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Everything Is New

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239SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List See this post on There Is Yet Hope. The story of how our daughter, Cara Liana, came to us.  For the backstory, read Tragic Joy.   “It’s fun to be a zombie.” I texted my friend, Jonathan. “Sleep while you can,” he replies. “Get ready for sleepless nights.” And he’s…

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Nine Years And Counting

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143SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I have been chasing Lorna for 15 years. The moment I laid eyes on her in the old Hong Kong airport in 1997, I was love struck. There are a million details between the time when I met her in 1997 until we got married in 2003, but this…

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Journal Entry 12.06.1999

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116SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List A Wa woman with teeth stained from chewing betal nut Excerpt from David Joannes’s journal while traveling among unreached people groups and villages in Southwest China. Journal entry 12.06.1999 At 6:15pm last night our 3:pm bus decided to leave. Right now we still haven’t arrived into K*****g. We’re taking…

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Journal Entry 12.05.1999

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64SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Excerpt from David Joannes’s journal while trekking traveling among unreached people groups and villages in Southwest China. Journal entry 12.05.1999 Woke up this morning at 6:15 to catch the 7:am bus to L*****g, but after arriving at the bus station we found out that it leaves at 8:am. It’s…

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