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June 08, 2009
Things people do without thinking
Here’s one of them. Every now and then, someone decides to park their car “for a minute” on the street outside our apartment where the bus passes. Which turns into 10 or 20 or 30 minutes. And then when the bus comes through and can’t pass, it causes many, many angrily honking cars to line up behind. How embarrassing. Glad it wasn’t me.
The faith of a child
Around Easter time, we each received a card and a little money from my sister…all except Evan. Ellie's card had $5 in it, so he was quite distressed about not getting his. Time went on, and he didn’t forget. He kept wondering if it would ever come. Finally he starting begging us to give him the money…”it just isn’t fair”. One day after we’d heard enough, Kevin told him to talk to Jesus about it. So he stopped right there and prayed. As he did, I must admit that I wasn’t feeling much faith. Enough time had passed that I was sure it was lost for good.
Just a couple of days later I opened the mailbox and there was the letter! I couldn’t believe it! I thanked God for being so good to our trusting Evan. And I was reminded to ask more and believe.
As you can see, the card went all the way to the Caribbean Island of Grenada before traveling to Granada, Spain.
Happy 5th Birthday Ellie!
It’s hard to believe our little girl is 5! Here’s how we celebrated…
…by Skype with some family members
…with a party at our house
Ellie with her friends Evelyn and Elisa
This morning before school…being 5 didn’t change the sometimes grumpy attitude
…with cupcakes at school
Singing their hearts out…especially brother. (Evan’s class joined us.)
Evelyn and Ellie
Some of Evan’s classmates
…with a trip to her favorite restaurant…McDonalds of course.
