Kona 2012

Our pics are unable to reflect all of our time since most of our days were spent in or near the ocean. Of course we hiked the rainforest, waterfalls and volcano but our highlights were snorkling with the fish, kayaking and snorkling with spinner dolphins leaping into the air and watching children on the beach. We never had the camera on those days.

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Thanks to you tube- this is what we saw.......
You can stay nice and dry and see some of the fish we saw right here:
(thanks to whoever filmed the underwater fish)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT2CLkV9aDI
you can also see exactly what we saw with the dolphins here without getting wet. It's long so skip to the end to see the jump out of water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtmpHLjNmGw

Whee...Whee... Wheeeeeeeeeee!

What makes you go, "Whee...Whee...!" Like this little piggy?
up.https://youtu.be/XFxllgA32ug



What the family say......
Tim: closing a deal!

Rachel, What makes me go whee? Watching Annabelle grow up. Going by so fast!

Lauren: playing with Sianna of course! She has definitely helped me learn to enjoy life more. Someone told me to think of how I would treat her in a certain situation I'm facing and then extend the same grace and love to myself. I would sure treat her a lot better than I treat myself! That new attitude has helped me put things in perspective and enjoy my time with her.

Jerrol: playing with my daughter and coming home to her hugs

Char: Spectator to heart transformations

Dace: Payday! Joys of marriage- weaving!

Charis: when I'm able to be outside in God's creation, in the sunshine, to be moving and exploring, is what gives me the wonder and delight of a child. It renews and refreshes my intimacy w my Lord. The other weeee I get is when I'm working and get to actually see firsthand positive results in patients I work with. This could be anything as simple to catching something that either prevented complications to advocating for my patient, to having "ah-ha" moments, or even something simple as discharging a patient and teaching them about "xyz" and getting a big thanks. The opportunities I see and get to be involved in can be really intimate and amazing.

Bryant:watching Annabelle be happy and grow

Christmas Memories and 2011 Highlights (just click that play button)

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Sianna's first photo book from Lauren

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The Wall

Thinking outloud about walls. In the Bible, Joshua and the people of Israel wanted the walls of Jericho to fall down. Nehemiah wanted the people of Israel to build a wall. So thinking about walls, I concluded that I might find a matching experience in my own life. So, in Costa Rica I found myself helping a small church build a wall. I had the most humble job of carrying the blocks and placing them on the rebar poles.

 

A few weeks ago, it was time for the wall in our living room to come down and make a great room for our great family that's growing and create a space for Bible study meetings.

Sometimes the things that happen to us help teach us or reveal deeper truths.  So this wall has a very special story. Most know it was built to create a bedroom, a special place for Bryant so he didn't have to share a room with his siblings. The wall served its purpose and gave Bryant a place of his own. However, this wall is no longer needed.

 As I began to knock the wall down, I began to wonder if in my heart I have any walls that need to be torn out.

I'm sure you might be with me on this one. Sometimes there is a mess in our heart that needs to go so we can make room for what God might want to place there. If you have a story to share, send it to me and I will add it here.

Renetta Krause 2011

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