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Happy Birthday Son of Lin
Jun. 10th, 2005 10:54 amToday's my Nathan's birthday -- he's 22 years old! We have a pizza and game night planned, if I can find the dining room table under the boxes of stuff yet to be unpacked and put away in the "new" kitchen cupboards.
I'm home sick today -- I'm actually < sick but > yuck, if you know what I mean; I had a bit of fever last night and that always makes me feel limp and listless. The plan for the day is to do what I can in setting up the house and take naps and breaks as needed -- something you can't do as easily in the office, which is why I stayed home.
Yesterday I wrote this concerning the review we were facing:
I ask that you would all pray with me that we would transparent and open and flexible, and able to make any decisions that need to be made as a result of the meeting, in the best interests of our family's needs. I am hoping to be able to report tomorrow that this not so very exciting news, is actually really very exciting. ;-)
The review went well and it is obvious that our organization is committed to helping us meet our needs, but flexibility and decision-making on our part will indeed be in order. It was presented to us that we need to redouble our efforts to get Nathan moving along towards independence -- and rightly so. We cannot go back overseas -- nor will we be allowed to -- until things are quite settled in the Nathan department. Part of that equation will probably involve a move to different housing, as our time of "free rent" as hosts of the guest house may come to end by the end of the year. With that in mind, we need real wisdom to sort through all the options -- exciting and not so exciting -- that will benefit us and our growth as a family.
There's a word in Urdu -- zindabad -- that means "long live," which is used in slogans and rallies and in support of sports teams. It can also be used in a sarcastic way, when one means the exact opposite -- but in this case, I am thinking positively and so I say with great expectation of good things to come...
"Transition Zindabad!" ;-)
Now I must go unpack some boxes and transition the plates and cups and knives into their proper positions in the kitchen.
I'm home sick today -- I'm actually < sick but > yuck, if you know what I mean; I had a bit of fever last night and that always makes me feel limp and listless. The plan for the day is to do what I can in setting up the house and take naps and breaks as needed -- something you can't do as easily in the office, which is why I stayed home.
Yesterday I wrote this concerning the review we were facing:
I ask that you would all pray with me that we would transparent and open and flexible, and able to make any decisions that need to be made as a result of the meeting, in the best interests of our family's needs. I am hoping to be able to report tomorrow that this not so very exciting news, is actually really very exciting. ;-)
The review went well and it is obvious that our organization is committed to helping us meet our needs, but flexibility and decision-making on our part will indeed be in order. It was presented to us that we need to redouble our efforts to get Nathan moving along towards independence -- and rightly so. We cannot go back overseas -- nor will we be allowed to -- until things are quite settled in the Nathan department. Part of that equation will probably involve a move to different housing, as our time of "free rent" as hosts of the guest house may come to end by the end of the year. With that in mind, we need real wisdom to sort through all the options -- exciting and not so exciting -- that will benefit us and our growth as a family.
There's a word in Urdu -- zindabad -- that means "long live," which is used in slogans and rallies and in support of sports teams. It can also be used in a sarcastic way, when one means the exact opposite -- but in this case, I am thinking positively and so I say with great expectation of good things to come...
"Transition Zindabad!" ;-)
Now I must go unpack some boxes and transition the plates and cups and knives into their proper positions in the kitchen.
