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	<title>The Takameter</title>
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	<description>Life in our (Japanese) Neck of the Woods -- by Sue</description>
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		<title>My Halloween Princess</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend we had a chance to go to nearby Sasayama for our organization&#8217;s  church planter&#8217;s fall conference.  The whole conference was a time of wonderful fellowship; vision and prayer time; and even practical training that included CPR.  One huge highlight was the care that our children received from the four women [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=takameter.wordpress.com&blog=1147591&post=2085&subd=takameter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://takameter.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/my-halloween-princess/</link>
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		<title>Here Comes Jesus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been a wacky week.  H1N1 virus hit our family through Annie  last Tuesday&#8211; her whole school closed down for a week because so many children and staff had contracted it at the same time.  We then thought that Olivia and I had it&#8211; thankfully we both tested negative, and with Annie&#8217;s quick recovery [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=takameter.wordpress.com&blog=1147591&post=2074&subd=takameter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://takameter.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/here-comes-jesus/</link>
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		<title>Faces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a wonderful reminder every day when we walk into the kitchen of what it&#8217;s all about&#8230;

These are faces from the Christmas card photos we received last year.  (A few cards got lost in our transition from the U.S. to Japan- sorry if your photo didn&#8217;t make it).  We love seeing the people who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=takameter.wordpress.com&blog=1147591&post=2068&subd=takameter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://takameter.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/faces/</link>
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		<title>Attention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday&#8217;s worship encouraged me in several ways.
It was the once-a-month combined worship time.  Sometimes I feel quite distracted on these Sundays by taking care of the kids&#8217; needs; figuring out what we should be doing, reigning Olivia back in, etc., that I find myself not really worshiping much.  Somehow this Sunday I was able to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=takameter.wordpress.com&blog=1147591&post=2062&subd=takameter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Autumn Treasures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are days&#8211; or weeks &#8211;as a mom of 3 (or right-now 4) young children where I feel like my life has become routine and a bit stagnant.  (Not boring!  Ever!  Just routine).
Earlier this week I got a text from a seventh- grade friend, Manae.  Her family has been ministry partners of ours over the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=takameter.wordpress.com&blog=1147591&post=2056&subd=takameter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://takameter.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/autumn-treasures/</link>
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		<title>Daddy Dollars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Family Fun magazine gave me an idea that has had our kids jumping to make their beds, do extra chores, and find ways to serve our neighbors and friends.  Some may call it bribery, but &#8212; whatever works!  And it has yielded a very fun family weekend on a number of levels.
It started by making [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=takameter.wordpress.com&blog=1147591&post=2051&subd=takameter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://takameter.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/daddy-dollars/</link>
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		<title>Relay Races</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had quite a weekend&#8230; it was sort of like a crazy relay race in which we were barely able to get the baton into the next hand without dropping it, all the while trying to care well for the little foster baby entrusted to our care.  (Thankfully we didn&#8217;t drop him&#8230;)
Saturday was Owen&#8217;s first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=takameter.wordpress.com&blog=1147591&post=2035&subd=takameter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://takameter.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/relay-races/</link>
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		<title>Woven Together</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I pulled out three very special quilts that were hand-made for each of our children.  Our special friend Myrleen, who had served in Japan with my in the early 90s, had carefully selected the fabric and pattern for each one when we announced the addition of each child.  They are each unique and wonderful.

I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=takameter.wordpress.com&blog=1147591&post=2028&subd=takameter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://takameter.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/woven-together/</link>
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		<title>Jersey Girls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have been back in Japan just over a week&#8211; Annie and Owen are back at school; busy fall schedules have started up.  We are so thankful that Annie&#8217;s eyes seem fine &#8212; she no longer complains of double-vision and they look great.  We will take her to a Japanese specialist in about a month [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=takameter.wordpress.com&blog=1147591&post=2007&subd=takameter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://takameter.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/jersey-girls/</link>
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		<title>Faith and Sight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Annie and I have been in New Jersey for just over a week now.  On Tuesday, she had outpatient eye surgery to correct a problem of both eyes that would drift outward.  If she didn&#8217;t have this surgery, she would slowly begin to lose sight in the worse of the two eyes.  
We prepared Annie [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=takameter.wordpress.com&blog=1147591&post=2002&subd=takameter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://takameter.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/faith-and-sight/</link>
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