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I'm supposed to be taking a nap because my alarm woke me at 4:22 am, thankfully promising freshly made banana bread as my first breakfast (second breakfast was at 9:30 when I got home from work and husband was making waffles. [I married him for various reasons and I'd be lying if I said his love for eating and making waffles wasn't one of them] but this is irrelevant). With sleepy eyes but an alert body I type this, staring adoringly at our new rug... husband there to show size  ...spent with $0 of our own money (please, please, Dave Ramsey, you may have our autographs later) and gazing anxiously at the plants that I gave Jon as "his" birthday gift (when in reality I may be more excited about our upcoming zucchini and spaghetti squash than he is). And yes, sometimes when you're support-raising missionaries and you have to choose between missing work for your brother's wedding and buying groceries, you give your husband seeds to plant (which really w...

We had cereal and jello for dinner, so that's life today. I've also had coffee from three different places in a span of 8 hours, which is support raising missionary life most days. And I'm becoming okay with life right now and the beauties in it. The sacrifices are hard but even the small earthly rewards we experience are sweet. Support raising, though difficult and emotional and stressful, has been one of the most enriching experiences of my life. Right when I decided to work for Cru, I felt a nudge toward learning more about apologetics, mostly because when people present philosophical questions attacking Christianity, I'm left standing in a dumb silence. And though I know the Spirit is who changes, having some logic behind what I believe is imperative. Especially as evangelism will be one of the main parts of my job soon. But I've been putting it off because whose priority is apologetics while they're getting married and support raising and living in 3 ...