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March 30th, 2012 | Posted by Curt / Tricia

Today Spring Break begins at Morrison.

Since Caitlin is gone on a mission trip, Gabrielle will be coming home by herself.  She’ll ride a bus from her city to Taipei where we live.  It will take her about 2:30 to 3:00 hours.  By the time she gets to the bus station after school and gets on the first available bus, it will probably be around 8:00 pm before she actually gets home.

She is bringing a friend with her whose parents live in another country.  We’re glad that Gabrielle is bringing her home for the week so that we, as a family, can speak into her life.

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March 29th, 2012 | Posted by Curt / Tricia

Caitlin left today (Thursday) with a group of fellow students from Morrision.  They are going to the Tsunami part of Japan that was devastated last year.

They will be working to love people with Christ.  They will be clearing up homes, ripping damaged sheetrock out of homes, picking up debris and giving people love.

The bodies and animals were collected by the Japan government within months of the destruction.  But what is left is desolate landscape.  The destruction is so wide and so huge that the overwhelming task of cleaning up and beginning life again is still overwhelming for many Japanese.  It is quite common to find only 1 member of generational family left; or children with no classmates; or grandparent with all of their younger family destroyed.  Many Japanese are asking ‘why am I the only one left alive’ while others are asking Christians, “if you God is as loving as you say then why did you take all of my family from me.”

The group that Caitlin and her classmates are working alongside is called BeONE.  Here is there website where you can find a video describing what they are doing in the tsunami area.  You can copy and past it in your web browser:  http://www.b-1.jp/tohoku/en/

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March 4th, 2012 | Posted by Curt / Tricia

Pray for our home group in Hazel Green.  FRBC was hit by a tornado that went through March 2.  Remember our Family there as they struggle through recovering from this tragedy.  Remember our Family there as they struggle to share the Father’s Life with other families in the community who lost so much more of their lives.  Ask that the Glory of the Father radiate through them.

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February 17th, 2012 | Posted by Curt / Tricia

We are dog less family now with our move to Taiwan.

Taiwan allows N O   A N I M A L S   from China at all….Not Any.   The reason is that China is not persistent in regulation of vaccinations and Taiwan is determined to prevent importation of rabies or other animal leadership.

So the moment we knew we would move to Taiwan we begin asking the Father to provide a good home for Aubie.

It wasn’t easy path because Aubie has become a close part of the family over these past 3 years.  But the Father made the parting smoother for the girls by providing an American family that works with us as her new phone.  They have 5 children.  So Aubie is in her element with plenty of activity.  She has much more activity than we ever provided for her….especially with the girls off at boarding school.

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February 15th, 2012 | Posted by Curt / Tricia

Our time in China came to a close and a new life opened for us in Taiwan.

The girls came home January 19 for Chinese New Year break.  But our home was in chaos with boxes everywhere.  January 29th they made their last flight from Guangzhou to return to school.

Then on February 6th…one week later….we made the trip to Taiwan to join then.

We’re taking on a new job.  Our new role is overseeing the equipping and training of new people.  We walk alongside them and work to invest in them a small portion of Him who invests so much in our lives.  We laugh with them, cry with them, TALK with them, think through ideas with them and cheer them forward.  We work to equip other workers to direct their personal paths so that they journey alongside these new people for a season of life.

The new job brings us to live in Taipei.  It is a city of 2.6 million with many more in the surrounding area.  Compared to Guangzhou that we just left…15 million…it is a small, rural, sleepy little town.  Ha!  It is anything but that.

Motorcycles zip through the streets along with cars and buses.  The subways crisscross underground into convenient locations throughout the farthest reaches of the city so that we can then readily connect with buses after coming above ground.

We have an apartment rented but have yet to have it ready for living.  We should move into it by Feb 23rd.  Then our home from Guangzhou should arrive by shipment around March 5th.  There is much to put away.  We don’t like the unsettled feeling and look to get settled as quickly as possible anytime we move.

One of the Father’s great grace gifts to us in this move is being near Caitlin and Gabrielle for their last year and 2 years of high school.  Running from our city to theirs is a high speed train that makes what would be a 4 hour car trip in under an hour.  We can hope down to see them after school, have dinner with them, and then still come home in the late evening to spend the night in our own bed.  And we can talk to them by phone without paying a large long distance fee.  Already, we’ve enjoyed numerous cell calls.

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February 13th, 2012 | Posted by Curt / Tricia

We are in Taiwan now….living.  We’ll send you more about this in another blog.

The Father richly blesses us.  For the first time in 4 years we’re all able to be together for Curtis’ birthday Feb 12th.

The girls had too much homework to come home.

So Curtis and I hoped on the high speed train to go see the girls.  One hour later we were at their school.  We all went to lunch together and spent some time together in the afternoon before the girls needed to start studying for tests and finishing their homework.

Caitlin and Gabrielle had a grand time teasing Curtis for reaching the big 50 year mark.  They said, ‘Wow!  Parents who are half a century old!”

Curtis told them, “Yeh!  Abraham and I were classmates!”

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December 17th, 2011 | Posted by Curt / Tricia

Curtis’ mother continues to improve since her surgery Dec 8th.  Thank you all for your prayers for her and our whole family.

Each day she makes improvement.  We’re anticipating her being released soon to a step down facility where she’ll stay for about 2 weeks.

The pathology report came back with another Praise to the Lord.  The doctor does not see a need for chemotherapy.

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