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Archives of writings while finding Home Along the Way

Snapshots of Life

Snapshots of Life

Here are some quick glimpses into life in the Kortman tribe right now. The kids had picked out some water balloons in Chinatown.  This photo was taken right after our whole family water fight!   Here is a tent the kids built using couch cushions and the...
Kid Updates

Kid Updates

The kids were having a snack of peanut butter on graham crackers and Alia laid her head down on the table. We'd love to claim she was suffering from Jetlag, but nope, in this case she was suffering from her hair color. The kids loved watching this mini musical...
Visits to the beach

Visits to the beach

Times Beach Panorama, We visited a Restaurant on the beach and this was what we found. (not white sand beaches) We road this cool boat to Paradise Island http://youtu.be/yHSXxazUGMc Josiah gave the explaination of what we were doing and what was going on around us on...

What is home?

We've labeled this journey we're on "Home Along the Way." We knew this sojourn would be filled with lots of transitions, lots of new places to live and various "homes." But it's been interesting to listen to our use of the word home, there are many times when the kids...
Davao

Davao

Left-right: Alex - owner of our airbnb house, Dexter - physical security, DonDon - hired driver, missing from the picture is Czaldy - friend of Alex who manages the property. This was taken on our front porch. We had 2 hours to kill before the mall opened so we could...