Here is a link to the article at the France 24 news website about some of the unrest in Iceland as the financial situation continues to unfold. Please continue to pray for Iceland and its people and also pray for a spiritual awakening in the hearts of those we will be going to minister to. Read More
First Snow…
Residence Permit Update
Well today we found out where our application for our residence permit is. It has made it to the desk of the Immigration Lawyer. Now in the Garman family we like a good lawyer, and often take them to be our dearest friends, so we have much confidence that the invitation to Iceland is within our grasp. But let us not be too hasty, for it seems as though our friendly immigration lawyer is on a journey abroad until December 1st. This light and momentary affliction doth not deter our hope that we Read More
Livin’ it Up
It has been so....different to just exist in Pennsylvania and wait for our VISAs. There have been some days that I feel ready to GET OUT and get settled in Reykjavik, but most mornings I am just grateful for this season of our lives. Here is what this season has included: *Reading books I've always wanted to read (Nouwen, Ortberg, Dobson just to name a few) *Learning to play the guitar *Going through an amazing curriculum with the girls (Five In a Row by Jane Claire Lambert; Read More
Communion with Kids
So, last Sunday we visited a new church in the area that was affiliated with Sovereign Grace Ministries. When we arrived, they instructed us that the children were to stay with us for the first part of the service and then would be released before the sermon. We sat down and the pastor began to prepare the congregation for communion. He started by talking about the plagues and the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt. We have been reading these stories to the kids, but I was surprised when Darcy Read More
The Garman Bunch
Can someone please edit out the tree that is growing from my head? Thanks. Read More
LanCaster County: Where All Your Dreams Come True
Thanks, Brooke, for the hook-up! Read More
Surprise!
Since we are still in PA with nothing to do but wait, we decided to fly my parents over with our free USAirways reward tickets. Haley and Darcy had no idea they were coming until the doorbell rang and Helen busted through with her typical, fun, loud kids songs. Poor Darcy; she was so confused. Still trying to process what had just happened, she asked, "Are we in Wisconsin?" --as if that is the only place that Nonny and Poppy can exist. This whole visit was a huge blessing since we thought Read More
For Better or Worse, ‘Til Death Do Us Part
I went to a wedding yesterday. Events like this always get me thinking and cause me to reflect. Few moments in life are as momentous as the wedding day and we should tremble in awe at the goodness of God in giving us such a truth-revealing experience as marriage. Wedding days are momentous, but marriage is even more momentous.1. Despite the cultural assumption that marriage is primarily for happiness, for some people marriage is momentously terrible for their happiness. Certainly for those who Read More
Job as Literature 3: Inerrancy and Poetic Language
I just thought I would raise an interesting issue with the book of Job that should help us think a little about how we read the Bible. I'll start by affirming up front that I believe strongly in Biblical Inerrancy. Now the problem with such a term is that it has to be understood and people who like to use Straw Men characterizations of Christianity love to take a book like Job and attempt to make the idea of Inerrancy look stupid. For example, in the book of Job we have speeches and conversation Read More
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