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Mara in China: September 2012
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Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31. Friday, September 21, 2012. Have you ever read Bible verses like I Corinthians 9:24 " Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. And thought to yourself that you can't really relate to what it says? Well, I agreed to do it and soon began to regret that decisi...
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Mara in China: The Proposal
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Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31. Tuesday, April 9, 2013. My heart sank a little. I was thinking the proposal would not happen and YET I still wanted it to happen. I kept hoping it would happen, even though I was trying to convince myself that it would not. By the way, my friend did lie to me. Niel had contacted her about the ring several weeks before our conversa...
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Mara in China: Goodbye Bridges...
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Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31. Monday, October 8, 2012. On September 29th, we served our last cup of coffee and closed the coffee shop down. The children's club portion of the center will be ending at the end of this month. Just saw this today Mara (sorry I am so behind) - I will be in prayer for you and your teammates for peace and direction as to where you go nex...
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Mara in China: How We Started Dating...
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Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31. Sunday, April 7, 2013. How We Started Dating. Many people have been asking me to tell them the details of how Niel and I started dating and of the proposal. Since you asked, here is the story of how we started dating from my perspective. In January 2012, we were both back in Thailand for meetings again. We stayed at the same guest...
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Mara in China: March 2011
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Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31. Sunday, March 6, 2011. Greetings from Thailand. I am here for the second time already this year. This time it is for a language Coach Workshop. You know, I have been to Thailand 10 times over the past 12 years and I can only speak a handful of Thai words. Pitiful, isn't it! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Mara in China: October 2012
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Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31. Monday, October 8, 2012. On September 29th, we served our last cup of coffee and closed the coffee shop down. The children's club portion of the center will be ending at the end of this month. Run with Perseverance Update. I read not long ago that a big part of running is mental. I could see that. A friend of mine also told me...Since...
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Mara in China: August Fun
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Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31. Tuesday, August 28, 2012. August 29, 2012 at 2:41 AM. August 29, 2012 at 2:42 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Watermark theme. Powered by Blogger.
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Mara in China: March 2012
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Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31. Saturday, March 31, 2012. I have lived in China for 10 years. That is a long time. You would think that after that amount of time I would have everything figured out. I don’t. In fact, I still have moments of culture stress. They were packed and not letting people on. So I waited. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Mara in China: February 2011
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Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31. Sunday, February 13, 2011. Valentines Day is coming! I don’t really mind that I don’t have a special someone to celebrate the day with. Does this mean that I am content in my singleness and don’t desire to get married? And so I will leave you with some pictures of people here who mean a lot to me. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).