It’s been quite a year.
We hosted our first Together Called through The Sparrow Fund and realized we were a part of something much bigger than what we first thought. Mark went to China for 2 weeks to do some great work at a university in Baoding in May. We started doing this crazy thing called rais*ing support so that we could do an even crazier thing called quitting the full-time job in the finance industry to be a part of that China work full-time—which we did in October. I went to China, and he went again. We entered the world of middle school (insert scary Law & Order noise here), and our eldest shocked us by seemingly mastering middle school.
It’s been big stuff this year sandwiched between lots of little stuff with big significance too. Deeper conversations with the kids. Dinners together every night. Talking about what our family is about. A child going to Sunday School willingly who would never go before. A child celebrating the success of another. Lots of day to day little things that are over in a few seconds but become a mental souvenir of a season of life that I hope to not forget.
That’s been our year. Serving in new ways, leaping in new ways, looking back with a sigh, and looking forward with anticipation.
Join me as I look back. Over the next few days, I’m sharing a few snapshots encores, a way to flip through a scrapbook with friends and say, “Oooo…yeah…I remember that.” I’ll enjoy it way more than any of you do, no doubt. But, join me anyway, nod and smile, maybe leave me a comment or two to celebrate the snapshots of life with me.