A Tribute to Mothers
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It is not unusual for complete strangers to come up to me and thank me for my service to our great nation. It is a great honor to be thanked like that...
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The Blessings of Good Neighbors
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We've moved over ten times in our almost thirteen years of marriage. Many months leading up to our move, we pray for our future neighbors...
Read MoreHappy Belated Birthday Pelaiah
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We celebrated Pelaiah's birth at the end of March, but, since we were in the middle of a big move from Northwest Florida to East Tennessee, I didn't get to finish what I started writing for her birthday until just now...
Read MoreLooking People in the Eye
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This evening as we were eating dinner Pelaiah (9) started talking to me. I was pretty hungry but as she spoke to me I looked up at her and smiled while still enjoying chewing my food...
Read MoreI Love Our Family
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"I love our family!" These were some of the words 11-year-old Heistheway said this morning at the breakfast table.
Read MoreHusbands, Love (and Listen to) Your Wives
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My Dad is the master (or at least he was when I was growing up) at spotting new rattles and squeaks in our family's cars. He performed all of the maintenance on our cars, so he was invested heavily in keeping them running well.
Read MoreInspect What You Expect: Leadership 101
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I've learned a lot about leadership during my time in the military. I've probably learned the most from the senior non-commissioned officers in Navy (Chiefs, Senior Chiefs, and Master Chiefs) and Marine Corps (Staff Sergeants, Gunnery Sergeants, etc). One of the first things I learned from them was "inspect what you expect."
Read MoreMy Morning Date
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Yesterday was a nice relaxing morning after having come back from an exciting and busy trip to Arkansas last weekend. Tim was home on leave so we could prepare and attend this week's church family conference.
We had house guests to prepare for but most things were taken care of already. I was looking forward to talking to Tim about a lot of things on my list but mainly because I love talking to my best friend.
Read MoreHusbands and Dads, It's Your Responsibility
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Paul, in Ephesians 5:23 wrote, "For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body." Unfortunately, most people associate the head with greater honor and assume that the wife will be trampled under the husband's feet if he is actually her head. Balancing Ephesians 5:23 with 1 Peter 3:7 really sheds some light on this subject, though. Peter wrote, "Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered."
Read MorePromotions and Interesting Challenges
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Our donors have been able to receive all of these updates immediately. We decided to share some of these posts on our website as well. This update was published on our Kickstarter campaign yesterday.
Read MoreThe Meal Our Young Children Wanted to Cook Themselves
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We are so blessed to have young children who beg us to cook our meals! They prepared a delicious dinner and their attitudes were the best part. Heistheway (11) and Pelaiah (9) cooked all of it while Abraham (6) helped serve. They cooked Chicken Adobo (Estufao), brown rice, made salad and homemade dressing, and cooked green beans.
Read MoreInstead of Reading a Book, She Made Treasure
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If I told you that you could make treasure in ten minutes, would you believe me? What if I told you that you could create something that was priceless, what would you say?
Tucked away in a sweet 9-year-old's special box is a white envelope encasing a long hand-written letter on a card. It's not just any letter but some of the last words my mother wrote with a pen for Pelaiah, our second-born daughter.
Read More6 Simple Ways to Set Up Your Children (or Employees) for Success
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The year was 2004. I was a new dad and was busy getting ready to move from San Diego to Guam with my wife and daughter, Heistheway, who was almost 2...
Read MoreThe Blessing of Having Quiet Time After Lunch
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We have a no-talking policy in our home after lunch: it’s called Quiet Time. It gives a serene atmosphere, time of recharging, and a peaceful work environment in an extremely busy household of six young children and our homeschool life. We’ve been practicing this in our home for a little over eight years now.
Read MoreOur Great God Who Provides Over $20,000 Out of Nowhere (Part 2)
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Mom's battle with cancer was a very confusing time for the whole family. While Mom still battled...
Read MoreTeaching the Why to our Children
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I love our children so much. They're truly a blessing and a heritage from God. They bring such joy into our lives. While being a daddy is fun and very rewarding, it's also very challenging! Guiding my children and teaching them with wisdom is probably the most challenging thing I've ever done.
Read MoreOur Great God Who Provides Over $20,000 Out of Nowhere (Part 1)
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We've told many people our wonderful story of God's provision to get our whole family to Saipan following my Mom's death...
Read MoreThank You: A Tribute to Parents of Honor and Good Character
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We can't thank everyone enough for all your help, prayers, gifts, airline tickets, cards, meals, water, flowers, singing, discounts, donations, kind emails, support, encouragement, positive phone calls, and more. You know who you are...
Read MoreMom Went to be with the Lord
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Mom was an incredible woman. It's so difficult to write that --- was --- and not is....
Read MoreHave a Ministry Mindset: What I learned from Jim Bob Part 2
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It's absolutely normal to go through life making friends and looking for ways to enjoy life to the fullest. After all, isn't "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" our God-given right? Well, that may be our constitutional right, but the selfish pursuit of our own, personal happiness is not what God would have us to pursue.
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