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The Friend Family: January 2011
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Saturday, January 29, 2011. The Story Behind the Stove. View of the front of the island. Just for a frame of reference, if this were the old kitchen, I would be standing in the back yard when taking this picture. The old wall stood midway between the island and the countertop in the foreground of the picture. View from the family room. A closer look at the front. The blue boxes in the island will soon be filled with electrical outlets. In ordering the parts, the representative also offered to send us som...
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The Friend Family: November 2010
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Sunday, November 28, 2010. As soon as the beam is in place, the wall with the window will be completely removed. Meanwhile, the siding guy was hard at work on the exterior and will probably be finishing this coming week also. Below are a couple pictures of the inside of the addition. It's just waiting for drywall right now. Posted by The Friend Family. Thursday, November 11, 2010. Posted by The Friend Family. November 10, 2008 - Gotcha Day. In the mean time, she has grown nearly nine inches in height and...
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The Friend Family: Rocks
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Thursday, September 5, 2013. In other ways, all these rocks are a bad thing because even the good soil is full of rocks. I thought the soil in one of my gardens at home was poor soil until I came here. The pictures below are of one of the gardens on the mission campus, and this is considered good soil. If you want rocks, I know where you can get a whole bunch of them. Posted by The Friend Family. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Check out our adoption/travel blog here. Tales from the Front Pew.
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The Friend Family: Monday, September 2
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Monday, September 2, 2013. Monday, September 2. Today is David's 20th birthday. Today is also Labor Day. To celebrate, we had a work day. Before work, we joined the daily devotions on a small outside amphitheater which overlooked the ravine. Neil led from John 10 (the Good Shepherd) and one of the Haitians translated for the 20 or so Haitians who were there. A great passage in a great setting. The Hospital (It's bigger than it looks from here). And also small marble pouches for the kids. Deb helped p...
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The Friend Family: April 2011
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Monday, April 18, 2011. We just had one problem. What do you do with a 25-year old entertainment center that will not fit modern flat-screen televisions? A year or so ago, when our old 19-inch tube died, we broke down and bought a flat screen. This started the whole problem, because it would not fit in our entertainment center. So we listed it for sale on craigslist. Cheap. Before: The piece that nobody wanted. After: Entertainment center on a diet. Posted by The Friend Family. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Friend Family: Lighting Up the Place
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013. Lighting Up the Place. The job-du-jour for David and I was to finish what we had started yesterday in the pediatric ward and possibly move to maternity if we had time. We had already installed the lights yesterday, now there just needed to be a couple plugs mounted on the walls so they could actually plug something in. A whole large hospital room and no place to power any equipment. At least now you could see something. The birthing room was quite dark mostly because its one...
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The Friend Family: March 2011
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Sunday, March 13, 2011. Wow, It's been a month and a half since I have posted anything. Time flies when you're having fun. And sometimes time just flies. Our kitchen is progressing. We're getting down to the smaller details, as you will see in the pictures that follow. There are just thousands of those smaller details to take care of. Tile work in the sink area. Starting the accent above the stove. Accent complete (click on the picture for a larger view). Yours truly, just starting out. The 'before' shot...
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The Friend Family: February 2011
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Friday, February 25, 2011. I was cutting up the remainder of a ham the other day after dinner. Abigail was sitting at the island where I was working, watching me. "Why are we keeping the bone? Because it makes good soup stock," Deb told her. Because we're Dutch, and we don't throw good food away," I said. OK, we're Dutch, you're Chinese," I added after a short pause. Abigail got up from her seat and disappeared to her room. In the short time she was there, we could hear laughter drifting down the hall.
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The Friend Family: Wednesday, September 4
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013. Wednesday, September 4. It has been quite a day. I think it's best handled by different posts, each about one of the major events. Posted by The Friend Family. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Check out our adoption/travel blog here. Tales from the Front Pew. Things that Keep You Awake at Night. Thursday, September 5. The Ride to Greffin. Lighting Up the Place. Wednesday, September 4. A Visit to Abigails Sponsored Child. Monday, September 2. Sunday, September 1.
