A Day in the Life of the Garsees

 We've been without internet access since May 11th. But I'm BACK!! But we're finally settled in our new (temporary) home in Waco, Tx. We're going back to school folks! The school and chu...

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2014/06/ive-been-found-in-texas.html

So while we're in the mountains of Tennessee with Chase and Sydney , we met these other missionaries from Uganda who were staying at Eden Ridge .  As we were talking, they asked us if we ha...

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I know that I promised you in my last post , that I'd be sharing a "roll out the red carpet" moment, but as I was going through my pictures, I remembered Ellis Island and The Statue of Liberty....

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2014/05/how-could-i-forget-lady-liberty.html

This whole trip to New England started with an invitation from Grace and Peace Church in New Jersey. Grace and Peace has a been a long time supporter and friend of ours. The Pastor's son, Sea...

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2014/05/why-hello-new-jersey.html

Wow! Wow! Wow!  We're all together again and this time with an addition!!  And of course, our first dinner together was Thai food! I made some Penang curry and stir fried veggies. We ...

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My precious husband was praying for our time in America for months before we even knew if we'd be able to come.  He was asking God for specific things. A van to drive that would hold 9, gas ...

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2014/05/god-blows-us-away.html

Now to let you in on our time here so far. We haven't had WiFi and sometimes not even Internet for the five weeks we've been here. I can't really imagine the world without internet. I feel li...

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Our trip to America was looooong!!!! We were so excited that we only had to stop once in China. We had never done this before. We always stop in one Asian country, then Los Angeles, and then ...

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2014/04/airports-hotels-tired-babies-cute.html

We had more than 50 people see us off at the Train Station. There were lots of hugs and lots of tears. Bang's friends came to see him off. When I saw all of them standing there I got tea...

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2014/03/usa-here-we-come.html

Digital Project Life Cherry Edition I am SO excited!! After a year of hard work, when I didn't think that I'd finish, I did it! I finally finished my Digital Project Life   I have my f...

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We had a super fun encouraging week this week when the Acts Team  from IHOP Atlanta  came to visit us! We prayed and worshiped for four hours a day and it was wonderful!! They were a brea...

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-day-in-our-lifein-mud.html

I thought I'd do a post each week showing you what's on our table. I forget how differently we eat and  that some of you might like to see what we're eating. Maybe some of you would even like t...

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2014/02/on-our-table-this-week.html

Well, I'm finally getting some pictures of our school room up.  We've had a team from IHOP here worshipping and praying with us. It's been a busy, but very rewarding five days!  Okay, so...

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2014/02/our-school-room-2014.html

Sorry for the quality for these photos, but what can I say... I'm having to get to know Sydney via text messaging and photos that they send. We're an International family.  It's the best I'v...

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2014/02/our-babys-engaged.html

These are from April 2013, but since my last post for 2013 was in March, I thought I'd post a few of my favorite pictures from last year.  I mean  you all missed out on a whole year of our ...

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2014/02/some-oldies-but-goodies.html

In December 2008, God moved us from a tiny 900 sq. ft. house to this house! It was a blessing from God in a time of great pain and sorrow. I wrote a post about what was going on in my life back ...

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2014/02/whats-been-going-on-this-last-year.html

 I have no idea what causes a tot who's moving right along week after week with school to all the sudden decide, "I'm not doing it anymore."  That's what happened with Cayden. He's 3 years ...

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2014/02/last-week-of-organized-tot-school.html

It's been months since I've pulled up my blog. As I pulled it up and looked at the banner picture, I got tears in my eyes. I can't believe how fast time goes by. Looking at the pictures of my...

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-new-chapter.html

Here's the fire pit that Clinton made last year. We. Love. It.  It's super hot in Thailand but November through February are cooler and are much cooler in the evenings (74F). For us that's c...

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I can NOT believe you're is already 7 months old!  Chandler you've brought so much joy into our lives. You're everything a mother hopes her baby will be. You wake up smiling, you love to nur...

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Food is a huge part of my day. It's amazing the amount of time a missionary mamma spends in the kitchen! What takes others no time to make takes us an hour or two. I've recently been trying to s...

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Because Joseph's adoption isn't finished yet, we feel that we need to lay low on the "google" search radar. Not that we're doing anything wrong but we feel we just need to keep quiet and wait on...

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 This post has taken me FOREVER!!!!! I've been trying to move my iPhoto pictures to another program and it's giving me SO much trouble!! For one, I'm not a techi AT ALL! So I've had some major/m...

http://garfire1.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-in-family.html

I couldn't visit Texas and not take my children to the Houston Zoo. It's one of my favorite memories from when we lived there pre-Thailand days. However, this day was the hottest day on record i...

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The evening after the big party Clinton, Cayden and I got hit with a horrific stomach bug! I’m talking horrible!!!! We were all three vomiting every 15min for the next 12 hours. This was the f...

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