I recently realized that I wrote two blog posts about our entire time in Hanoi. Nicholas was asking me this past week if I had pictures of Vietnam to show his students who are learning about it this month. I have done nothing with my pictures and if I’m not careful, I’ll forget my stories too! So in this post, I will tell a few … Continue reading So About Vietnam
Ok so heres the deal. I haven’t written an update about ANYTHING since we announced our pregnancy. A lot has happened, I will start by saying that. We are continually amazed at how God leads us and protects us. In this blog I’ll: 1) Give an update about the baby. 2) Tell about my job and things related to that. 3) Post some pictures … Continue reading The Third
Holy cow, we are having a baby!!!! If you want to know what gender baby we’re having, keep reading… Not sure who remembers the beginning of this blog came when we had our second miscarriage during 2013. What a different story this pregnancy is! I can hardly believe that we are nearly 20 weeks along. So let me tell you the whole story. We have been … Continue reading Boy or girl?
Well, it has been a while since we experienced a good Autumn season. In China, its mostly just hot then turns immediately bitter cold. There weren’t many changing leaves in Huaqiao and the leaves that fell were swept up almost as soon as they fell. Needless to say it has been lovely drinking spiced cider and seeing trees drop their shimmering red, orange and yellow skirts. … Continue reading I Love Autumn
Each weekday, to help us combat unemployment, Nick and I have been studying Mark. Last week a book arrived for me as an early anniversary present. It is The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scritpture: Mark (vol 2). I was super excited to crack the spine on this book. So basically, this commentary is the collected works of a ton of early christian fathers’ writings and preachings on … Continue reading Coins
I have some exciting news. Something has happened that has never happened before. Back up a little. Last spring when we were still in China, we started hearing rumors of something strange happening in America. A loud, crass man with an incredible combover was running for the Republican party. “What is a TV personality doing in politics?” We asked ourselves. To our foreign friends we … Continue reading We Can Do it!
Guys… unemployment sucks! We have been home for 3 weeks already. We haven’t worked for 3 months. Now is about the time we start getting stir crazy! Let me back up a little. Many of you are wondering why we are even back in the US. Theres not a long story there. We got to Vietnam and it just didn’t meet our expectations in some … Continue reading Guys.
We wrapped up our job teaching at Kang Chiao International School by July 1. The end came very quickly and when it was over, it was just over. It was a little anticlimactic. There are some things they don’t tell you about finishing a job as an expat. 1.You feel like you are leaving your home. – This was a huge surprise for me because … Continue reading Things They Don’t Tell You…
Well friends, we were deported. Almost. We left China on Sunday. We had a one way ticket to Vietnam and, shoot, we were excited! Our flights went smoothly and we found ourselves on the long decent into Hanoi. We had all of our documents ready just in case something went wrong. We had a driver that would be waiting for us. We had an apartment … Continue reading Deportation
The Denenbergs 