http://www.lauraleighparker.com Life Overseas {a missionary blogs of life in Asia} Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:05:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/88ea54a0b2c7b923e211db41c950105b.png?s=48 http://www.lauraleighparker.com http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2009/11/tree-of-thanks/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2009/11/tree-of-thanks/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:49:00 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=365 A Lesson for Me.  I am finding personally that there is nothing that will pull me out of a self-pitying mood more than remembering, writing, speaking, claiming, and praying the multitude of things I have to be thankful for.  When I can see that the list of blessings is far longer than the list of desires, [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2009/11/tree-of-thanks/feed/ 2 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2009/04/building-up/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2009/04/building-up/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:13:00 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=213 Over the last few weeks we have been working our way through one of my favorite family devotionals. It’s written by Clay and Sally Clarkson and is called Our 24 Family Ways. The book is broken down into 24 main standards for family life, such as “We serve one another with a humble attitude” or [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2009/04/building-up/feed/ 0 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2008/11/fruit/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2008/11/fruit/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:40:00 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=46 I am learning that in homeschooling, I am not much of a planner. I like having a good idea in the moment of a day and then the freedom to pursue it. Today, we started talking about fruit. I was reading recently about Jesus telling His disciples that they were “appointed to bear fruit, fruit [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2008/11/fruit/feed/ 0