Stac’s Place

Kim posted this news on her FB yesterday, so please excuse the redundancy, but it bears repeating:
Our adoption agency called yesterday afternoon to let us know that we have been approved to travel to China to get Annabelle!
They’ll be calling back Monday to confirm the actual date, but we believe that we’ll be on the [...]

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My sweet wife was kind enough to send me an email today with a Christmas wish. To be honest, Kim doesn’t really ask for much. Her love language is giving gifts, and she’s very good at choosing the right gifts for the right people. She delights in it, actually. So when [...]

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Christmas always brings back memories. The family gathered, the Christmas story, great food…you know what I mean. But for 30 people in Bellefonte, Christmas now has a new memory.

A fire broke out last night in an apartment complex where our friends Aaron and Jessica Hart live. They’ve been married since the summer, [...]

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That’s a pretty popular sentiment around State College. Most of the PSU students have hit the road. PSU parents are looking forward to their kids coming home. Folks around Happy Valley are making plans to travel to see friends and family. We’ll be headed to Bedford, just like usual, spending some [...]

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Tonight out middle school students ventured out into the cold with songbooks, gift cards, and plates of cookies. This has become a tradition for us, singing to the folks who live in Hilltop Mobile Home Park and delivering plates of Christmas cheer. I’ve had a blast, and it’s a good way for us [...]

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I have often said that I am not a handyman. My skill set tends to run in other directions. Need a little acoustic guitar work done in your living room? I’m your man. Got a shortage of groundballs? Let me grab my fungo. Have a few extra deer hanging [...]

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With a degree in Youth Ministry and 20 years of experience, I’ve often said that I don’t know what else I’m qualified to do. My role has been multi-faceted over the years, and I’ve learned a lot about leading people in worship, preaching, teaching, etc. But I’ve always felt a call to youth [...]

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We got a letter from the government of these United States of America yesterday saying that they have forwarded our paperwork to the Chinese Consulate.  The US has approved us to bring our new daughter into America.  Now all we have to do is get China’s approval to take her out of China.  If we [...]

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