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my heart's all over the world tonight.: September 2010
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My heart's all over the world tonight. From BAKU with love. Tuesday, September 28, 2010. A whole lot of GOOD news. My first day of TEACHING at International House Baku was TODAY! I was so great to be back doing what I love. SO stinkin' great. Awesome news, right? What a crazy life I have sometimes. Geoff and me with our secretaries on our FIRST DAY! Also, I think I've got an APARTMENT! We strongly feel G leading us in this direction, and we trust that HE will not let us down. HE's good, isn't he? For ALL...
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my heart's all over the world tonight.: April 2011
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My heart's all over the world tonight. From BAKU with love. Sunday, April 24, 2011. So, you can't be in two places at once, right? Well, friends, this was the. But first, a little history. Peeling skin (yes, i PEELED her. to relieve her itching. gross.). Midnight runs to Pronto Donuts for a donut and chocolate milk. Mattress wrestling matches (of which I dominated). Nicknames (Blue and Jillybean? Oh, that's us.). Dreading Practicum (what didn't kill us made us stronger). Playing pranks on the Vietnam team.
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my heart's all over the world tonight.: parents in BAKU: PEOPLE THEY MET
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My heart's all over the world tonight. From BAKU with love. Sunday, April 17, 2011. Parents in BAKU: PEOPLE THEY MET. With Elmira's ENTIRE extended family on her mom's side:. With most of my coworkers:. With my favorite lemon lady (really, I don't like lemons at all, but this little lady is impossibly cute):. With Shokhriat, our doorman/protector:. With my dear friend Leyla:. With Elmira at the botanical gardens:. With Elmira's brother, Orxan, and mom, Esmira:. With the men who "make you deal! Missing yo...
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my heart's all over the world tonight.: August 2010
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My heart's all over the world tonight. From BAKU with love. Friday, August 13, 2010. I was skyping with one of my dearest friends and college roommate, Rebecca, earlier this week. Becca is a worker in Uruguay, and we were reminiscing about college days, and how we both knew that G was calling both of us to the nations. Each night, we'd go before the throne together and lift up our futures to G. And now? We're BOTH doing HIS work! We're doing what we're doing. So, why? LOVE YOU, REBECCA! Amanda, Me, Geoff...
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my heart's all over the world tonight.: February 2011
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My heart's all over the world tonight. From BAKU with love. Sunday, February 20, 2011. Just another AMAZING day. It's been another AMAZING day. Over the last few months, I have been adopted by an incredible Azeri family here. They treat me like a daughter/sister/neice/granddaughter, and I LOVE THEM. Today, the extended family gathered to celebrate Orxan’s 20. He’s actually older than my youngest sister by just 3 days, so it was especially fun to be celebrating his 20. Why do I love this family so much?
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my heart's all over the world tonight.: April 2010
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My heart's all over the world tonight. From BAKU with love. Thursday, April 29, 2010. This world has NOTHING for me. I spent Tuesday morning at сарымодаева orphanage,. Loving on my kids. And while there, an incredible story. From Luke 15 came to beautiful life before my. Eyes—the return of the prodigal son. During our morning visit, we heard some bad. News… One of the older boys had, the morning before,. We played bingo and follow the leader and bubbles with. Forward—fixed on home. Sunday, April 25, 2010.
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my heart's all over the world tonight.: June 2010
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My heart's all over the world tonight. From BAKU with love. Tuesday, June 29, 2010. 4 little reasons i love my life. This weeks has been AMAZING. I get to spend my days with these three little ones:. And Mary Kate, 3:. I can imagine you're a little bit jealous of my life right now. I'm with them because their parents, my Uncle Mike and Aunt Sarah, are in China picking up their fourth Child, Hope Elizabeth DeVries:. My family is growing, my family is beautiful, my family is awesome. Sunday, June 20, 2010.
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my heart's all over the world tonight.: parents in Baku: FAVORITES.
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My heart's all over the world tonight. From BAKU with love. Friday, April 22, 2011. Parents in Baku: FAVORITES. This will be my last post of my parents' visit, but I really just wanted to give a few of my favorite, uncatagorized pictures from the week. It was surreal to take my parents to my FAVORITE PLACE in Baku. Regardless of the cloudy day, it was still beautiful! Baaaahahaha, this is SO classic Bob and Barb DeVries. I mean, surely that hand was not meant for shaking, right? Baahaha, another classic.
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my heart's all over the world tonight.: June 2011
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My heart's all over the world tonight. From BAKU with love. Friday, June 3, 2011. It's about stinkin' time. After a five week hiatus, i have decided to continue blogging on this blog. So, as soon as my internet gets turned back on, expect some fantastic stories of comical this-is-not-my-native-culture moments and amusing pictures. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). It's all over the world tonight. View my complete profile. What time is it in Azerbaijan? Looking for something specific? A Thing of Beauty.
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my heart's all over the world tonight.: March 2011
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My heart's all over the world tonight. From BAKU with love. Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Tuesday, March 29, 2011. This picture does a pretty good job describing how I feel RIGHT NOW. My parents' visas have been confirmed and FINALLY picked up by FedEx.they're scheduled to arrive at home about 20 hours before they leave.nothing like waiting until the last minute! The whole story is pretty incredible, really.I'll write about it soon. Sunday, March 27, 2011. This video is hysterical. Saturday, March 19, 2011.
