From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Wild Camels and Sweaty Checkpoints

26 July 2009

I have been having sooo much fun with my two girls and two grandsons that I haven’t blogged in over a week. I wanted to share a few sentences and a couple of pics until I could sit down and really write.
Last Wednesday we rented a van and struck out on an adventure. We [...]

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The Most Wonderful Surprise of My Life!

18 July 2009

I don’t know how they did it, but my family and a many of my friends kept a secret from me for over a month. Courtney & Judah and Destiny & Shiloh surprised me yesterday by walking in my front door here in Jerusalem! Gary said he had to go get someone from the [...]

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Pool of Siloam (recently excavated)

15 July 2009

“The rest of the events of Hezekiah’s reign, along with all his might and how he made the pool and the tunnel and brought water into the city, are written about in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.” II Kings 20:20
My last post was about my recent trip through Hezekiah’s Tunnel with Preston, [...]

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Twenty-four Years Ago Today

10 July 2009

Twenty-four years ago today I gave birth to a 8 lb. 7oz. baby boy! At this moment 24 years ago his Dad and I were still in shock, because the sonogram lady 4 months earlier had said that she was 98% sure that he was a she. The nursery was pink and we [...]

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One of My Favorite Things to Do in Jerusalem

9 July 2009

A few days ago the job fell upon me to take our guests from Dallas, Rickey and Sam, to the City of David and through Hezekiah’s tunnel. Now anyone who knows me knows that it is no “job” for me to take someone through the tunnel. It’s one of my favorite things ever. The City [...]

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One of Many Things I’m Thankful For

5 July 2009

We have been so so busy lately that I haven’t been able to post one word about something really special that happened last week. My youngest son, Preston, turned seventeen on June 28th! Yes, folks. All five of my kids are now 17 and older.
Preston’s birthday was especially great this year because 9 [...]

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