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Pipe Cleaner Dancer

Viel Spaß!!

In a Castle?!

Schloss Albrechtsberg

It's decided! Grady and I will marry on Thursday, May 11, 2006 in this beautiful castle, which is right across the river from where I live now. We are very excited as we prepare to celebrate this joyous occasion with close friends and family and we look forward to celebrating with everyone else when we return to North America sometime in the new year.

Guess it's time to start practicing my "royal wave," I mean, so I can wave to all the peasants from my castle... :)

awesome photo courtesy of Steve!

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here's another great photo taken by Grady just today! (it's from the other side)

Love in the Little Things

I wonder sometimes if we are so busy being such proper Christians that we forget to stop and love people where it really counts. By caring about what matters to them. Like what they did today, about how their kids are doing, about their unreliable car.

I know it’s easy for me to get caught up in planning some REALLY cool BIG things to do for people, like weekend lectureships, and service projects, and actually inviting people to church or a Bible study. But when it comes down to it I think the main thing people want to know is that they are cared for, and not because they’ll ultimately be another body in a pew. I want to take the time to stop and help that lady carry her groceries, to hold open a door for someone, or to smile at the stern-faced cashier. To show that I love them.

For who they are.

And because that’s how Christ loved others. In the little things.