Stac’s Place

When I walked into my office today there was a package waiting for me.  My friend Jamie Waldron (former student, now the Student Groups Coordinator at Elevation Church) mailed me some sweet swag from her church.  Her pastor wrote a book, and she sent me the promo pack.  I love getting good stuff in the [...]

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Some people are early adopters, others come late to the party.  I jumped on the Lost bandwagon somewhere in season 2, and my buddy Karl loaned me season 1 to get me caught up.  There were seasons where the tv schedule allowed me to watch each week.  I’d rush home from XStream to catch all [...]

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Kim and I were in China six months ago, signing the papers and promising to take care of our newest daughter for the rest of our lives.  We got our first family photo taken.  Annabelle knew only a few words in English.  She was afraid of me (only a little bit, she assures me), but [...]

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Man, what a day of highs and lows.
I entered an online drawing to win some David Crowder*Band music, thinking that the odds of me winning were pretty slim.  Have you ever entered one of these drawings?  Most of the time I enter, because you can’t win if you don’t play…
You can imagine my surprise and [...]

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This week we dropped 2 of our young’ns off for church camp.  We do church camp a little different around these parts: it’s a stay-local, serve-local kind of thing.  We bring middle and high school students together for a week of worship, teaching, and games (yeah, that sounds like camp.)  But since we’re local, each [...]

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And what a birthday it was!  This was one of those rare occasions that the event lived up to the hype.  We celebrated from Thursday til Sunday, with anyone and everyone who’d join us.  From Thursday night’s dinner with Kimmy, Delma, Joyce, and Evangeline, to my brother and his family coming up to visit, to [...]

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Annabelle is turning 10.  It actually took her a while to grasp the concept of celebrating on her birthday.  I don’t know if they didn’t do birthdays at her orphanage, or if it has something to do with Chinese culture in general.  But apparently she’s never had a birthday party.  Kim’s going to rectify that, [...]

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into the keyboard as I type this, so I’m not going to post much.
This past weekend Calvary brought all our different gatherings together for a united worship meeting.  Well, it was actually 2 meetings (9 and 11) at the high school.  But it was a great weekend of togetherness.  Vic King brought a great message [...]

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What a party!  I think we had our biggest turnout ever.  Seriously–there were people all over the place.  The food was great–kudos to  John and Curtis for mastering the grills, and to those of you who brought all the yummies.  The fireworks were spectacular, like always.  The yard looked good–thanks to Paul for the help [...]

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Since the day she arrived in our home, Annabelle has been watching her brother and sisters on the stage. Seriously, I have no idea how many shows she’s been to over the past 5 months. She’s been a great supporter and fan of her siblings. Her favorite parts of Levi’s shows have [...]

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