we have felt unprepared for Easter. It just seems to leap up out of nowhere and last year I decided enough was enough. We intentionally prepare our hearts and homes for Christmas and so we want to equally prepare our hearts and minds for Easter, arguably the more important of the two […]
Last weekend our group was officially COVID-free!! We celebrated by enjoying a few hours at a nearby beach together wishing Ray and Willa their final and most official felicitations on turning 7 and 9. As a general rule we have become numb to the odd things you encounter here. For example, we have fruit bats […]
Ray and Willa are a full year older now, but not feeling much taller (according to Ray)!!! Their birthdays hit right at the tail end of our first COVID experience so it didn’t quite look as we expected, but we had a wonderful weekend. It started last Friday as Willa turned 7. The team drove […]
Annual General Conference (AGM) is done! By many days, actually. I’ve been remiss on updating because we’ve had a distracted week post-AGM. First and foremost, we deeply appreciate the prayers. It was not the easiest meeting for Brian, but we had some enlightening conversations that we trust will help move the Branch along in future […]
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit) I have waited eight years for the moment we would crack open this book with our kids, and this week it finally happened. Falling into this story as a family is akin to […]
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