Friday, April 19, 2013

The reason is...




It's one of life's most classic moments, the one where your wild two year-old runs up on stage during the Easter production and starts making shadow puppets in the spotlight. Stifled laughter rises from the audience. We're lucky to have it on video, to share with you and to reminisce about Michael's sweet little moment. This clip is going to be very nostalgic right around his high school graduation time.

(channeling from a Chinese website, hopefully it works alright? yes? you'll have to wait through an advertisement at the beginning as well, sorry bout that.)



Mike takes the stage at 2 minutes 30 seconds!


What I love most about this event is the indigenous Chinese expression of resurrection day celebration. Aren't these traditional costumes and dances elegant? The songs were beautiful too. Drew loves the expression of community coming together for a unified reason. 
The reason is Jesus.



















counting the graces
thank you Father for
early morn, grandma combing her hair and listening to Beijing opera on mountain trail
Mallard ducks on the pond
Christmas letter arriving in April
purple heart-shaped balloon escaping to the sky
catching up with Mandie, Peter and Mark
thunderstorm
all kinds of failure to keep me trying, humble, learning
forgiveness with my kids

2 comments:

  1. Awesome! Ill have to pull this up on a computer so i can see the video. The kids have off of school today because of the snowstorm

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  2. Jennifer Addington4/22/2013

    Love this! Miss you guys.

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