Monday, December 20, 2010
The Countdown -- Our Christmas 2010 Newsletter
For those who do not live in Taiwan, you might already be on your Christmas vacation! AHHHHH... how nice! For us, this year Christmas is on Saturday, so we actually have time to just sit and enjoy being together as a family. What are we planning to do? We don't exchange gifts, so there won't be the madness of unwrapping presents. We will have a special breakfast? What might be on the menu? Pancakes, waffles, French toast, scrambled eggs and moon over my hammy! (That's a Denny's breakfast special which we love and make on special occasions!) But I am getting ahead of myself. This post was to review this past year...
So, what are some highlights?
Celebrating our 23rd Wedding Anniversary!
Isaiah's 12th and Abigail's 11th birthday weekend! (We won't mention ours!!!!)
Two trips to the States to see our elderly parents, family members and friends!
Isaiah's wonderful accomplishment in the English Speech Contest!
For Lovely the miracle of her passing the scooter license (She now has a license to ride a 100cc+ scooter!)
The basketball teams that Alan coaches all placed in the top four in all the competitions they joined this year.
Abby excelling in all her school subjects and her extracurricular activities (She is one busy lady!)
What are some things that didn't happen?
Alan did not join a men's Bible study.
Lovely did not publish any new books.
Isaiah did not win his track and field races.
Abigail did not join her school's T-ball or swim team.
Despite all that didn't happen, it has been a tremendously anointed and blessed year. We want to wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a VERY AMAZING NEW YEAR!
Seek Him First!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
November Is Here and Gone!
Thanks-
giving &
Birthdays
Weekend!
I can't believe it's already November 30th. How did an entire month go by so quickly? This has been a fantastic month. I had to post something before December dawns tomorrow morning, or actually in just a few hours! What have we been up to this month? One word summary -- CELEBRATIONS!
Isaiah turned 12 and Abigail turned 11. The entire weekend was spent having fun! This year Isaiah's birthday was the same night as American Thanksgiving. So, we had a special dinner at home. After sharing around the dinner table about our favoriate memory of Isaiah, we each also gave thanks. Isaiah then opened presents. The evening very special.
The kids had school on Friday and I had a whole day of meetings, plus we had a couples' get together that evening. Needless to say, the day flew by and I must have soared on the wings of eagles! There was no other way that I got through such a hectic day!
Saturday was a planned day of fun and activities. We ended the day with an evening at the Shihlin Night Market. If we were to list just what we ate, this post would run way too long! Sunday was Abby's birthday. As we had church activities and a bridal shower to attend, we celebrated at the end of the day. She got to open presents (while I made root beer floats for everyone!) and we spent time sharing about our fond memories of and thanksgiving for Abigail. We all got to bed with a very full stomach and hearts filled with gratitude.
That was only four days of this month! You can now imagine what the rest of the month was like!
Seek Him First!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Dancing with the Stars?
Well, Ming Chuan had a big English event and it was a lot of FUN. To make things more interesting, I made a Hawaiian grass skirt out of the local ENGLISH NEWSPAPER!!!! We had games in the morning and I ran the Tongue Twisters booth. The students had to memorize a tongue twister and then recite the sentence while doing a funny stunt that involved a "twist" or "turn" of their body. In the afternoon, we had a dance-off finale. I was the MC for the show and both Isaiah and Abby had to join one of the groups.By the end of the day, I lost my voice. I am still trying to recoup. And if anyone uploads a video of me dancing on stage, well, that will be the closest I ever get to "dancing with the stars"!
Seek Him first!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
YEAH -- Pressure Is Off!
Yes, it's already October! And of course, lots have been happening. The above picture was taken at the end of a LONG day. You see, Isaiah was one of two students sent from his school to be a part of the English Speech Competition. He had practiced -- memorizing his script and choreographing all the movements. But still, he was nervous, and so was I. He was put into the "foreign students" category in which the students have either lived abroad or studied in international schools. Alan and I just encouraged him to do his best for the glory of God. We were all very happy when he finished. (See that smile of relief on his face!) And when the results came out the next morning -- PRAISE THE LORD. He was second on the list!!!!
Seek Him first!
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