July 2008 - Posts

• home again, home again jiggedy jig

  I had a great trip to La Paz, El Alto, and Oruro. There were a number of great stories from playing freeze tag at 11,000 feet (adds a new meaning to being “out of breath”), eating choripan for the first time (sure beat hamburgers), preaching at the second oldest church in Bolivia, and meeting 2 [...] Posted Jul 29 2008, 01:00 PM by 5 cup family Filed under: 1, travel, ministry

• balloon volleyball

  So what do you do when your kids are restless? Play balloon volleyball of course. Last night after dinner I blew up balloons for the kids, moved the coffee table, turned up some music, and we danced while hitting balloons into the air. For a half an hour I made the kids dance, jump, [...] Posted Jul 29 2008, 09:02 AM by 5 cup family Filed under: 1

• coffee & books

  Yesterday I had a wonderful time with my friend Ximena. We went out for coffee and talked straight for two hours. My Spanish was a little rusty, but she helped me through expressing my thoughts in another language, we were able to relate about more personal issues than just our likes and dislikes, we laughed, [...] Posted Jul 25 2008, 07:03 AM by 5 cup family Filed under: 1

• playing risk

  We played Risk as a family the other day. How? you may ask with our kids being so young…it would take a lot to explain, but I simplified it and we had a blast. As I sat at the table and watched Ben and Dan go head to head over a country, Rachel cheer for the [...] Posted Jul 22 2008, 09:11 AM by 5 cup family Filed under: 1

• rae’s purse

  This is Rae’s purse. It was given to her by her aunt, and she absolutely loves it. In fact it has become a treasure chest for our family’s belongings. If you can’t find it, its because its in her little tin purse. One night she was sitting on my bed playing with it [...] Posted Jul 18 2008, 03:00 PM by 5 cup family Filed under: 3 cup kids, random

• Lord, here i come

  I love to decorate. And those who have known me for a while know that my house has a tendency to change décor quite frequently. Now here in Bolivia, I find a way I like an arrangement and leave it that way. Probably because we have moved so much I’m beginning to [...] Posted Jul 16 2008, 07:47 AM by 5 cup family Filed under: 1

• The fields are ripe for harvest

  Maybe you heard my story about being on the bus in Bolivia, looking out through the window and watching the world fly by. I thought I’d just journal out a “typical” ministry trip. Last week I traveled to Oruro, the mining capital of Bolivia to meet with a group of 7 student leaders (here a [...] Posted Jul 15 2008, 07:43 AM by 5 cup family Filed under: travel, ministry

• too wate!

  Yesterday I let the kids play their version of Monopoly at the dining room table. I was listening to their conversation and this is what I heard. “Rachel you can’t have that!” “MINE!” “No Rachel the dice are for the game!” “No! For my purse!” “Rachel!” “Oops. Too wate. Dice MINE!” and she put them in her tin purse and [...] Posted Jul 14 2008, 12:45 PM by 5 cup family Filed under: family

• prayer

  Last night Naomi prayed a beautiful prayer that I would like to share with you.  I realize that not only am I on a spiritual journey, but my children are as well. “Dear Heavenly Father, I mean, dear Lord, I mean, dear God… Thank you for today and that we had a good day. I pray [...] Posted Jul 08 2008, 10:02 AM by 5 cup family Filed under: 1

• back to normal

  Our life is getting back to normal. The other day I smelled something burning as I walked down the stairs.  Looking in the kitchen I saw that the water in the sink had been turned on full blast, Dan was running his arm under the water, and Ben was saying there was a fire.  “What happened?” [...] Posted Jul 03 2008, 02:49 PM by 5 cup family Filed under: 1