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london2016-01-06T00:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/12/26/what-i-need/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/mads-eye.jpgmads eye2015-12-30T01:57:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/12/01/2062/2015-12-22T17:17:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/12/20/opportunity-in-west-chicagoland/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_1468.jpgIMG_14682015-12-20T21:24:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/12/13/the-nativity-wars-a-re-post/2015-12-13T18:12:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/11/23/from-dark-to-light-2/2015-11-23T17:42:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/11/19/the-good-work-of-refugee-care/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/wr-fundraising.jpgWR fundraisinghttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/poster-back.jpgposter backhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/world-relief-poster.jpgWorld Relief poster2015-11-20T02:16:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/11/13/a-family-a-people/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pjturtle.jpgPJ,turtleI couldn't resist posting this one, too!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pj-as-turtle.jpgpj as turtleI thought this post could use a little lift. This was a fun, impromptu moment in Target when PJ saw this awesome Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle jacket!2016-07-28T10:01:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/11/10/giving-tuesday-and-a-funny/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/blanket.jpgblanket2015-11-11T16:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/11/02/named-and-naming/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cross-pic.jpgcross pic2015-11-05T21:35:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/10/27/the-foot-of-the-cross/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/green-leaf.jpggreen leaf2015-11-02T23:13:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/10/23/link-leads-global-awareness-winningsuccess-the-syrian-crisis-heart-changing-prayer/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mushrooms-pic.jpgmushrooms picAnd what I saw next to the path--these ginormous mushrooms growing right next to a drainpipe.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/blurry-boots-pic1.jpgblurry boots picMy feet in two of their favorite places: in boots (that means fall is here!) and on the trail! https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/blurry-boots-pic.jpgblurry boots pic2015-10-23T15:49:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/10/20/our-bodies-declared-good/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/redeemed.jpgredeemed2015-10-20T17:56:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/10/16/world-relief-esl-classes-followup/2015-10-17T14:29:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/10/15/world-relief-esl-classes/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_1263.jpgIMG_12632015-11-11T21:51:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/10/08/mudroom-blog-world-relief-refuge-and-ink-180/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/puzzle-2.jpgpuzzle 22015-10-08T23:46:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/10/05/let-me-let-you/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dry-flower-3.jpgdry flower 3https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dry-flower-2.jpgdry flower 2https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dry-flower-4.jpgdry flower 4https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dry-flower-1.jpgdry flower 1https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dry-flower-5.jpgdry flower 52015-10-07T07:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/10/02/good-works-prepared-faith-willard-and-sarah-aulie/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0460.jpgDSC_0460One of Hand and Cloth's beautiful blankets draped across a chair in my bedroom. They truly are lovely and would make great Christmas presents!2015-10-02T18:47:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/09/27/just-like-me-seeking-greater-understanding-unity-and-love/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/grasshopper.jpggrasshopperSometimes you've got to get really close to see the beauty. https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/butterfly.jpgbutterfly2015-09-27T18:45:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/09/16/the-freedom-of-being-a-small-character/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/white-flowers.jpgwhite flowershttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flower-close-up.jpgflower close up2015-09-18T22:12:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/09/11/a-full-physical-life/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/yellow-on-brown.jpgyellow on brownhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/white-blossoms.jpgwhite blossomsok--this one doesn't exactly fit what I was looking for--but these blossoms were so intricate!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dew-on-leaves.jpgdew on leaveshttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/leaves-near-tree.jpgleaves near treehttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/red-and-green.jpgred and greenOn my walk this morning, I looked for evidence of death and life, side by side. I'm inserting a few of the examples I found.2015-09-11T19:13:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/09/09/ive-got-a-post-up-on-the-redbud-blog/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flower-closeup.jpgflower closeup2015-09-09T19:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/09/04/going-on-a-supernatural-carpet-ride-psalm-95/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dead-log-inside.jpgdead log, insideAll the life--inside one dead log!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dead-log-top.jpgdead log, topAll the life--on one dead log!2015-09-07T22:02:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/08/28/catechesis/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/westminster-prayer.jpgWestminster prayerI took this picture when I was at Westminster Abbey in January--this is etched on the outside of the entrance.2015-08-28T15:08:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/08/24/harmony-restored/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/spider-web.jpgspider webI chose this picture (taken recently at the dog park early in the morning) because it's beautiful for one thing and it also gives me a visual of unity. All the lines of the web meet and lead to the center. 2015-08-25T19:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/08/15/god-is-good-elizabeth-brown-bogart/2015-08-26T03:13:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/08/14/more-on-rest/2015-08-14T17:55:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/08/12/confession-from-the-foot-of-the-cross/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sunset-with-cross.jpgsunset with crossThe electrical pole in the foreground reminded me of the Cross. I took this last week during our vacation in Michigan--what a great time! 2015-08-13T21:08:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/07/27/an-excerpt-from-the-healing-presence/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/soli-deo-gloria.jpgsoli deo gloria2016-08-19T16:45:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/07/22/lyn-lusi/2015-07-22T22:57:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/07/15/rest/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/flowers-on-asphalt.jpgflowers on asphalt2015-07-16T18:58:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/07/08/with-just-2-clicks-you-can-make-a-difference-for-a-woman-in-refuge/2015-07-08T22:05:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/07/02/queen-margaret-post-up-on-judy-douglasss-blog/2015-07-02T13:03:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/06/25/no-true-risk/2015-07-13T22:04:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/06/23/reading-psalm-3-with-new-eyes/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/grasses-with-background.jpggrasses with backgroundhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/close-up-grasses.jpgclose up grassesI wish there were a tie-in to today's post, but I simply thought these grasses were gorgeous.2015-06-24T14:12:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/06/19/charleston/2015-06-19T21:14:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/04/28/a-straightforward-love/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/chai-taken-by-em.jpgchai, taken by EmDaughter Em took this picture of Chai.2015-06-16T14:19:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/06/15/open-doors-link/2015-06-16T12:34:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/06/12/small-things-and-my-dream-job/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/new-name-check.jpgNew Name checkhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/gift-drive.jpggift drivehttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wa-girls-gift-drive.jpgWA girls gift driveRez's New Name team members standing behind the gifts donated by WA girls' soccer team2015-06-13T22:22:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/06/08/come-holy-spirit-a-reflection-from-a-recent-taize-service/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0883.jpgDSC_08832015-06-09T12:28:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/05/31/neighbors-in-suburbia/2015-05-31T22:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/05/21/ephesians-314-21/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wild-violets.jpgwild violets2015-05-21T17:36:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/05/19/the-lost-and-found-of-motherhood/2015-05-19T18:54:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/05/12/1873/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/green.jpggreenSo very, very green!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pond.jpgpondhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dandelion-clock.jpgdandelion clockhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/flower.jpgflowerhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/chai-at-pond.jpgchai at pondChai dog enjoying the pond2015-05-13T13:03:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/05/10/isaiah-5010/2015-05-10T13:40:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/05/07/open-doors-petition/2015-05-07T19:17:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/04/18/a-lesson-from-uncle-mikey/2015-04-18T11:09:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/04/09/the-exultation-of-an-easter-life/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pj-bubbles-3.jpgpj bubbles 3https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pj-bubbles.jpgpj bubblesThis is PJ (my youngest) exulting in the bubble pool at the Birmingham, AL, zoo last week! 2015-04-10T13:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/04/05/easter-sky/2025-02-16T20:20:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/04/04/the-good-friday-ending/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/alabama-berries.jpgAlabama berriesWe traveled to my growing-up state (Alabama) for the first part of spring break, and spring has sprung there! I took this while on a walk in the woods.2015-04-04T06:12:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/03/25/joy/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/window-scotland.jpgwindow Scotland2015-03-25T19:56:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/03/18/check-out-end-the-now/2015-03-28T20:31:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/03/16/confessional-living-beneath-the-symptoms/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mads-11th-bday-cake1.jpgMad's 11th bday cakehttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mads-11th-bday-cake.jpgmads 11th bday cakeThis has NOTHING to do with this post but is a pic of Maddie blowing out the candles on the birthday cake made for her by her older sister, Emily. 2015-03-16T19:44:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/03/07/confessional-living-the-joy-of-humility/2015-03-07T14:23:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/02/25/in-the-woods-walking-slow-a-sort-of-poem/2015-02-26T00:07:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/02/17/odds-and-ends-a-recording-a-verse-a-suggestion/2015-02-17T17:32:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/02/16/guest-writer-tyler-jacksons-poem-beloved/2015-02-17T03:02:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/02/13/living-confessionally-part-4-inviting-the-holy-spirits-conviction/2015-02-15T01:43:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/02/06/living-confessionally-part-3-stretching-my-view-of-god/2015-02-06T20:27:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/02/03/living-confessionally-part-2-expanding-our-view-of-sin/2015-02-03T18:34:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/01/28/living-confessionally/2015-12-08T08:25:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/01/23/the-truth-that-keeps-me-out-of-the-cave-of-despair/2015-01-23T23:10:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/01/20/scotland-trip-final-day/2015-01-20T12:36:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/01/13/scotland-days-8-and-9/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/with-the-piper.jpgwith the piperpost host-family supper--all guests, including the piper in the middlehttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/serving-at-host-supper.jpgserving at host supperhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/at-deans.jpgat deansfollowing our day at Deanshttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/group-in-chapel-at-st-as.jpggroup in chapel at St. A'shttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/grace-and-abby-in-mine.jpggrace and abby in mineThis was a mine dug under the Saint Andrew Castle. We all crawled down into it.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/group-at-st-andrews-ruins1.jpggroup at St Andrews ruinshttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/group-at-golf-course.jpggroup at golf courseGroup in front of the "old course" at St. Andrewshttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/group-at-st-andys-beach.jpggroup at st andy's beachin front of the beaches where the Chariots of Fire beach scenes were filmedhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/group-at-st-andrews-ruins.jpggroup at St Andrews ruinsOur students at Saint Andrews Cathedral (its ruins).2015-01-17T04:03:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/01/11/scotland-days-6-7/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/photo-51.jpgphoto (51)This is the art piece Meghan created for the church while Dave preached.2015-01-17T04:04:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/01/09/scotland-days-4-5/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/stirling-bridge.jpgstirling bridgeThe students on the "new" Stirling Bridge2015-01-10T00:49:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2015/01/07/scotland-days-1-3/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/scotland-group.jpgScotland group2015-01-08T18:34:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/12/31/thy-light-and-thy-truth/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0882.jpgDSC_08822015-01-17T04:06:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/12/24/the-gift-of-soli-deo-gloria/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tree-on-toy-car.jpgtree on toy carI simply had to share this with you! I saw this in our neighborhood last week and fortunately had a couple minutes free to pull over and take a shot! Can't you imagine some little one asking for this!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/soli-deo-gloria.jpgsoli deo gloria2014-12-28T15:56:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/12/22/book-suggestion-we-wait-you/2014-12-22T18:01:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/12/17/finding-part-1/2014-12-17T21:18:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/12/15/odds-and-ends-2/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rosatis-conga-line.jpgrosatis conga linehttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/second-snowman-20141.jpgsecond snowman 2014https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/melted-snowman.jpgmelted snowmanhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/second-snowman-2014.jpgsecond snowman 2014https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/first-snowman-20141.jpgfirst snowman 2014https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/first-snowman-2014.jpgfirst snowman 20142014-12-15T05:01:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/12/10/the-pursuit-of-wisdom/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0923.jpgDSC_09232014-12-10T05:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/12/05/christmas-hymns-a-small-step/2014-12-05T20:23:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/12/02/giving-tuesday/2014-12-02T20:32:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/11/24/henri-nouwen-on-thanksgiving/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dried-flowers1.jpgdried flowers2014-11-24T20:34:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/11/21/odds-and-ends/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bud-on-snow.jpgbud-on-snow.jpgLast weekend, as I was walking just after our first snowfall, I saw this bud lying on the ground. I brought it home, set it in the snow on our patio, and shot a picture. I changed my header picture to this shot because it certainly describes this strange transition of weather we are in. Down to 12 degrees one night, and then five days later it's back up to 50! 2014-11-21T15:30:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/11/20/book-suggestion-a-minor-by-margaret-philbrick/2014-11-20T04:39:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/11/15/discontent-disguised-as-spiritual-longing/2014-11-15T20:57:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/11/09/take-o-take-me-as-i-am-followup-to-meanderings-on-being/2014-11-10T04:37:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/11/07/meanderings-on-being/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0755.jpgDSC_07552014-11-07T17:23:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/10/27/sharing-a-post-about-ebola/2014-10-28T10:10:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/10/18/abiding-even-in-traffic/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0750.jpgDSC_0750This is the slightest bit fuzzy, but I couldn't resist blowing this up a bit to see this beautiful bird's detail. He was hanging out in my yard last week, and I managed to get a couple shots of him.2014-10-18T18:26:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/10/15/26-2-miles-for-a-reason/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0865.jpgDSC_0865Going home on the el--not sure which one looks more tired!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0859.jpgDSC_0859Finished!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0837.jpgDSC_0837https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0801.jpgDSC_0801Patrick giving out high fives.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0791.jpgDSC_0791At mile 17, the guys got hugs from the kids. https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0787.jpgDSC_0787https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0783.jpgDSC_0783https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0781.jpgDSC_0781https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_07591.jpgDSC_0759https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0771.jpgDSC_07712014-10-15T04:27:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/10/11/1665/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0678.jpgDSC_0678Finally a good picture of all of us. This is Dave and I with Judy and Kelly (our international student "daughters"--their real mom and dad live in Hong Kong and love them very, very much), Emily, the twins Jake and Maddie, and PJ. Honestly, it's usually the boys who mess up family shots. (Stand still for a picture if I'm not posing as a professional soccer player or bodybuilder? What's up with that?)2014-10-12T00:00:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/10/07/1663/2014-10-14T11:22:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/10/01/needing-and-finding/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/chai-taken-by-em.jpgchai, taken by EmAnd here's a much better pic of her, taken, of course, by my daughter Emhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/chai-on-couch.jpgchai on couchSpeaking of Chai (she's mentioned late in this post), here's a shot of her lounging on the only piece of furniture she's "supposed" to get on. 2014-10-01T22:45:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/09/29/local-opportunity-to-learn-more-about-anti-trafficking/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-30.jpgphoto (30)Click on the link at the bottom of the post to visit Naomi's House website. 2014-09-29T16:27:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/09/26/not-so-ordinary/2014-09-26T21:50:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/09/22/a-prayer-for-sex-slaves-written-by-scott-sauls/2014-09-23T16:03:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/09/18/communion-a-refresher-course-in-the-gospel/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bread.jpgbreadThe past three Januarys, I've taught a breadmaking class to Wheaton Academy students. This is one of their jelly rolls (not quite Communion bread but perhaps symbolic of the sweetness and goodness of Christ's sacrifice for us).2014-09-19T18:51:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/09/15/sharing-a-site/2015-01-17T04:05:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/09/11/dave-running-for-a-reason-on-october-12/2014-09-15T17:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/09/09/story-sharing/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cb491fc5c8e5bdf97fcc7045b4d11b60.jpgcb491fc5c8e5bdf97fcc7045b4d11b60See the note at the bottom of the post for more information about Cafe K'Tizo. 2014-09-09T16:40:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/09/02/sermon-suggestion/2014-09-02T15:59:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/08/29/longing-for-the-presence/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0322.jpgDSC_0322Elisabeth Elliot wrote that a clam glorifies God better than we do because the clam is doing what it was created to do, and we are not. I thought of that quote when I saw this picture I took of a dragonfly, basking in the sunlight--just as we were meant to rejoice in the presence of God. https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0314.jpgDSC_03142014-08-30T13:29:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/08/25/alphabet-praise/2025-08-24T19:32:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/08/20/justice-in-mountains-beyond-mountains/2014-08-20T15:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/08/08/they-shall-know-we-are-his/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0667.jpgDSC_0667my kids with cousins Sarah, Grace, and Anna https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0661.jpgDSC_0661PJ and cousin Grace giving a stirring performance during a karaoke afternoon.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0484.jpgDSC_0484Cousin Seth giving Maddie a ride on their tree swing--always a huge hit!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0655.jpgDSC_0655My four kids with cousins Michael and Lucy and my sister Lyndahttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0630.jpgDSC_0630My kids with cousin Michael and Uncle Dan (back left) and one of their friends just after the five kids went zip-lining.2014-08-10T08:56:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/07/29/morning-prayer-for-the-congo/2014-07-30T00:18:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/07/25/a-suggested-read/2014-07-25T18:12:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/07/23/the-inner-eye/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pj-bean.jpgpj beanAnd another by Em--of her favorite subject matter: PJhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/city-beach.jpgcity beachAnother picture taken by Emhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pj-under-water.jpgpj under waterThought I would share some pictures we've actually taken of our recent moments. This is a picture Em took of PJ. 2014-07-24T03:20:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/07/16/being-mom/2014-07-17T15:43:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/07/09/not-an-agent/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0286.jpgDSC_0286I took this shot the other night when the kids were doing sparklers. 2014-07-13T17:45:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/06/30/when-praying-stretches-long/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_0284.jpgDSC_0284Just for fun--When PJ cracked this nut open, he found a heart!2014-06-30T16:42:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/06/18/like-were-loved/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_0250.jpgDSC_0250Chai was the only one who was happy to see Nora go back to her owners. Of course, the rest of us didn't have a puppy clawing at our face all week either.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_0279.jpgDSC_0279PJ, Nora, and Chai playing tug of war2014-06-30T15:47:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/06/12/prayer-fighting-the-powers-of-darkness/2014-06-24T14:20:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/05/31/let-the-mom-wars-stop/2014-06-01T00:09:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/05/22/dry-wells/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0066.jpgDSC_0066I really DO like dandelions--and wild violets.2014-05-23T12:20:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/05/12/mothers-day-and-the-other-364-days/2014-05-12T18:27:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/05/05/lessons-from-my-children/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_1377.jpgDSC_1377https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_1375.jpgDSC_1375More encouragement from one of my kids. Em hung these creations of hers on the fridge yesterday. Such good reminders.2014-05-07T14:39:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/04/29/an-invitation-for-local-readers/2014-04-29T16:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/04/24/joy-resurrected/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0991.jpgDSC_0991Man, I wish my knees still bent like that!2014-05-07T14:39:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/04/15/take-and-eat/2014-04-16T18:40:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/04/08/a-poem-though-im-not-a-poet/2014-04-11T03:15:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/04/02/live-in-chicagos-western-suburbs-want-to-get-involved-in-the-local-battle-against-sex-trafficking/2014-04-02T16:06:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/03/26/the-tiger-within/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0416.jpgDSC_0416This picture has no relation to today's post, but I'm reminding myself--as it was only 12 degrees when I woke up this morning--that the time of beautiful green crickets clinging to open screen doors will come!2014-04-01T17:10:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/03/28/the-neon-of-vanity/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0834.jpgDSC_0834Look close--you can see the neon reflected in his eyes! https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/536224_10202174906961243_2094760043_n.jpg536224_10202174906961243_2094760043_n2014-03-29T12:52:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/03/20/the-only-road-to-freedom/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0793.jpgDSC_0793Just for fun--and in case you're feeling the need for some chocolate! (We didn't actually buy the chocolate bar--though the kids would have loved to!)2014-03-24T02:50:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/03/17/in-honor-of-my-son-on-st-patricks-day/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0009.jpgDSC_0009Wilfred Rugumba, the vibrant young director of Mercy Childcare, with his wonderful wife, Vena, and their two sons. They're still rescuing! https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0621.jpgDSC_0621Patrick and Maddie chasing down a ball during a fierce game of soccer at my sister's house last fall.2014-03-17T15:00:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/03/12/celebrating-our-slivers/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_1954.jpgDSC_1954I took this pic in Kenya last summer. Those are discarded water bottle woven into a wire fence. Very creative!2014-03-12T18:15:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/03/06/i-ramble-with-a-purpose/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0847.jpgDSC_0847At one of Wheaton Academy's bball games not long ago, the students brought glow-in-the-dark bracelets/necklaces. After the game, PJ gathered as many as he could, and we had a light show/photo shoot that night at home. Here he is twirling a handful of them.2014-03-21T19:21:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/02/28/they-have-given-me-much/2014-03-01T03:22:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/11/09/refugee-joseph/2014-02-27T20:58:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/09/23/a-purpose-in-being-overwhelmed/2014-02-27T20:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/02/27/shine-a-light-on-slavery-day/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/end-it-x.jpgend it X2014-02-27T18:50:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/02/25/im-trying-audio/2014-02-26T16:11:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/01/29/all-is-not-well/2014-02-25T21:22:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/02/24/its-the-little-things/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0697.jpgDSC_0697https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0585.jpgDSC_0585https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0784.jpgDSC_07842014-02-25T03:51:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/02/19/when-our-stories-stretch-long/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/genregraph.jpggenregraph2014-02-19T16:34:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/02/15/resting-place/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0645.jpgDSC_0645No connection to today's post--I just like the look of joy on Mad's face!2014-02-18T18:34:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/02/11/practicing-awe/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sunrise-reflection.jpgsunrise reflectionSorry for the poor photo quality, but I took this on my phone on an early-morning jaunt a couple weeks ago. The sunrise reflected on a patch of ice in a field. Definitely a moment of awe!2014-02-11T05:23:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/02/07/on-inner-and-outer-needs/2014-02-09T14:36:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/01/22/the-why-of-bible-reading/2014-02-04T19:27:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/02/04/the-real-battle-followup-post/2014-02-04T19:25:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/01/31/the-real-battle-this-weekend/2014-02-03T20:49:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/01/23/praying-for-sudan-today/2014-05-18T09:29:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/11/16/from-dark-to-light/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0396.jpgDSC_0396I took this in Montana a couple summers ago. Amazing!2014-01-14T17:05:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/01/07/1421/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0702.jpgDSC_0702Jake! (In the fake mustache, he makes me think of author Agatha Christie's Detective Poirot, famous for his "little grey cells"!2014-01-27T03:03:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2014/01/02/tis-more-blessed/2014-01-02T05:08:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/12/30/redeemed-redeemed/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/redeemed.jpgredeemed2014-01-01T23:40:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/12/22/word-play-sacred/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pinecone-edit-emilys.jpgPinecone edit, Emily'sThis is Emily's creation, who both took the pic and added the graphic. using the app Rhonna. Merry Christmas, everyone.2014-01-16T08:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/12/19/when-death-breaks-in/2014-01-16T16:06:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/12/17/the-teller-and-star-of-the-best-story-ever/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0743.jpgDSC_07432013-12-19T20:35:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/12/13/from-death-to-life-the-blessing-of-communion/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0490.jpgDSC_0490https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0486.jpgDSC_0486https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0485.jpgDSC_0485https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0484.jpgDSC_0484Jumping in leaves at Nana and Papa's house (my in-laws).2013-12-13T04:57:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/12/09/from-phileo-to-agape/2013-12-09T22:23:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/12/06/the-nativity-wars-begin-again/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nativity-mammaw.jpgnativity, mammawhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nativity.jpgnativityhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/silver-nativity.jpgsilver nativity2013-12-07T03:40:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/12/04/snowflakes-a-short-conversation/2013-12-05T17:26:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/11/27/each-story-a-sliver/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0254.jpgDSC_0254Clearly, there is a story here! (I'm not sure what it is, though :)2013-11-27T16:32:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/11/23/holy-spirit-help/2013-11-23T06:32:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/11/20/applying-george-costanzas-opposite-technique-to-my-prayer-life/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bottom-side-of-leaf.jpgbottom side of leafI could say that this picture fits this post because I took a shot of the bottom side of the leaf rather than the top, but that would be cheesy, right?!2013-12-05T17:27:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/11/06/little-woman-with-a-great-big-god/2014-03-08T07:16:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/11/03/a-weekend-away-with-a-purpose/2013-11-03T04:57:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/10/30/parenting-and-growth-both-neverending/2013-11-03T18:35:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/10/24/from-then-to-now-grace/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/leaf-on-driveway.jpgleaf on drivewayRandom shot--beautiful leaf on my driveway2013-10-25T19:44:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/10/21/different-angle-on-regrets/2013-10-22T10:58:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/10/19/always-grace-for-regrets/2013-10-20T10:56:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/10/15/marathon-meanderings/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0456.jpgDSC_0456And here he is after the finish.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0434.jpgDSC_0434And he was off again.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0428.jpgDSC_0428And here's when Em saw him!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0427.jpgDSC_0427First sight of him at mile 17.2013-10-18T03:28:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/10/07/a-big-reason-to-run/2013-10-15T23:32:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/10/04/mommy-magic-another-journal-written-during-my-small-children-stage/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/club-azzurri.jpgclub azzurriThey were younger even than this when I wrote this post--but they were still a lot younger than they are now! I cannot believe I have an 8th grader! (But I sure don't miss pairing up all those teeny-tiny little socks!)2013-10-04T19:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/09/30/from-one-generation-to-the-next-advice-from-my-mom/2013-10-01T03:23:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/09/17/missing-the-mom-gene/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0332.jpgDSC_0332Yesterday Patrick squatted like this and asked, "Mom, can you do this?" Um, NO.2013-09-23T14:46:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/09/12/guest-writer-anna-lindus/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0037.jpgDSC_0037Anna and Shawme2013-09-12T19:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/09/10/everyday-gospel-continued-part-2-of-conversation-with-jake/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0293.jpgDSC_0293Game pieces? I think so. Why? Not sure. Because he's a nine-year-old boy? Good answer.2013-09-15T23:08:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/09/06/the-gentle-power-of-gods-pursuit/2013-09-07T21:03:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/08/30/mercy-childcare-video/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0231.jpgDSC_0231This is Angel, whom I've known for nearly six years now. Angel was also rescued by MCCM. She is now studying to help communities fight poverty and its effects on children. You go, Angel! I'm so proud of her.2013-08-30T19:18:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/08/28/i-need-the-gospel-everyday/2013-08-28T19:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/08/26/a-blast-from-my-past-this-one-is-for-all-you-moms-with-little-ones/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/044.jpg044https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/053.jpg053This was written Pre-Patrick, so I had to include a picture of all four of them! Such crazy days! (Not that they're less crazy now--just different).2013-08-26T16:29:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/08/23/africa-devos-last-one-re-entry/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0010.jpgDSC_0010This is Vena, wife to Wilfred Rugumba (who directs Mercy Childcare Ministries), and her younger son, Joshua. Amazingly, I just got to see them IN the U.S. last weekend! 2013-08-23T16:20:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/08/21/first-world-problem-roomba-and-dog-puke/2017-08-10T19:38:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/08/19/africa-devotions-the-eternal-versus-the-long-view/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_1826.jpgDSC_1826I don't know how clearly you can read this poster--which I found in the hallway at a girls' rehabilitation school in Kenya--but it sure helps me to realize that a lot of my "first world" problems aren't really problems at all.2013-08-19T19:30:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/08/15/the-eternal-view/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0068.jpgDSC_0068This little one fell asleep in Molly's arms. When I think about how many children never know this sense of safety...2013-08-15T17:14:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/08/13/africa-devos-the-diversity-of-gods-callings/2013-08-13T21:08:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/08/09/africa-devos-cont-big-and-small/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0191.jpgDSC_0191Aunt Josephine (right) and Suzanne (left) spend their days taking care of babies and toddlers. It probably doesn't feel very significant many days--but it IS. Thank you, dear ladies, for your selfless, redemptive work.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_2163.jpgDSC_2163Great creativity! This was made by a boy who lived in Kibera in Nairobi. 2013-08-09T17:38:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/08/07/africa-devos-desperation/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_2728.jpgDSC_2728My daughter, Emily, and her friend, Rita, whom I have known since she was around four. 2013-08-07T16:36:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/08/05/kisses-from-katie-devos-rich-and-poor/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_1903.jpgDSC_1903Shoes vs. Feet2013-08-06T12:23:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/08/04/africa-devotions-continued-finally/2013-08-04T04:42:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/07/27/africa-devotions-cont-not-rightwrong-just-different/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0047.jpgDSC_0047These girls from Katanga LOVED the camera!2013-07-29T11:25:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/07/26/kisses-from-katie-devotionals/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0028.jpgDSC_00282013-07-26T16:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/07/23/africa-connections-info/2013-07-23T22:19:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/07/16/beauty-from-the-awful-day-3-in-uganda/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0056.jpgDSC_0056https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0048.jpgDSC_0048https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0027.jpgDSC_0027Rachel with three little friendshttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0050.jpgDSC_0050The new school in Kitangehttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0015.jpgDSC_0015Julius (who is getting married to beautiful, smart Hope very soon) working with the kids at the school in Kitange.2013-07-23T21:23:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/07/19/our-gifts-gods-purpose/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0138.jpgDSC_0138https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0092.jpgDSC_0092The girls' boat.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_00641.jpgDSC_0064https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0058.jpgDSC_0058What Martin was weaving! Amazing.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0049.jpgDSC_0049UAPO (Akola Project) is branching out into woven bags now. This is a picture of Martin, UAPO's master weaver. Not only is he an expert weaver, he built all of UAPO's looms! https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0039.jpgDSC_0039Some of the beautiful jewelry made and sold by UAPO (Akola Project). Our girls were in awe of all of it!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0011.jpgDSC_0011Wilfred, Vena, and their two boys: baby Joshua and almost-three Graham. They left for the States the same day we went to Jinja. We'll miss them here but will be able to re-connect with them in Chicago in just a few weeks. https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0031.jpgDSC_0031Anna and Shawme https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0064.jpgDSC_0064We discovered this house in the Kitenge slum was where our son Patrick was foundhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0062.jpgDSC_0062Asmin and I2013-07-23T20:53:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/07/22/final-days-in-uganda/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0242.jpgDSC_0242Em with Rita, one of her friends from the orphanagehttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0229.jpgDSC_0229Rachelhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0231.jpgDSC_0231Angel, Dave, and I--last morning togetherhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0214.jpgDSC_0214Shelby and little Scovia--joyful together!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0208.jpgDSC_0208Ronnie, Em, and Ihttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0188.jpgDSC_0188the whole painting/baby care team--after the project was finished!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0191.jpgDSC_0191Christy with Susanne and Aunt Josephine, the two ladies who selflessly care for these little ones day in and day out.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0165.jpgDSC_0165the mural the girls painted on one of the wallshttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0171.jpgDSC_0171Deb's knees were red by the end of the day b/c she spent so much time on them! What a trooper!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0167.jpgDSC_0167naptime!2013-07-22T20:46:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/07/15/seeing-ugandans-light-the-world-day-1-in-uganda/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2712.jpgDSC_2712Playing with the boys. This is Sez (Anna S) squaring off with Isaac, one of the older boys helps a lot at both Mercy and at Wilfred and Vena's house.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2678.jpgDSC_2678https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0019.jpgDSC_0019Eaden with a child from Mercyhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0076.jpgDSC_0076Wilfred showed Dave all the projects they want to do at the Village (including an extensive garden--already happening) and they came back w/ 2 giant sweet potatoes, which we'll eat at some point this week!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0084.jpgDSC_0084Dave offered 10,000 Ugandan shillings (equiv. $4) to anyone who would catch one of the chickens at the Village. Sela took him up on it.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0080.jpgDSC_0080Anna Lindus with one of the toddlers at the Children's Village.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0037.jpgDSC_0037All of us with all of the older Mercy kids.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0016.jpgDSC_0016Britta with a lap full of children.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2715.jpgDSC_2715Lots of us got our hair "done" while sitting on the "sideline" of the soccer game.2013-07-15T14:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/07/13/were-in-uganda/2013-07-13T23:47:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/07/12/africa-day-3-relationships/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2629.jpgDSC_2629https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2613.jpgDSC_2613The girls climbed on top of the bus after we toured the "island."https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2600.jpgDSC_2600And here's the baby!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2596.jpgDSC_2596This was a mama giraffe very concerned for her new baby. the park rangers were moving it to flat ground so it could stand.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2511.jpgDSC_2511I have so many amazing animal pics from today!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2363.jpgDSC_2363Rachel making a great savehttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2318.jpgDSC_2318Emily and her cousins and aunt.2013-07-12T22:12:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/07/11/day-3-in-africa-a-gift-of-a-day/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2304.jpgDSC_2304https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2300.jpgDSC_2300The team with Wanee's auntie. https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2238.jpgDSC_2238Clapping games on the sidelineshttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2269.jpgDSC_2269He knows the numbers of hairs on every one of their heads. I keep asking God to remind me of this.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2185.jpgDSC_2185We had a few scraped knees and elbows, but amazingly no big injuries (either team) playing on KIbera's slanted dirt-and-rocks field. https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2136.jpgDSC_2136A snapshot of a small portion of Kiberahttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2064.jpgDSC_2064All the girls joined together for a dance/singing game.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_2006.jpgDSC_2006the girls gathered outside of the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy2016-04-04T19:24:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/07/10/meet-mary-day-2-in-africa/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1997.jpgDSC_1997an impromptu gathering with children just outside the gates to Springs of Hope's permanent site. Notice Rachel trying to roll a tire with two sticks. She was inspired by the village boys--who were experts at it!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1991.jpgDSC_1991Holes for the concrete foundation for Springs of Hope's permanent home. These were dug by hand!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1985.jpgDSC_1985Mary and Ihttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1976.jpgDSC_1976The girls (minus one--still inside with a child) in front of Springs of Hopehttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1936.jpgDSC_1936our impromptu bball game yesterday--see what I mean about height! https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1832.jpgDSC_1832A few of our girls with girls from Kirigiti.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1820.jpgDSC_1820We toured the Kirigiti Girls Rehabilitation School before we played its team. This is one of its classrooms.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1901.jpgDSC_1901This is a weird pic to include, but the kids at our first game yesterday thought Dave's elbows were quite funny.2013-07-11T13:52:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/07/09/day-one-in-africa/2013-07-10T13:38:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/07/08/24-hours-to-a-different-continent/2013-07-09T12:12:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/07/04/countdown-to-africa/2013-11-06T15:06:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/06/27/followup-to-living-in-grace/2013-06-28T03:44:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/06/26/living-in-grace/2013-06-27T11:00:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/06/19/gods-one-language-of-apology/2013-06-19T17:43:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/06/10/gods-generosity-in-the-middle-of-my-mess/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_1555.jpgDSC_1555Judy and Kelly, our international daughters, have been home with their parents for almost a week now. Em made these brownies for them just before they left. Love you, girls!2013-09-16T22:11:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/06/06/the-mess-thats-me/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_1526.jpgDSC_1526Dog and husband hanging out in our new bedroom/my office. Yes! After 9 months of moving our bed from laundry room to old playroom to new playroom--as our great contractor Ben remodeled our basement. Our new bedroom has a door! A door! Woohoo!2013-06-19T17:44:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/06/03/morning-glory/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/csc_1443.jpgCSC_1443Em likes to make--and then photograph--food creations! Yummy smoothie.2013-06-19T17:44:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/05/31/longing-to-belong/2013-05-31T14:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/05/24/more-and-less-the-usefulness-of-an-impure-pen/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_1447.jpgDSC_1447Kelly and Em at the junior high gala last night. Two beautiful girls! I must admit, though, my thought all night was, "But how did the time go so fast?"2013-05-24T19:48:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/05/22/let-my-words-be-few/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_1427.jpgDSC_1427The plan--hatched between PJ and Dad--was for him to pick red--for the Chicago Bulls, of course. But PJ saw the BRIGHT orange and was hooked. So Dave drew a Bears symbol on instead!2013-05-31T14:53:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/05/17/the-lists-we-make/2013-05-18T10:38:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/05/15/behind-the-scenes/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_1146.jpgDSC_1146https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_1144.jpgDSC_1144And Maddie and Jake had Pioneer Day last week, too. Costumes galore!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_1165.jpgDSC_1165PJ in his bunny costume for last week's kindergarten Mother's Day program. You can barely see his sling under the costume. His teacher said, "Good thing he wasn't a bird! They have to flap their wings!"2013-05-31T14:55:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/05/09/1075/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0963.jpgDSC_0963And here's one of my crazy boy with a dirt clod he found at a soccer game last week.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0900.jpgDSC_0900Here's a pic of PJ I took a couple weeks ago--he's hanging on monkey bars--how appropriate. I'll post a pic of him with his cast when we get the permanent one on. Each of the siblings is lobbying for a different color! We'll see.)2013-05-09T19:41:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/05/08/lived-out-lies/2013-05-08T15:58:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/05/05/the-one-jesus-loved/2013-05-05T21:28:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/05/01/suburban-gratitude/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0496.jpgDSC_0496Dave bought me this sign for Christmas and I hung it in our family room. I think (I hope) it describes us well.2013-05-01T21:56:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/04/29/pondering-philippians-16-part-2/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0479.jpgDSC_0479Just a fun picture of PJ and Chai. She is so patient! One of the girls--I think Kelly--took this picture.2013-04-29T17:18:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/04/25/pondering-on-philippians-16-part-1/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0532.jpgDSC_0532This bird was hanging out in a tree in our backyard a week or so ago. Hawk? Falcon? Anybody know? Whatever it was, it was big and fun to watch.2013-04-26T03:50:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/04/18/heads-up/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0755.jpgDSC_0755This bird seemed a little confused by all the water. So it perched on our back deck (and, yes, those are still Christmas lights. Honest, though, all the other Christmas stuff has been put away for ages.)https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0751.jpgDSC_0751Here's our flooded backyard! But our basement is dry. Very grateful! a lot of people around here are flooded!2013-04-18T23:17:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/04/17/a-tired-day/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rain-on-sunroof.jpgrain on sunroofThis is the rain on my car sunroof today. 2013-04-17T23:59:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/04/17/check-this-out-please/2013-04-17T15:14:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/04/14/tweet-response/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0426.jpgDSC_0426https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0425.jpgDSC_0425https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0424.jpgDSC_0424https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0423.jpgDSC_0423https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0422.jpgDSC_0422https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0421.jpgDSC_0421https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0420.jpgDSC_0420https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0419.jpgDSC_0419https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0411.jpgDSC_04112013-04-14T14:55:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/04/08/1024/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0233.jpgDSC_0233I took this last year right about the same time as now--Spring will come, an idea that parallels this post.2013-04-09T15:33:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/03/28/our-passover/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0463.jpgDSC_0463We are in the process of converting the 1970s cowboy-themed basement family room into Dave's and my bedroom (with office space for me!). When Dave painted all the rough wood, this crack-- in the shape of a cross--emerged! 2013-03-28T22:18:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/03/27/seeking/2013-03-27T14:07:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/03/23/wallow/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_1125.jpgDSC_1125Em took this picture. Love on every page.2013-03-24T17:32:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/03/19/turn-to/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0545.jpgDSC_0545https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0548.jpgDSC_0548Judy is 16! Cake by Emily.2013-03-20T02:29:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/03/15/great-eternal-father/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0300.jpgDSC_0300https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0286.jpgDSC_0286Happy birthday, twins! I can't believe they are 9! As they reminded me, this is their last year in the single digits. NOOOO!2013-03-17T12:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/03/13/please-not-more-of-myself/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0460.jpgDSC_04602013-03-13T20:43:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/03/08/i-want-more/2013-03-11T10:42:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/03/05/i-want-to-see/2013-03-06T16:16:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/03/01/wrestling-the-guilt-of-simply-being-human-continued/2013-03-04T13:17:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/02/28/the-guilt-of-simply-being-human/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_0458.jpgDSC_0458I'm so thankful for the view out my kitchen window! Beautiful!2013-02-28T13:24:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/02/26/will-work-for-food/2013-02-26T16:57:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/02/23/building-a-good-fire/2013-02-26T15:27:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/02/20/difficult-but-please-read/2013-02-25T04:17:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/02/18/addicted-part-2/2013-02-19T08:04:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/02/17/addicted/2013-02-18T12:51:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/02/12/childlike-joy/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_0462.jpgDSC_0462My biggest mess maker is also my most willing helper! Here's my PJ all decked out in his army gear.2013-02-14T03:13:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/02/10/not-random-at-all-acts-of-gospel/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/csc_0459.jpgCSC_0459This picture actually relates to a piece I posted last week: Crimson Berries, White Snow. A couple days after I wrote that post, we had a fresh snowfall, and I noticed the white snow covering the crimson berries. I couldn't resist--such a beautiful picture of Christ covering us with His righteousness! 2013-02-11T14:05:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/02/07/suggestions-please/2013-02-07T23:26:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/02/05/crimson-berries-white-snow/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_0454.jpgDSC_0454Same berries after the frost2013-02-06T13:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/02/01/pursuing-discomfort/2013-02-02T15:12:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/01/29/marriage-advice-part-2/2013-01-29T17:50:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/01/24/lovin-like-he-loved/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0305.jpgDSC_0305All the kids--and a couple cousins--at the grandparents over Christmas break2013-01-25T17:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/01/06/flu-perspective/2013-01-24T18:50:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/01/23/try-out-the-well/2013-01-23T22:22:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/01/13/jake-pj-and-the-marble/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0887-2.jpgDSC_0887-2PJ (left) and Jake (right) in the summer of 2012.2013-01-13T13:04:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/01/09/discomfort-and-the-white-umbrella/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0355.jpgDSC_0355Isn't it beautiful! It was a complete surprise on Christmas morning to get this. This is a kantha blanket, made from used saris by women at risk in Bangladesh. The company that sells these blankets is Hand and Cloth (handandcloth.org). Through making blankets for Hand and Cloth, these women can support themselves and their families with dignified work and they also hear the Word of God that tells them they have value simply because they are creations of God. 2013-01-10T17:36:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/10/09/wisdom/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0691.jpgDSC_0691Photo by Judy Wen2013-01-09T04:14:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2013/01/01/902/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0806.jpgDSC_0806Dave and I (Jen), summer 20122013-01-29T20:34:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/12/27/our-second-advent/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0273.jpgDSC_0273Here are the four beautiful girls Dave and I took to The Nutcracker in downtown Chicago (with the Joliffe Ballet--woohoo!) last Friday. It was a much-anticipated event, and it did not disappoint. Best part for Dave and me: watching the girls' faces as they watched the ballet! 2012-12-27T23:11:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/12/20/communion-transformed/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0269.jpgDSC_02692012-12-21T13:21:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/12/18/the-god-who-mourns/2012-12-18T19:35:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/12/17/bonhoeffers-words-on-tragedy-born-of-evil/2012-12-17T15:02:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/12/16/done-good-to-so-we-can-do-good/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0381.jpgDSC_03812012-12-16T05:01:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/12/11/remembering-the-miracles/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0772-2.jpgDSC_0772-2the Underwood fam, summer 20122012-12-11T23:53:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/12/08/the-nativity-wars/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0180.jpgDSC_0180Besides the five nativities with movable figures, I also have several small, fixed nativity ornaments or sets. Here are two of my favorites (plus a star) that I have hanging on my bamboo plant next to my kitchen sink (I haven't managed to kill it yet!). My sister bought the dark wood ornaments for me in Africa, and on a recent trip to Ten Thousand Villages I treated myself to the carved gourd nativity made in Peru. So beautiful!2012-12-10T04:49:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/12/06/consider-him/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0858.jpgDSC_0858That's Maddie under the paper-sack mask!2012-12-06T04:50:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/12/03/f-r-o-g/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0012.jpgDSC_0012Emily and Kelly trying out a homemade face mask they made. 2012-12-03T19:04:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/11/29/dont-do-this-a-just-for-fun-post/2012-11-29T21:20:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/11/19/845/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0076.jpgDSC_0076I thought a pic of my mud buddies was appropriate for this post!2012-11-27T18:33:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/11/27/its-like-a-fact/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/photo-on-2012-11-18-at-17-23.jpgPhoto on 2012-11-18 at 17.23I think he took this picture himself using my computer. All I know is that I opened my computer the other day to find this picture as my background--compliments of his older sister, I'm sure! Love it!2012-11-28T04:56:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/11/21/shopping-advice-from-me/2022-12-02T13:53:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/11/14/value-invalue-out-and-guilt-begone/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_1079.jpgDSC_10792012-11-15T19:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/11/11/points-of-the-compass/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/idop_2012_banner.jpegidop_2012_bannerThis is an image I downloaded from the Voice of the Martyrs website (with their permission). The man on the left is Christian Bounchan Kanthavong, who spent 13 years and eight months in prison in Laos for his faith. On the right is the actor who portrays him in a video made by VOM that tells his story.2012-11-11T23:02:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/12/i-am-in-africa/2012-11-07T19:26:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/11/06/great-numbers-of-the-least/2012-11-06T15:59:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/11/02/chester-and-the-galaxies/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_1082.jpgDSC_1082The tree that dropped these leaves was so beautiful I had to stop the car to take pictures of it. Then I noticed the carpet of leaves on the sidewalk.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_1109.jpgDSC_1109Here are some of those Chinese Lanterns--now I finally know what the red version in my yard is. They're beautiful.2012-11-07T15:17:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/10/30/two-ears-one-mouth-and-no-highlighter/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0974.jpgDSC_0974From our yard--beautiful!2012-10-30T19:45:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/10/29/one-cry/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_09731.jpgDSC_0973https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0973.jpgDSC_09732012-10-29T17:36:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/10/25/krishnan-and-hurnard-on-prayer/2012-10-25T19:34:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/10/24/in-our-lives-lord-be-glorified/2012-10-24T14:53:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/10/18/pessimistic-praying/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0264.jpgDSC_0264I took this shot in Montana this summer and am posting it today because I find a lot of amazing lessons in the metamorphosis of butterflies and in their fragile, short lives following their transformation. I see them as very hopeful creatures.2012-10-19T13:44:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/10/16/thank-you-horatius-bonar/2012-10-16T18:46:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/10/12/from-grouchy-to-glorifying/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0969.jpgDSC_0969I took this today in our front yard. What an amazing blue sky!2012-10-12T21:30:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/10/05/remember-remember-remember/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0737.jpgDSC_0737Another guest photo! Since Judy is taking a media arts class, she's been using the camera to take some very fun shots, like this one of our kids plus a couple extra enjoying the trampoline.2012-10-06T14:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/10/01/opportunities/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0868.jpgDSC_0868absolutely no connection with the blog topic--but I liked how the light shone through the glass. 2012-10-05T20:53:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/09/27/blankets-handmade-by-women-women-handmade-by-god/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0876.jpgDSC_0876These are some of the prayer cards that Sarah gave me today. Twenty-six women work at Basha (the company in Bangladesh), and one is featured on each card with her prayer requests. 2012-09-28T01:46:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/09/26/thats-more-like-it/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0653.jpgDSC_0653Dave and the boys with Papa, Dave's dad. What a cute bunch of guys!2012-09-27T14:52:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/09/25/unmindful/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0748.jpgDSC_0748I'm thankful for Patrick, who rejoices so easily in the gift of life. I'm thankful, too, for Judy, who took this great picture.2012-09-25T23:08:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/09/24/tis-so-sweet/2017-07-01T22:36:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/09/21/6-word-gospel-memoirs-continued/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0776.jpgDSC_0776I have this beautiful "flower" (I don't really know what it is) in my yard. It looks a little like a heart, which makes me think of another 6-word memoir: God's heart for me revealed: Christ.2012-09-21T22:27:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/09/20/the-value-of-a-hank/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0856.jpgDSC_0856https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0857.jpgDSC_08572012-09-20T21:18:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/09/18/guest-writer/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0849.jpgDSC_0849https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0848.jpgDSC_0848https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0847.jpgDSC_0847https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0845.jpgDSC_08452012-09-19T10:57:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/09/17/six-little-words/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0620.jpgDSC_0620He does like green beans, but he's more excited about the distorted reflection of his face on the side of the metal bowl!2012-09-18T03:39:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/09/10/manna-and-character/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0613.jpgDSC_0613My oldest is now 12!!! I can't believe it. Here she is cutting her cake while a very anxious Jake looks on.2012-09-10T18:39:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/09/07/thank-you-and-help-please/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_06361.jpgDSC_06362012-09-07T19:07:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/09/06/a-dusty-morning/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0662.jpgDSC_0662I'm posting this and checking e-mails and she's hoping to be outside very soon! I need this kind of focus!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0657.jpgDSC_0657I wrote this post yesterday, but I'm getting the same look today--right away!2012-09-06T15:45:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/08/31/incredibly-worth-it/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0596.jpgDSC_0596From left, Kelly, Maddie, Judy, and Em. Judy and Kelly are sisters from Hong Kong who are living with our family. Fall 2012https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0592.jpgDSC_0592First day of school! Judy had already left with Dave for the Academy, but here are the five I take every day to the Grammar school. (I still can't believe that they ALL go to school ALL day! :) )2012-09-01T12:41:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/08/26/a-good-home-going/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0143.jpgDSC_0143EJ was supported by our Nana (Peggy). Here she is--also with PJ!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0091.jpgDSC_0091This post is dedicated to my father-in-law, EJ Underwood, who has spent the last several years taking very loving care of Jenna Mae. In this picture he's helping PJ. It's a constant habit with this man. 2012-08-28T13:00:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/08/24/reminded-of-the-family/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0478.jpgDSC_0478Cloudy--that's how I usually feel about things like international aid. Not only do I not know or understand enough, my heart's pretty cloudy, too. I don't really want to give of myself or "my" possessions. But thankfully, I don't have to provide the light that breaks through the clouds. I took this pic in Montana. It makes me think of 2 Cor. 4:6: "For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ." I'm very thankful for that promise. 2012-08-24T18:01:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/08/23/free-at-last-into-a-free-fall/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0620-3.jpgDSC_0620-3I haven't taken a whole lot of pictures lately; this is another one that Christi Dithrich took (see the posts from July for more by her). I don't know if I've ever posted a picture of our entire family (minus our host daughters). I'll take and post a picture of all six kids soon. 2012-08-24T12:15:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/08/01/grace-in-grace-out/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_02951.jpgDSC_0295Three more days, and I will make my last trip home from SEI (Summer English Institute: an English-language immersion camp for international students). Though it has been a wonderful month of teaching and ministry, I am so ready to be full-time, 7 days a week, with my family again. This is a pic I took of the crew on an incredibly windy day during our vacation in Montana.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0295.jpgDSC_0295Three more days, and I will make my last trip home from SEI. Though it has been a wonderful month of teaching and ministry, I am so ready to be full-time, 7 days a week, with my family again. This is a pic I took of the crew on an incredibly windy day during our vacation in Montana. 2012-08-01T15:41:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/07/23/image-really-is-everything/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0887-2.jpgDSC_0887-2Here's another one by Christi. Love this!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0911.jpgDSC_0911Em (left) and Maddie (right), summer 20122012-07-23T16:25:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/07/20/praying/2012-07-20T18:39:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/07/16/quick-update/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0357.jpgDSC_0357The four Underwood warriors brandishing their walking sticks before a hike in Custer National Park in Montana.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0216.jpgDSC_0216This is PJ jumping in an ice-cold, snow-melt lake in Montana. Seriously, my ankles HURT after standing in the water just a few seconds, and my crazy guy literally jumped in it--and then huddled on the sun-warm pebbles shaking from the cold just a few minutes later. 2012-07-17T02:45:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/07/11/lessons-in-the-journey/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0409.jpgDSC_0409A beautiful sunset we watched from the cabin's back porch. We quoted "The heavens declare the glory of God!" a lot that week.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0470.jpgDSC_0470Yes, those are pigs racing. On my birthday, we went to hamburger joint in a tiny town near Red Lodge, Montana (we were on vacation there), that had pig races, one every fifteen minutes starting at 7 p.m. The kids absolutely loved it! I rooted for every little black pig, but not a one of them ever one. I think black pigs are CUTE!2012-07-12T12:08:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/07/08/practicing-contentment/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0623.jpgDSC_0623And here are our kids standing in front of "the hedge" on Thursday night. https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0611.jpgDSC_0611Here are the WA football players standing in front of the "hedge" they "built" in front of our house with all the tree debris they gathered from our yard. They were SUCH a blessing and encouragement to us.2012-07-08T23:10:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/07/04/damage-to-the-temporal/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0544.jpgDSC_0544I took this picture standing in the neighbor's yard, facing the west side of our house. The tree was pulled up by its roots (leaving a 6-foot crater underneath them--you can see just the edge of the roots in the bottom left of the photo). All three windows in this picture are fine. It's the one on the back of the house that was smashed. And our back porch is under the tree. Kudos to the former owner who built the back porch. It would have been completely obliterated if he hadn't done such a good job.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0536.jpgDSC_0536Is there a truck under there? Yes! Dave's 1994 Chevy (which we called "Big Whitey") got smashed. Since he's been hoping to get a newer truck anyway (one that gets more than 10 miles to the gallon), he wasn't exactly upset. 2012-07-09T03:24:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/06/18/a-cycle-of-gratitude/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1793.jpgIMG_1793No! Not ours! Em and Maddie oohing and aahing over baby Silas, son of Aaron and Jody. He's very adorable.2012-06-19T14:52:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/06/13/letting-be/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0583.jpgDSC_0583https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0587.jpgDSC_0587Other than the beautiful symmetry and order of this bridge that Jane, my international student daughter, built last month, this picture has little to do with this post, but I've been wanting to post a picture of the amazing bridge she built for her physics class. She did an excellent job.2012-06-13T20:08:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/06/04/goodbyes/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0602.jpgDSC_0602https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0605.jpgDSC_0605from left, Maddie, Nina, Em, PJ, Jane, and Jake2012-06-05T03:44:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/05/30/one-lace-sock/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0494.jpgDSC_0494And speaking of the soccer season, here's a pic I took of the girls lifting the regional champs plaque last week. Unfortunately, they were stopped in the sectional final, but still--great season, great girls!2012-05-31T14:23:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/05/28/kids-words-from-marriage-to-books/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0547.jpgDSC_0547Patrick, Maddie, and Jake, after running through the sprinklers, using their towels as capes and posing as superheroes.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0534.jpgDSC_0534Jake showing off his, hmm, "muscles"https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0509.jpgDSC_0509Maddie, cooled off after a run through the sprinkler at Nana and Papa's house last weekend.2012-05-28T04:17:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/05/25/unraveled-but-held/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0555.jpgDSC_0555My daughter Em told me that I should try to make my pictures fit my blog entries more, so I took this beautiful yarn (which I bought on our 20th anniversary trip to Vermont) and set it on the windowsill and, voila, my amateur attempts at something artistic in the photo realm. Next time, though, the kids. I have some fun shots of them running through the sprinkler this past weekend.2012-06-05T03:43:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/05/21/blinding-glory-truer-sight/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0286.jpgDSC_0286https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0285.jpgDSC_0285Maddie, blinded by the sunlight from behind me, holding up a dirt clod she found in the shape of a heart. 2012-05-21T05:14:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/05/12/waste-not/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0061.jpgDSC_0061Even things like common grasses are not wasted. So much beauty even in the individual stalks!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0321.jpgDSC_0321Emily recently taught the twins how to run "suicides."2012-05-12T16:52:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/05/05/pick-em-wisely-then-fight-them-well/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0284.jpgDSC_0284And here's how it ends (usually)--collapsed in laughter!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0279.jpgDSC_0279And speaking of fighting/wrestling, here are the two boys doing just that--one of their favorite activities. 2012-05-05T15:07:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/04/29/trusting-god-in-sleep/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0295.jpgDSC_0295PJ, wearing my sunglasses at a soccer gamehttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0302.jpgDSC_0302Jake, being silly and wearing my sunglasses at a soccer game (where much of our afternoon time is spent right now).2012-04-29T21:39:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/04/24/from-the-rising-of-the-sun/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0277.jpgDSC_0277https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/csc_0273.jpgCSC_0273Maddie (left) and Em jumping off an obstacle at the dog park.2012-04-25T02:58:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/04/20/getting-beyond-age-7/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0104.jpgDSC_0104I'm not sure what he was pretending to do, but that's Em's hat PJ is wearing. 2012-04-21T02:43:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/04/18/embracing-service-really/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0038.jpgDSC_0038Here are five out of the six: only Nina missing. 2012-04-21T02:46:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/04/14/well-it-could-be-worse/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0056.jpgDSC_0056This is the downstairs bathroom in our new house, and, yes, that is a cold-water-only pump for the sink and a toilet disguised as an outhouse bench. And, yes, we will move right at the end of soccer season and the school year. More adventure awaits!2012-04-16T03:06:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/04/10/names-and-a-quote/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0099.jpgDSC_0099Maddie, left, Patrick, middle, Em on the right, at a playground in downtown Philly.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0191.jpgDSC_0191Jake and Mads--there is something about being twins. I took this two weeks ago on a day trip to Jersey (hence the backside view of Lady Liberty).2012-04-10T18:29:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/04/07/chosen-impotence/2012-04-08T00:37:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/04/05/gray-or-glory/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0183.jpgDSC_0183Em and cousin Grace enjoying each other's company last week in Phillyhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0204.jpgDSC_0204Maddie, thoroughly enjoying some of the glory in Philly last week2012-04-05T15:05:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/04/01/the-crack-in-my-heart/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0070.jpgDSC_0070Recently Kole (whom Em has known since both were under a year old) and Em decided that when they graduate high school, they should have some pictures together from when they were younger, so they asked me to do a goofy photo shoot. PJ got in on the action of this picture.2012-04-01T04:20:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/03/30/this-way-his-way/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc_0438.jpgDSC_0438The four beautiful Del Vecchio women: from left, niece Anna, sister-in-law Cindy, niece Sarah, and niece Grace. Not pictured from their family are my brother Mike ad nephew Luke. We visited this family this past week for spring break and had a great time. Thank you, Del Vecchios.2012-03-30T17:42:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/03/26/the-amen/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc_0370.jpgDSC_0370I took this picture last fall, but spring is a'coming! The trees are blossoming, and there are enough shades of green outside right now they could fill a crayon box.2012-03-26T05:31:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/03/20/hollering-for-help/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc_0021.jpgDSC_0021https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc_0042.jpgDSC_0042Spring! Time for housebound kids to get outside. I love the intensity on Maddie's face--so much a part of her personality.2012-03-20T17:56:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/03/18/sick-and-sore/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc_0092.jpgDSC_0092Patrick--with about four hats on. Don't ask me why, particularly since this day was about 60 degrees--and he was wearing short sleeves.2012-03-19T02:31:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/03/14/collective-blame/2012-04-26T14:38:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/03/11/ocean-depths-and-suns-rays/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc_0010.jpgDSC_0010Birthday weekend is over! Whew! Chef Em (with me acting as her assistant) created her second cake in two days. This one is Jake's. I couldn't get the black writing on brown frosting to be bright enough in my camera lens, so here is what it said: Happy Birthday, Jedi Jake. Star Wars." The light saber is rice crispy treat covered in frosting and then in marshmallow fondant. She's really good.2012-03-12T02:42:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/03/10/wisdom-from-friends/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc_0011.jpgDSC_0011Em's latest creation, this one for Maddie's birthday party on Friday night. She wrapped the doll's body in plastic wrap and then molded rice crispies/marshmallows on in the shape of a skirt. Then she "dirty iced" (new term for me!), made marshmallow fondant (she learns all of this from youtube videos, NOT from me), colored the fondant, wrapped it around and made a bow in the front, and last made cute little flowers out of regular icing using the icing tip kit my mom gave her last year for HER birthday. Tonight she'll be busy with Jake's cake--which, of course, is Star Wars! 2012-03-11T04:03:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/03/06/what-a-way-to-start-the-day/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc_0161.jpgDSC_0161Jake and Patrick were doing some kind of chant-dance. I just asked Patrick what they were saying in this picture. "Ooh-ha, ooh-ha. Something like that, Mom."2012-03-11T04:01:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/03/03/the-long-view/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc_0030.jpgDSC_0030All of the kids except Nina. They love photo shoots.2012-03-03T18:08:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/02/28/its-the-end-of-the-train-as-we-know-it/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_02431.jpgDSC_0243Just a random picture I took at Macy's downtown. The colors in the ceiling glow!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0243.jpgDSC_0243Just a random picture I took at the Macy's store downtown. The colors in that ceiling glow!2012-02-28T04:42:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/02/23/hes-got-the-whole-world/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0215.jpgDSC_0215One of Maddie's art projects! I kept telling her, "I'm not sure that's going to work, Mads," but lo and behold, it did!2012-03-08T19:41:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/02/20/cheating/2012-02-20T17:56:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/02/18/grovel-or-go-lessons-from-isaiah/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_03651.jpgDSC_0365Yes, PJ IS standing in an open car window--at least it wasn't in motion! I'm amazed--and grateful--that we've only had ONE trip to the emergency room with our little daredevil. I'm sure it won't be the last.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0365.jpgDSC_0365Yes, PJ IS standing in an open car window (at least the car wasn't moving!). I am amazed--and very grateful--that we have only had ONE emergency room trip with our little daredevil!2012-02-18T17:16:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/02/16/more-on-mary/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_03181.jpgDSC_0318PJ and Em with "milk mustaches" (yogurt, maybe? I can't remember what they used.)https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0318.jpgDSC_0318PJ and Em sporting "milk" mustaches (yogurt, maybe?)2012-02-20T21:25:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/02/09/monk-envy/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0285.jpgDSC_0285oh, the joy in taking time to be silly!2012-02-14T04:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/02/11/slow-down/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0624.jpgDSC_0624I took this picture during our trip to Vermont, where life DOES seem a little slower. It made me laugh then and it seemed quite appropriate for today's post. Another sign on the property said this lady sold wool. It was a little late for us to stop and bother her, but I wish we had. 2012-02-12T03:17:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/02/07/i-want-your-thoughts-continued/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0528.jpgDSC_0528Another pic from Dave's and my Vermont trip. Wish my sister-in-law, Tammy, or my niece Anna had been there (well, not for our anniversary celebration :), but to take the picture. They would have been able to capture far better than I could the light coming through the bridge.)2012-02-20T18:11:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/02/06/i-want-your-thoughts/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0019.jpgDSC_0019From the left, Em, Jane, and Em's long-time friend, Bekah2012-02-20T18:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/02/03/iron-sharpener/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0091.jpgDSC_0091For PJ's recent birthday, Dave's parents gave him a Bears helmet and jersey (and he and Jake have been running plays in the living room ever since :)). This is Dave's dad adjusting the chin strap before a "game."2012-02-04T18:11:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/01/31/lost-in-translation/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc_0309.jpgDSC_0309We celebrated Christmas early with Nina and Jane, our international student "daughters," because they both went home for the break (Nina to China; Jane to Vietnam). This is a Christmas morning picture. One of our traditions is that each person (except me, for some reason--probably because I buy it generally) gets to pick and get (I wrap them!) a personal box of cereal (and it can EVEN be a sugary kind). Guess what we have for Christmas morning breakfast! So, really, I guess there's a present in there for me, too!2012-01-31T20:16:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/01/30/cream-but-no-sugar-ouch/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc_0420.jpgDSC_0420Jake and Patrick in two hammocks. I have no idea how Jake got into the one on top. He's like me, very, very careful. 2012-01-31T19:37:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/01/25/a-hymn-to-share/2012-01-25T16:44:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/01/23/cleaning-confession/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc_0580.jpgDSC_0580Dave took me to Vermont over Christmas break to celebrate our 20th anniversary. On one of our hikes, I found this natural "cross" on a tree. 2012-02-20T18:16:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/01/19/be-the-dough/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc_0452.jpgDSC_0452Emily is becoming our master cake maker! This is the angry bird cake she made for Patrick's sixth birthday (1/17/12). She made cake pops for the birds and pigs, colored almond bark to coat them, and then made a marshmallow fondant ("It tastes better than regular fondant," she told me.) for the details like eyes, noses, and beaks! It turned out so, so well.2012-01-19T19:43:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/01/16/drink-eat-and-abide/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc_0495.jpgDSC_0495My niece Lucy and my daughter Emily braided each other's hair when we got together with Lucy's family at Thanksgiving.2012-01-16T05:05:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/01/02/rogaines-new-spokesman/2012-01-12T05:38:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/01/12/down-up-down-up-aah/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc_0334.jpgDSC_0334Maddie with her cousin Anna. Two beautiful girls!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc_0401.jpgDSC_04012012-01-12T05:36:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2012/01/08/house-hunt/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc_04001.jpgDSC_0400 i took this picture in N. Carolina at my family's Thanksgiving gathering. This beautiful sunset was a gift, as was the entire trip.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc_0400.jpgDSC_0400i took this picture in N. Carolina at my family's Thanksgiving gathering. This beautiful sunset was a gift, as was the entire trip.2012-01-17T20:14:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/12/28/spade-work/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dsc_0434.jpgDSC_0434We spent Thanksgiving with my side of the family at my sister's place in North Carolina. Here's Seth (my sister Lynda's fourth child) throwing our PJ up in the air. What an awesome image of trust!2011-12-28T22:43:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/12/25/time-of-need/2011-12-25T23:42:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/12/17/jackfruit/2011-12-17T04:56:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/12/08/leash-lessons/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dsc_0205.jpgDSC_0205Chai running at the dog parkhttps://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dsc_0213.jpgDSC_0213Chai at the dog park--in a rare moment of stillness2011-12-21T21:16:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/12/07/communion/2011-12-07T04:30:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/12/01/bodily-functions/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/club-azzurri.jpgclub azzurriThe kids after their last soccer practice in spring 2011. 2011-12-01T16:25:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/11/27/legalism-and-heartbeat/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dsc_0375.jpgDSC_03752011-11-27T23:08:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/11/21/ugandan-girl/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dsc_0351.jpgDSC_0351Here's my little Ugandan cowboy. 2011-11-21T17:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/11/16/my-enough/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dsc_0310.jpgDSC_0310The earmuffs are headphones, the pink shades are, well, shades," and the little man is pretending he is a disc jockey playing some tunes. One of our many "jam" sessions.2011-11-16T15:41:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/11/13/feeling-mef-let-go-let-god/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dsc_0335.jpgDSC_0335Em on the tire swing Dave recently hung for the kids in the back yard.https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dsc_0337.jpgDSC_0337Em on the tire swing Dave just hung for the kids in the back yard. 2011-11-14T18:03:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/11/01/i-choose-gratitude/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/rain-on-sunroof.jpgrain on sunroofI'm using an iPad for work and recently the kids and I took a picture of the rain on the sunroof of the car with it. It turned out very cool! So I'm sharing!2011-11-10T05:12:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/11/03/ch-6-journey-to-patrick/2011-11-10T05:08:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/11/08/gratitude-attitude/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dsc_0330.jpgDSC_0330Lots of joy! Yes, Jake IS wearing a bike helmet. 2011-11-14T18:17:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/10/29/feathers/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bekah-and-em-campling1.jpgbekah and em, camplingEmily, on the right, with her good friend, Bekah, on a recent camping trip with Bekah's family. This is also the family of Ben (see the post about the red M&Ms)https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bekah-and-em-campling.jpgbekah and em, camplingEm and good friend Bekah on a recent camping trip with Bekah's family (this also the family of Ben, who is featured in the post about the red M&Ms).2011-10-29T22:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/10/27/parent-teacher-conferences/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dsc_01141.jpgDSC_0114Here's Maddie in some fake glasses borrowed from a Wheaton Academy student. They don't help her sight at all, but she sure looked cute in them!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dsc_0114.jpgDSC_0114Here's Maddie in some fake glasses borrowed from a Wheaton Academy student.2011-10-28T19:42:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/10/28/pastor-jake/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dsc_0096.jpgDSC_0096Jake and Patrick at one of Em's soccer games this fall.2011-11-03T15:42:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/10/24/balance-what-is-that/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dsc_0061.jpgDSC_0061I took this shot recently at a soccer game at the kids' school. It feels peaceful to me.2011-10-25T00:52:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/10/21/if-i-know-im-loved/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pj-wig-funny-face.jpgpj, wig, funny faceDave wore this wig on 70s day during Spirit Week. Since then it's been a big hit, and we think it looks particularly "cute" on PJ.2011-10-21T04:38:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/10/19/311/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rain-on-sunroof.jpgrain on sunroofIsn't perspective everything! This is just rain on the sunroof of the car--with gray skies beyond! Taken with an iPad even! https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pj-wig.jpgpj, wigFor 70s day during Spirit Week, Dave wore this wig--and looked way too real in it! I kept telling him not to come near me until the day was over and it was gone. It looks quite good on PJ, though!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/photo-on-2011-10-17-at-20-02.jpgPhoto on 2011-10-17 at 20.02Too tired to write tonight, so I'm just uploading a picture of Jane and Em having fun with the computer last night2011-10-20T03:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/10/18/piece-of-paper/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/piece-of-paper.jpgpiece of paperPiece of Paper is not only pale; he's funny!2011-10-18T04:37:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/10/14/servicio-de-adoracion/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/photo-21.jpgphoto (2)2011-10-15T04:24:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/10/14/red-is-the-color/2011-10-14T04:42:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/10/08/car-change/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/chai.jpgchaiChai has to put up with a lot. This day she was dressed as a sheriff--notice the badge on the collar. 2011-10-11T20:03:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/10/04/spirit-week/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/photo-2-e1317788403494.jpgphoto (2)2011-10-27T15:50:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/10/03/jake-and-marriage/2011-11-03T15:40:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/09/28/adios-superwoman/2011-09-28T15:09:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/09/15/not-about-comfort/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pj-sleeping-on-steps.jpgpj sleeping on stepsThis nap started with a time-out--and he wasn't even there for very long--just REALLY tired--which was probably the reason for the time-out in the first place!2011-10-03T00:11:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/09/26/cow-zone/2011-09-28T14:24:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/09/19/time-to-get-more-age/2011-09-28T14:29:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/09/13/shine-on/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/family-pic-crazy.jpgfamily pic, crazySeriously, we CANNOT take a good family picture. This summer my in-laws took about 40 pics, and this was the best. One of the boys is always looking goofy--or I look goofy because I'm about to bop one of them on the head. 2011-09-13T04:08:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/09/09/a-clean-kitchen-floor/2011-09-12T19:20:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/09/07/getting-gods-heart/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dsc_0032-2.jpgDSC_0032-2All the "kids" at Em's recent birthday celebration. From the left: Jake, Jane, Em, PJ (look closely), Maddie, and Nina. 2011-09-09T22:55:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/09/01/those-days-are-over/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dsc_02981.jpgDSC_0298my two boys! https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dsc_0298.jpgDSC_02982011-10-18T02:18:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/08/28/look-up/2011-08-29T00:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/08/26/green-alien-guy/2011-08-26T19:16:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/08/25/222/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/csc_0412.jpgCSC_0412This pic has absolutely nothing to do with today's post, but it's one of my favorites of the thousands I took in Kenya last year.2011-08-26T18:28:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/08/18/faithful-in-all-he-does/2011-08-18T15:19:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/08/16/4-countries-of-origin/2025-11-25T18:35:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/08/16/tooting-my-own-horn/2011-08-16T16:12:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/08/16/ice-cream/2011-08-16T05:19:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/08/13/crazy-but-good/2011-08-13T05:51:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/07/16/learning-to-cry/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dsc_0366.jpgDSC_0366Good friends and I at our Sterling "going away" party--lots of tears--and laughter--that night2011-07-16T05:47:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/07/09/giving-up-self-sufficiency/2011-07-09T13:43:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/07/03/fpr-those-who-stay/2011-07-03T05:45:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/06/28/deep-itch/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/maddies-hands.jpgMaddie's handsMaddie's hands2014-05-08T20:31:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/06/25/trust-and-hope/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pine-cone.jpgpine conejust a picture of a pine cone I took on a trip to Colorado2011-06-25T05:09:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/06/20/stargazing-with-the-kids/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_0023.jpgDSC_0023What I wish all my kids were doing right now--and, yes, that is Patrick asleep under a pillow.2011-08-17T05:07:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/06/13/this-world-is-not-my-home/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_0083.jpgDSC_0083This is Broadway Avenue in Sterling, decorated with holiday lights. I took this picture late Christmas night, 2010. 2011-06-13T05:15:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/06/09/skin-color/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_0117.jpgDSC_0117Patrick playing in the snow this past winter. What a dude!https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_0095.jpgDSC_0095Patrick sledding in the snow this past winter. What a dude!2011-06-09T18:18:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/06/06/more-funnies-from-the-kids/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/260.jpg260Em is a GREAT older sister. She often doesn't get text space when I write about "funnies" the kids say because she's older and thinks a lot, but I wanted to share this picture because it shows the love she definitely has for her younger siblings (even though they often annoy her.) Thanks, Em.2011-06-07T03:31:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/06/06/highway-trash-and-the-value-of-humanity/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_0212.jpgDSC_0212I took this picture in Kenya last year. A small child was fascinated with Emily's white skin and wanted to write on her hand. She was happy to let him.2011-06-07T00:36:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/05/31/sunflower-farm/2011-08-17T05:11:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/05/24/grace-in-the-funny-and-not-so-funny-moments/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/j-m-p-in-hats.jpgj, m, p in hatsPJ, Maddie, and Jake showing off some "miner" hats2011-05-25T14:53:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/05/20/letting-the-kids-float-my-boat-or-at-least-my-feet/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dsc_0245.jpgDSC_0245Em (left) and Katie treat me with a foot soak and pedicure2011-05-20T20:12:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/05/16/moving/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/029.jpg029I took this pic last summer of Kansas sunflowers. Unfortunately, their faces are turned away from me. This is one of the beauties of Kansas I will definitely miss.2011-05-20T19:29:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/05/07/look-alikes/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dsc_0440.jpgDSC_0440Jake, Patrick, and Maddie2011-08-17T05:17:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/05/14/daves-b-day-written-on-510/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dave-and-mads.jpgdave and madsDave with Maddie in the summer of 2010https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/244.jpg2442011-05-14T17:31:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/05/12/full-house/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/123.jpgLate 2009--Em and a friend painted everyone's faces2011-05-12T05:21:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/05/06/getting-swept-away/2011-05-06T15:51:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/05/02/asking-for-the-hidden-to-be-revealed/2011-05-03T03:25:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/05/01/getting-filled-completely/2011-05-03T03:22:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/04/27/bad-mothering-awesome-grace/https://jenunderwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/115.jpgbig snake and familyDave and the kids last summer at camp with a big snake2011-04-27T19:09:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/04/27/sin-as-failure/2011-04-27T18:57:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2011/04/27/looking-past-what-i-see/2011-08-17T05:18:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/29/angels-story-and-motherhood-african-and-american/2010-01-21T04:55:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/28/guardianship-and-the-ugly-head-of-pride/2010-01-21T04:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/26/patricks-ouch-and-the-contentmentgenerosity-dilemma/2009-09-25T03:59:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/24/learning-with-lynda/2009-09-25T03:51:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/23/washing-clothes-and-feeding-children/2009-09-25T03:45:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/22/psalms-40-and-blessed-perspective/2009-09-25T03:42:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/22/elections-food-the-boda-and-pjs-checkup/2009-09-25T03:36:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/21/first-court-date/2009-09-11T19:21:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/19/homesick/2009-09-11T19:15:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/19/there-is-culture-there-is-humanity/2009-09-11T19:15:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/20/heart-stomach-and-shots/2009-09-11T19:15:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/21/pre-court-jitters/2009-09-11T19:14:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/18/african-neighborhoods/2009-09-11T17:09:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/16/the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-repeat/2009-09-11T17:09:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2009/01/14/african-politics-and-patricks-father/2009-09-11T17:08:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.org/2007/11/28/the-journey-before-the-journey/2009-09-11T17:05:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jenunderwood.orgdaily1.02026-03-06T03:43:45+00:00