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In Salvador, May 2007, on a special Honeymoon Trip with my husband to celebrate 20 years!
Taken around 2007, on our way to a retreat on Treasure Island.
Chopping tomatoes at the camp, 2007.
Airport, Fortaleza 2003
Just me, an American Girl living far from home.
My Family - May 2008
Current Prayer Card
Apple Barn, Tennesee, 2009
May 1, 2009, Greensboro, NC

Christmas 2009
Top of Stone Mountain, Georgia, 2009
Guama River, Brasil, 2006
Treasure Island Kids' Camp 2010 - top of the mountain hike
Cariri Kids Camp 2010
A Happy Day
Juazeiro da Bahia, 2008
Christmas 2008
Will celebrated 27 years of marriage on May 30, 2014
Summer Fun, 2011
Me, Daddy, and one of the boys. 11/2011
My first "big walk," Parrot's Peak, Triunfo, PE, Brazil, February 2012, 4 hours up a mountain.
Marathon Ladies, May 26, 2012 Some walked 20 km, some 25 km, some 30km. 6 of these completed 40km.
Marathon 2012
Me and Tiny
Friends in Far places
Summer 2012
Looking Up!
Praying for the Mozambique/Global Christian Project every day until August of this year!
July 2013
USA Arrival December 2013
Our Train Ride
March 2014, Baltimore MD
Atlanta Trip, April 2014
Atlanta, 2014
My Guys {August 2014}
Mabry Mill, 2014
Rocket Center, 2014
Thankful for my family near and far.
Hope springs eternal...
Thankful for all God's blessings in my life!
Give me open hands and an open heart.
Getting ready for my Saturday morning clean up/straighten up with some loud music and happy dogs waiting for their Saturday baths!
is Wishing all of you a Wonderful Easter holiday weekend!
"Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling." {Runbeck}
Hope and Prayers for the Future of this fellow!
"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in." {George Washington Carver}
A new day, new opportunities!
"The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination." {Marian Z. Bradley}
“I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Through Gates of Splendor
Grading papers to end a semester of ESL work! Woo Hoo!
Boarding school boy and big brother reunite after a year of separation.
Just Me! June 2015
Graduation, July 2015
Our Boy
is THANKFUL every day for my family.
Down by the river for a baptism with live music.
Oh, Happy Day! July 2015
Too much to do, too much to do! Means I need to stop and smell the coffee!
Always thankful for each new morning!
Thankful for my man today who made it possible for me to stay at home this morning and enjoy some time off. He's a great guy. Pray for him as he rides the bus to town to teach an extra ESL class!
My green, spotted Brazilian jack o'lantern wishes you a great weekend!
Back to REAL work after a little holiday yesterday with just normal, house work! Ha, ha, ha!
Proud of my Daddy, a US Coast Guard veteran who proudly served his country.
Outdoor Bible Club ministry
"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other." {Burton Hillis}
"At Christmas, all roads lead home." {Marjorie Holmes}
"Remember
This December,
That love weighs more than gold!"
Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
"Keep your Christmas-heart open all the year round." {J.L.W. Brooks}
"Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness... To a friend, your heart... To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect." {O. Arnold}
"When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things... give off the greatest glow of happiness." {Bob Hope}
November 2015
My new cat, Countess
My new pup, Wishbone
Today I remember the many who died in the Holocaust... and the "ones," real people - mothers, fathers, cousins, children... Jews and friends, the many.
Beautiful day to celebrate the birthday of a great woman today - Ilawyn Beckner! My mother!
Thankful today for my family!
Thankful for all my family - near and far!
Wishes for a wonderful Easter weekend for each one of you.
After a Crazy night of insomnia, I walked each dog and carried the cat separately to a free rabies shot clinic in our neighborhood. Whew! Got my steps in for today!
Show your love to those around you - first at home!
Tuesdays are for teaching and tutoring! Waiting for my favorite morning ESL girl! Three more students this afternoon! Joys of working at home - no bus, no fuss, no shows - no worries!
Spunky and Countess
Wishbone
Countess
Church kids, 2016
Washing machine is a-working! Thankful for the Mr. Repair Man that lives in my house! Yes, he wears blue work shirts every day!
July 2016
Dalton, Destinie & Chase. Prayers for new baby in December! 1st grandbaby!
William and Kerri. Thankful for their month spent with us here in Brazil. July 2016
Visiting our old house in Fortaleza CE, July 2016
Writing my story with new chapters every day...
Project finished... will write a Spark Journal blog post shortly!
Grateful to wake each day and know my boys are well, safe, strong, grounded and happy!
November gratitudes: Thankful for my last in the nest who keeps hubby and I smiling and laughing!
Grateful every day for my parents and all they do to care for each one in our family.
Most latest work!
Spark Breaking until the end of the year! Wishing you and yours great holidays!
Joy is my go word for 2017!
Home after my whirlwind Brazil road trip. Time to lose a few junk food pounds!
April 2017
Cataratas de Iguassu, Brazil, March 2017
Red Beach, Rio de Janeiro, April 2017
On our Big Brazil Trip is past Spring with my youngest and my oldest!
Brasilia, March 2017
is celebrating 30 years of marriage this week!
- I've been busy getting my babe set to fly to the US. Leaves tomorrow! Prayers!
is on a SPARK BREAK. Family here for the next two weeks. Back soon!
Me and the grandbabies, Summer 2017
is back! Had fun with my babes, but time to get back to work!
My Three Sons
Christmas 2017
says, "Happy New Year!"
Papa with Maya, 12/2017
Enjoying cold weather stuff on our furlough!
Dedicating lots of time to my babe in 2018!

March 2018
is on a Spark Break. Focusing on family!


November 2018
September 2018
June 2018
Rio Grande do Sul, December 2018
Gramado, RS, Brazil, December 2018
Bento Goncalves, RS, Brazil, December 2018
Gramado, RS, December 2018
May 2018
September 2019
São Gonçalo, Bahia 2020
July 2020
July 2020
September 2020
October 2020
October 2020
Colors in the semi-arid after rain
Doing my Umbrella Prayer thing - October 2020
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