tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295309110117449262.post3128946666209792402..comments2024-01-31T13:00:52.251-06:00Comments on Jacob and Carrie :: NowHere: Goodbye China, Hello USACarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034200516625588607noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295309110117449262.post-87882966382163281732011-02-19T15:09:09.872-06:002011-02-19T15:09:09.872-06:00Welcome back to the good 'ol USA! Enjoying th...Welcome back to the good 'ol USA! Enjoying the crazy fun of reverse-culture shock?! I liked your story of the grocery line. I remember being so overwhelmed by the sheer abundance of food choices at the grocery... it almost made me have a panick attack!<br /><br />Cora is so precious and beautiful! She has changed so much in the pictures over the past few weeks. I can't believe she didn't cry at all on the trip back. WOW! That is the Lord's mercy. We want to take our 3 little ones to China this year... but honestly, I'm terrified of the trip!<br /><br />Hope you get some much needed rest this weekend.<br />-PattyThe Hull Munchkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331288084181649305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295309110117449262.post-27764515740203992952011-02-19T01:46:15.994-06:002011-02-19T01:46:15.994-06:00Hey there, Carrie~
It's so good to read your ...Hey there, Carrie~<br /><br />It's so good to read your posts again. I can't wait to get over to your FB page this weekend, and peruse through your new photos you mentioned. I think of you often and have kept each of you in my prayers. It's wonderful to see the peace you have and how God has brought you through to this very place in time. <br /><br />Your last post really spoke to me. I loved that passage you posted from the book you read. I love the title of the post, too. I know it is rooted back to that book, and it is very profound and meaningful. It reminded me of something a friend gave me when I was about to be married and was looking back on some mistakes I had made in my past with regret. She framed this quote and I often stop and read it yet today, to remind myself that God is in the PRESENT, not in the past, not in the future...in the here and now! <br /><br />I will leave you with it here:<br /><br />" "I was regretting the past and fearing the future. Suddenly my Lord was speaking: My name is I Am He paused. I waited. He continued, When you live in the past with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard. I am not there. My name is not I WAS. When you live in the future, with its problems and fears, it is hard. I am not there. My name is not I WILL BE. When you live in this moment, it is not hard. I am here. My name is I AM."<br /><br />Blessings and Hugs!! <><<br /><br />love,<br />TanyaTanyaLeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06273839306382041488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295309110117449262.post-22367357907934762332011-02-18T23:05:27.522-06:002011-02-18T23:05:27.522-06:00Oh, I'm sure it is so hard to adjust to life h...Oh, I'm sure it is so hard to adjust to life here again. May He meet you just where you are and may you know with certainty that He is just as active growing you and pruning you and molding you to be more in His image in the states as He was in China.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04910258636674801379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295309110117449262.post-37259848565369464562011-02-18T14:19:53.523-06:002011-02-18T14:19:53.523-06:00I have heard that adjustment back into your own cu...I have heard that adjustment back into your own culture is much harder than the adjustment you had in the prior country where you lived. I know some cultural things seem to make more sense here than in the USA already. Except for the driving!!!! ha ha When Greg went home for his grandmothers funeral he was annoyed by all of the slow drivers...lol! Praying for you all Carrie!!The Byrd's Nesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729548930434689842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295309110117449262.post-29153449666416570172011-02-17T11:29:02.117-06:002011-02-17T11:29:02.117-06:00I already miss China through your heart, eyes and ...I already miss China through your heart, eyes and words.<br />I knew you would do fine as a Mom.<br /><br />I left a comment on 1/2.<br />Enjoy!<br />KateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295309110117449262.post-83240771798043111992011-02-17T10:35:17.054-06:002011-02-17T10:35:17.054-06:00Thanks for sharing Carrie. I have so loved living ...Thanks for sharing Carrie. I have so loved living vicariously through your stories. The Lord has good plans for you, plans to prosper you....here in America once more.<br />Blessings,<br />HollyHollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12182918486812141978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295309110117449262.post-21530632392599167492011-02-17T05:05:54.422-06:002011-02-17T05:05:54.422-06:00Aw I love seeing Grace in the pics! Sweet Grace, ...Aw I love seeing Grace in the pics! Sweet Grace, we miss her!<br /><br />I was grinning when I read about the "busy-ness" of the grocery store. I imagine that is one of many many events that will be neat to compare to what it was like in China.<br /><br />I am so thankful you are still blogging! You brought China alive to so many of us here, and now that you're in the States, you will continue to share that part of you in conjunction with the new parts God is building in your life! <br /><br />Praying for you! (oh, and when we go back to ND, if you want us to tote anything for you, don't hesitate to ask! It will be a while...but still I thought I'd offer!)Lainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793604475629395024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295309110117449262.post-21258488379447355122011-02-17T03:12:07.454-06:002011-02-17T03:12:07.454-06:00Hello Carrie !
I have been reading your blog for a...Hello Carrie !<br />I have been reading your blog for a few weeks. It is very interesting for me as we have different things in common particularly our faith and China. We spent 2 weeks there last summer : firt in Shanghai then in Beijing to discover our child country. <br />We live in France and we will travel soon to Guangzhou to adopt our little boy !<br />If you like, I could send you an invitation for our private blog.<br />Here is my e-mail : decouvertedelachine@gmail.comnotre enfant de Chinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04543430571058733226noreply@blogger.com