Ted on April 15th, 2007

Some days, fundraising feels like this:

If you’re like me, you’ll want to hear the bad news first in the hopes that the good news will redeem things. So I’ll start there. Yesterday we finally got our 2007 financial requirements from the mission and the difference is huge. It was [...]

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Ted on April 14th, 2007

I am red-faced with shame as I begin this posting thinking about my pledge to “do daily blog updates” while on this trip. So far it has been a whirlwind and there hasn’t been a lot of time. That would be a great excuse except that I completely forgot!
That said, I [...]

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Ted on April 8th, 2007

We do not feel that we will be living in a safe environment for our cat in Europe. We do not want to leave her, but feel we have no choice. If you are looking for a prissy, but cuddly companion, please let us know.
Princess is fiesty and capricious, and not always good [...]

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Ted on April 8th, 2007

Selling our home is perhaps the most significant step we’ve taken toward the field since I quit my job nearly a year and a half ago. It’s also one of the scariest. I find myself continually facing the what ifs. What if the funding doesn’t come in by July? [...]

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Ted on April 8th, 2007

Our experience in Mission Training International’s (MTI) SPLICE program was intense. I’ve written about it some on our blog, but I wanted to share with you a little bit of the kids’ experience, and so I asked each of them to try to summarize their experience:
Brittany: “I am a third culture kid (or TCK) [...]

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