Anniversary Celebration & Spring Break

Spring Break has started for Alan.

So, today we went to a nice restaurant for Afternoon Tea as part of our 29th Wedding Anniversary Celebration!  It was a place we've never been to. All you can eat... very nice restaurant with great food for only 10US$ per person!

Then we went over to pick up our Annual Family Portraits --

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Media Frenzy

I had lunch with two dear sisters and then went shopping for a few items for an upcoming baby shower. I found some great bargains. The weather was great and it felt nice to be out in the sunshine.

In the afternoon when I went to pick Abby up at the Xihu MRT station, the site of the killing had become a shrine. Monks and even soldiers had congregated there. The media had blown things way out of proportion. In fact, the mother of the deceased had gone on TV begging the media to stop broadcasting this case. But the media had not heeded her request. It's very sad to see. The media instead had continued to sensationalize this event and it had prompted others who are starving for attention to do knife slashing at a MRT station and also on the streets. The streets seemed to have less people these days.

My heart continues to be in prayer. Only the Prince of Peace can truly bring peace in the hearts and minds of people in Taiwan.

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Tragedy Hits Close to Home

I've always said that Taiwan is a very safe place. 

But yesterday morning at 11am, tragedy struck right in Neihu, right next to the Xihu Elementary School, right near where we drop off our kids for the MRT each morning.

A 32 year old mentally unstable person took a butcher knife and in broad daylight attacked and killed a four-year old girl. I won't go into the details...

This is very rare in this area and thus, all the more shocking. Horrified.

Today there were policemen at all the elementary schools around this city. It was very strange to see. This might continue for many days or it might be the 'new' norm...

Many parents were hyper alert and people are getting more hesitant to trust others.

My heart cries out... Father, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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Window Cleaning

It's spring and I've been working on cleaning the house.

We've lived here for 13 years and I do think I keep the house pretty clean. But this past weekend I realized that the windows really need a lot of work -- inside and outside. I can't get to the outside, so I decided to work on the inside. That's what I did all morning.

It occurred to me that maybe it would have been better to have paid someone 50US$ to do the job! For 1500NT$, I can hire someone to come for 6 hours. Because as I started cleaning the windows, I would notice another spot that needs cleaning. It seemed as if the task would never be finished. I still have a lot more to do but it was a great start.

While I was cleaning, I also started thinking about all the things that I should maybe give away. The spring cleaning bug hit me big time today!

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Happy Resurrection Sunday!

It was a wonderful Sunday... as always.

Abby and I took a walk in the morning.

Then I put all the potatoes in the crock pot to make mashed potatoes.

We all left at 2:15. I went to Costco to pick up the cake and a bag of veggies.

At church, we helped to set up while Alan talked things over with his translator. Yes, he was the speaker today!

Another sister and I were the intercessors.

At 5:30 I went to pick up the 6 large pizzas.

The Chinese food also arrived.

One sister made red bean soups with tapioca and taro in coconut milk. YUMMY.

We had a great resurrection Sunday feast.

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Both Were Sold

Alan and I were interested in two used cars (Toyota Wish). We found them on the Toyota Dealership's Second-hand car web page. These are cars that were traded in or repossessed by them, so a bit more trustworthy when it comes to the history of the cars. We had called about the cars and last Saturday went to see one of the two cars. The car had been sitting around for a while. It was a 2010 Wish with only 23,000kms on it. We told the car dealer that we'd call him in 7 days as we wanted time to pray.

Today was the 7th day. I called. And both of the cars we were interested in had been sold within the last 7 days, which is unheard of. The dealer himself was quite surprised. We were not. We have seen this happen over and over again.

So, we're back to looking.

For now, we're still sharing a car with our dear friends, Robert and Ariel.

Alan has his spring break coming up. We might take time during his break to go and look. It sure will be interesting... maybe by our 29th wedding anniversary we'll post a picture of our new car, the Wish. MAYBE!

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