Annie B Garman

Motherhood, Mayhem, & The Meaning of Life

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Psalm 139

(Cuddling in bed reading this psalm to my girls in pajamas):1 O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; 
 you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue, you know it completely, O LORD. 5 You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. 7 Where can I go from Read More

My Week in Status Updates

Annie is:  amazed that all we really need to survive anymore can be packed into 4 suitcases.Annie is:  watching a Finnish TV station with Colby who is trying to imitate the new sounds (His response when he saw me watching him:  "Oh sorry...I was just thinking about Diphthongs.")  Annie is:  APPALLED to hear that you have to PAY to use public bathrooms here.Annie is:  attempting to blow-dry and curl her hair in the kitchen using the reflection in the microwave as a mirror because the only outlet Read More

Living on Poo-Poo

When our Finnish friend first told us, I didn't believe him. "We live where?" "Poo-poo-hoo-dante," he said again. The girls went nuts. (Darcy, of course) "So, who lives on Pee-pee?"  (roaring laughter from her and Haley). I guess there are worse things to have as your street name.  Honestly, I could care less what this thing is named...I can walk out our door and take my next step into the woods.  And then my next step is on a trail that wraps around a beautiful lake.  The leaves are Read More

We Have Renters!

We're so thankful that God provided for our needs by sending Kara and Josh our way.  Kara is from Colby's home church in Galeton, Pennsylvania and she got a job teaching at a local elementary school in Stafford County.  Josh and Kara will be married in a few weeks, but Kara has already moved in.  If anyone wants to stop by Sunny Hill and welcome Kara to the neighborhood, feel free!      Read More

So…we are in Finland.

The VISAS never came, and our second 90 day period on our passports is up.  We don’t know how long we’ll be here…we don’t know much except that we are together and in God’s hands. If you are not on our prayer team and would like to get monthly updates or weekly updates, just let us know. We flew into Helsinki, Finland and then drove 3 ½ hours north to a college town called Jyvaskyla. This place is strikingly similar to where I grew up: marshes, lakes, and HUNDREDS of trails for walking and Read More

Coffee with a Cause

Our friends at Pillar Church have been busy doing some really great work in Indonesia. Just last month they sent a team that is helping to establish and supply a much needed Orphanage there. Clint Clifton talks about the work in his blog post here.  Read all three updates, they are really worth reading.In the fall our friends will be opening up a coffee shop that will also serve as the base of operations for a new church start in Locust Grove, VA, lead by Jonathan Davis. The coffee shop will Read More

Middle of the Night

How do you shield your children from the reality of death? Do you pretend it isn't a fact of life and ignore it? Do you guard them from thinking about it and constantly divert their attention to juvenile things? Or do you talk candidly about it, helping them think about it in a healthy way? The reality of death is really everywhere.  You really can't teach your kids Bible stories without running into this theme rather quickly.  Disney films don't even try to hide the fact that people pass Read More

Meet Annie

“Remember He is the artist and you are only the picture. You can’t see it. So quietly submit to be painted” -CS Lewis
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