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Rufus
I have always loved dogs—maybe not all dogs—but most of them. Over the years my family has had a couple of them, first Patrick when I was growing up, and then Cafe later on in California. They are a calming presence and can be great companions. During this process of readying ourselves for adopting a…
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Keep real and write poems
It is hard to capture into words what happened these past two weeks in Palatca. With the first group, a young church, in so much need for love, grace and truth, and a professor, servant leader in need of healing, the pbc team ministered to the lost, the unchurched. It was a healing time and…
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Camp Intermission
It was intense, rich, teary, bonding, grace-filled and healing for many so far. Jon took lots of pictures with his awesome huge camera, but here and there we got to capture moments from the first camp. Now the cluj team is about to begin their adventure in the mountains.
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8 years together… and pbc is about to land in Cluj
After a sizzling hot day, past dinner time the wind started to blow frantically and the air chilled. One has got to love the moody weather. The second team from pbc this year, a wonderful mix of 10 people, will spend two weeks with us. This time I worried less about logistics, and I shared…
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Day trip to Panticeu
We had a unique experience in the village 30 km up the road. It was hot and dusty, but this is where you eat the best food, at the Prunean family. We saw how the woods are cleaned and pruned and we witnessed the cutting of the tree chosen for us, for our Altmannhaus desk.…
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Living in the now and not yet
It’s a foggy Wednesday morning. I slept well. Conrad woke me up as usual with hot delicious coffee. It rained heavily last night and the ground is still wet. It smells heavenly: the grass, the flowers, the crops, even the cows whose milk we savor fresh every morning. Conrad is meeting with the Liviu and…
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The drama of appearance, status and the stories in-between
We go for walks every day. Even if it rains. …Up the hill, filling our lungs with crisp fragrant wet air. It’s delicious. Life is so different than it was 6 months ago. Oh so different. And I wonder how much of that has to do wit he fact that it gets dark at 11…
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First week back to reality
We are launching one big website this week. Two more are almost ready to launch, and Conrad and I put in 10 hours a day, of entering and organizing content, retouching and getting everything in perfect order for the launch. Also, our breaks from the intense staring at the computer were facilitated by the aerobie…
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Three weeks
Time stood still for three weeks. It was so dense like a rich chocolate cake, filled with nuts and caramel and everything good. And today we said goodbye to mom and dad. We hugged tightly at the Cluj airport, we held back our tears and smiled a thousand smiles in a discreet yet heavy love.…
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Heaven on Earth
The conference is over. It has surpassed our every expectation. We planned and planned and yet felt inadequate till the last minute, and yet every puzzle piece fit perfectly to reveal an amazing big picture. For a day now we have been debriefing surrounded by the same magnificent mountains and greenery and we continue to…
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