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August 2024 to February 2025 Update

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Folks, this update is long overdue. This time, instead of letting my procrastinator get overwhelmed once again by that fact, I'm going to summarize the last 6 months and bring you up to date. Buckle up and keep your limbs inside your vehicle! AUGUST Let’s pick up back in August… My parents came to visit! Ralph and Cindy Shead celebrated 50 years of being married to each other by coming to see me, their first-born and all-time favorite child. (Shhh… don’t tell Sarah and Matt. They each think they are the favorite). As former missionaries, they couldn’t come to Tenerife and just rest. Dad preached one of the Sundays and together they shared their 50 years of experience and wisdom with the married couples at their August meeting. Mama Emma and I watched the kids during the meeting. Mama Emma keeps forgetting that she’s 80. So you’ll find her doing things like playing Twister with the youngsters. I took my folks around the island to see and experience “island-y” things… Like ...
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Busy, Busy Summer

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Have you noticed how life goes on whether you're paying attention or not, tracking the days or dog-paddling just to keep your head above water? And don't forget to breathe! (That line always makes me laugh in exercise videos) The Dye family left on furlough just before April transitioned into May. I feel with all my heart that it should still be May, that I just celebrated turning 46 and that we just celebrated Mother's Day at church and that summer was something we were still looking forward to and making plans for, rather than something we're neck-deep in already. And hot, the summer is hot and sweaty!  And then, God led me to this beautiful passage in Jeremiah 17:7-8 But blessed is the one who trusts in the  Lord ,      whose confidence is in him.   They will be like a tree planted by the water      that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes;      its leaves are always g...
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