Our little sweetheart :)

and, along the same theme of giraffes--here's a pic of a friends son and his giraffe friend! :)

(I couldn't resist!) ;)

It's the end of the month...

and I'm feeling a bit tired. Know the feeling? :)

I was so excited the Phillies (Philadelphia's baseball team) were in the World Series (US championship for baseball)... and Javkhaa told me the last game was on last night. "Cool!" I though. "What fun to watch!" But in the midst of making dinner, watching the news, explaining English grammar, catching up quick with a good friend on the phone and trying to help Yvelle go to sleep, I TOTALLY forgot all about the game...

I was SO bummed. :/

but here's a JOYFUL picture sure to perk up my spirits. :)

ANYways, now I'm at work and updating our blog. If you want to take a look, visit http://www.kingdomentrepreneur.blogspot.com/. I just added the "Followers" option there (and to this blog too). So consider yourself invited--become a follower! :)

Blessings to you all, and have a beautiful autumn!

be blessed!

Greetings, Stream 08!

She's getting big...

Hi everyone! Tseegi, good to hear from you. :) It's fun to know who visited us here.

A visit from a Mongolian friend... well, sorta! ;)

Charis, my teammie from Hovd, came and visited us in DC on the weekend. Yay! It was SOOOOOO great to catch up. :D

Joy, Faith and Prayer

On Sunday we went to a different church than usual (because we were running SO late...) and the Holy Spirit really ministered to me through the message. It was all about prayer, faith, and JOY. Joy (and peace) have been two themes running through my life and the life of our family for the last couple of years. God gives both, but I'm not always ready to receive them, I guess. And instead of fear, we should have faith.

Yvelle sure loves her daddy... and he sure loves her!! :)

A friend recently gave me a copy of The Shack, and something I just read sticks in my mind; it's something like, "You can't trust [God] when you don't know, deep down, how much He loves you."

In Encounter today, the reading is Luke 7.18-35, and part of the commentary says:

John had been expecting a different sort of Messiah and he now has to think of the "compassionate Benefactor of the poor" (Joel Green), rather than the conquering King and Judge. We, too, find that our doubts can lead to a reorient ation in which we now see things not from our perspective but from God's. This can be painful, as it was for John, but there is no way forward while we cling to our own false securities based on incorrect understanding. The life of faith requires facing up to doubt and moving through it to a new place of faith. Without this, we end up responding neither to the prophetic challenge of John nor to Jesus' invitation to enter the joy of salvation (31-34). Only with God's wisdom can we perceive the truth.

Lord, may I grow in faith, love and JOY.

:)