Dear Titus Darling:
Thank you to your Mama for preparing the materials and lesson for the children every Tuesday. Thank you to you [Titus] for patiently giving all the classmates guidance in pronunciation, helping us to review English together after class. Truly, thank you so much.
Your family is full of love -- towards each other and towards friends. This shared love is deeply moving, influencing those around you. The teachers have learned a lot from you. We think you're a little angel, so adorable and beautiful.
Love, Your Teacher
[from Titus' parent-teacher contact book, October 2014]
I was very touched by what Mrs. Zeng wrote in Titus' parent-teacher contact book. It's Titus' fourth year in her classroom, can you believe that! Age 3, 4, 5, and now 6. She's been watching us these years. I really hope we can explicitly and clearly tell her who taught us love. Oh our love is terribly flawed, it is....I cringe. Don't get me started on how unlovely and unloving all four of us can be on any given day.
But.
It is true that we have been and are being transformed by Perfect Love. His name is Jesus.
counting the graces
thank you Father for
clean air!!!!!! and dirty air which has made me so much more grateful, realizing deeply that all is grace
the whole experience of getting together with favorite friends, favorite book, favorite coffeehouse, favorite street of Changsha
we are going to see Jonathon and his family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Debussy in the morning in the kitchen
8 miles of pure bliss along the river, the John Deere tractor, see forever, light rain, good air to breathe, glorious
1 Peter, Isaiah
Four years with the same teacher! The hound dog of heaven is hot on her tail! We all fall short of the glory of God Rachael. The Father is allowing her to see Him in you and Titus! Whoooo hoooo. Blessed by what you are doing.
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I think so too, Chris. As always, I am heartened by your enthusiasm and encouraging words. I'm sure we will see you this winter in Minnesota.
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