We had a weekend with a house full of guests from Egypt and South Africa and Scotland. The American flag billowed in the wind in front of the house, marking the 4th of July. Jamie had just returned from India and is about to fly to America.
The invisible ethernet brought in messages from all of these places - instantly via whatsapp or facetime or skype, or a little slower via emails. We watched a video beamed in from Doug and Joey and Mhairi in southern California of my nearly-90 year old mother playing ping pong and doing well at a card game, Rummy.
We spent a few hours in the garden yesterday listening to others' experiences in Egypt and other places in the middle east.
He's got the whole world in his hands. Praise God that he does, because the whole world needs him.
A California girl from a hot beach city marries a country loon from the cold northeast of Scotland, and she's spent the last three decades making sense out of life there. Reflections on a rural lifestyle, on identity issues and the challenges of moving so far from home,from a Christian viewpoint.
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Monday, 7 July 2014
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