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I’m OK… thanks for asking. I’m just not sure how I really want to use this blog or if I want to use it. I added the “Blogging Without Obligation” badge a long time ago and adhere to its principles. I’m glad to know that many people missed my blogging… but…
I’m one of those people [...]

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Apparently I have shingles. Yeah… not the roofing kind… but this kind.
We aren’t really sure, but it seems to most likely be the problem.

On the Sunday night that Sports and English Camp began, I knew I was in for some trouble. I did not sleep more than 30 minutes at a time that night and [...]

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That’s where I’m at right now… the time between Saturday AM (July 12) and Sunday AM (July 13) is the roughly 24 hour period “IN BETWEEN”.
Last week was the Taiwan Missionary Summer Conference. Drs. David Roadcup and Darrell Bock paired up to make the week memorable in so many ways. I have not looked at [...]

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just real quick…
been totally swamped lately.
I was glad to get to go on a bike ride last week and on a hike the week before. It is such a help to a weary body and mind.
Our summer intern, Kayla, is here now. She’s great… doing great… and going to do great. Her dad is on [...]

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How would your kids like to live in a house filled with puzzles, contraptions, and secret compartments which are just built into the house itself?
In our case… it wouldn’t just be my kids, but my kids’ dad too!
This article is about such a house. The parents were remodeling and asked the design firm to be [...]

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Busy times here at SQJ’s house… summer fun for everyone…
Our JUNE Monthly Report is available for download.
In this edition…

Li Baba – This is the story of the father of one of our Christian sisters.
Zach’s birthday

Clicking on the image below will open the PDF newsletter directly (about 608kb)

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I’ve uttered those words from Whitman’s famous poem countless times the past 6 years. I suppose this will be the last time I do so for a while…
Although there is much to do… I need a bit of closure and I’m hoping this will help.

Captain – 隊長June 2002 – May 28, 2008
After spending 2 restless [...]

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A couple weeks ago, I discovered that one of my daughter’s dance teachers is weighing the girls every week, writing down their weight in the attendance book, and then pointing out how much fatter they got since the last class.
Besides physical abuse, I can hardly think of anything more destructive to an 11 or 12 [...]

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I’m not even going to try and answer that one… but if you are a cat hater… you’ll want to click away now…
Our 6 year old cat, Captain (Chinese name: 隊長), was just diagnosed with stage 4 renal failure – stage 1 would be the beginning stage… stage 4 comes just before death.
It is irreversible [...]

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