Friday, February 10, 2012

New Project

One of my new ministry projects has been to try to form an online reading group using PWOC Asia Region's FB pages. We call it TnT - Truth N Treasures.  The thought is for everyone to  read a chapter a day...and we'll go through the New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs by the end of the year.  The hope was everyone would post a daily thought on FB....that hasn't caught on yet....but I can tell folks are checking in to follow...I pray they're reading along with us too. 


 I wanted to post a QUICK weekly video fleshing out one verse from our weekly reading. Lauren helped me make an announcment slide for local groups - because mine was truly terrible. I asked for help to fix it and she just redid it. ::snort::  I needed to figure out how to make a video - and this was the week I was determined to make it work. I found the webcam (in Movie Maker LOL), I learned to change colors, add some words and music.....still rough. Next week I'll figure out how to edit, and to turn the sound up, find a less distracting setting and keep it to 60 seconds....but here's what I've been trying to teach myself. LOL 






Choosing Joy!
©2012 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Zander is 10

Tomorrow is really Zander's 10th birthday...but he has asked if we can celebrate today. Since all are going to be home at a fairly decent time tonight, and three of us have to leave very early tomorrow....it seems like a good idea. He's asked for chicken legs for dinner. We've made an ice cream cake, the presents are wrapped......and FINALLY....Jared and Michael are home!!!! 


Zander has made such great strides. Many of you know his story. I can hardly recognize in him the little boy who refused to interact with the world, spent his days flapping and rocking, chewing and hitting his head on walls.... He's come so far. We've taught each other much. 


He was SO EXCITED to open his presents....a couple of science kits, some 3 D coloring things, a K-nex roller coaster thingy, a star wars model.....


Loves science and has two kits to play with 

Stacia was very happy to give this to Zander

Yes, at the APPOINTED time he got a nerf gun to match Nolan's


And the cake of his choice!
We spent the rest of the evening chatting and watching a movie. 


Choosing Joy!
©2012 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Missionaries, Projects and Skype

Friday, several of us loaded our cars with supplies and went to meet a missionary family in a town south of us.  It was a joy to be a blessing and it was a joy to see the blessing of God on their ministry. They've recently finished building a BEAUTIFUL church  and mission house.  They had *70*  people attend their Christmas service. Amazing.  I enjoyed seeing the new area, meeting a new family and visiting with Tara along the way. ::grin:: 
Little bldg in our rice paddies....in winter


I've hit on a new project. PCS season on a military base is amazing. Massive groups of people are moving. They cannot take many food and cleaning items with them. As we have a large family, we often are blessed with the bits and pieces...and it IS fun to try new things etc. As I visited with our new friends I asked if they would be o.k. accepting things that are still good but have been opened and can't be packed. They would love it.....and so an idea is born. I'm going to see if there are other missionary families "near by" - have a lead or two...and during PCS season I will let folks know they can drop their leftovers with me and I'll be sure they get to a missionary family. This will provide the family a touch of home as well as help to stretch dollars in the midst of the yen/dollar dive.  It will also provide those leaving the excuse NOT to eat up or use up every bit in their pantry or incur guilt. LOL  I'm excited to see where this idea goes. 



I rounded out the day Skyping with Lauren..... This had become a normal part of life when we were both serving on Asia Region's board - 2009-2011. Lauren is an admin extraordinaire and a techie pro. I learned a lot from watching her projects for a couple of years. She amazes me. It was fun to spend time catching up this afternoon. 

Tonight - a party for Zander!


Choosing Joy!
©2012 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...