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Done defending…

I passed.
It is done. 
Thank the Lord!

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Arrived…

I just arrived in the United States. I am truly worn out.
After I get some sleep, I’ll be preparing to defend my dissertation on Friday and then thanks to frequent flier miles, I am going to take a quick trip up to Pennsylvania for church on Sunday. I have to get [...]

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Little Update…

I am sitting here thinking how thankful I am for my wife.
It is her birthday coming up and I am so grateful to God for bringing her into this world and into my life. Over this past year, she’s moved to a new country, had a baby in a new country, added to orphans [...]

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Tennis anyone? plus some good news!

I took the girls to tennis today.
It is this nice little suburban area. The tennis coach asks me why we’ve moved to South Africa. Everyone asks that question. I tell them about wanting to help in the townships and also work with orphaned children. (Besides the fact that it honestly [...]

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Week ahead

I am looking forward to the week ahead.
We already had the opportunity today to talk with a director of another children’s home who encouraged us in the direction we were heading and also reminded us that we need to be patient, which is always good for me to hear.
I am hoping to meet again with [...]

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First Day!

I now understand when people talk about giggling like a school girl.
It was my daughters’ first day of school today and I could hear McKenna and Cambria whispering to each other at 4:30 a.m. because they were so excited.
It is a sacrifice to send them to school. I miss them already. [...]

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Little Update…

I am stealing my wife’s emails but she’s so much better with the details…
“We are doing very well!
We are quite past our little robbery experience and the girls are amazing and it is as if it never happened. We are slowly but surely getting settled into our new home here and the girls have [...]

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Quick Update

I guess it is obvious.
We made it to California.
I have spent the last couple days trying to get books together so that I can begin researching and writing my doctoral dissertation. I am right now thinking through the question, what impact if any should culture have on our preaching?
The [...]

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Four Beauties and a Dud

If you’d like to see our most recent family picture, check out www.joshmack.blogspot.com

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