This Timely Adventure

We are two months into our Hong Kong adventure. I am still trying to figure out if it feels like an eternity, or the blink of an eye. I am not sure. Time is a funny thing. I thought it would be a good time to hear from my mini co-adventurer's. A few weeks back I was reading through a journal gift we were given by our Cape Town church family. It is filled with many kind messages, memories and photos. More than anything, I so appreciated reading the messages with reminders of Gods voice leading us into this new season and the encouragements to not lose sight of our purpose here.  One particular message struck a chord that went along these lines: 'I had a picture of your girls flying a kite on an open patch of grass. For me, it was Gods way of conveying that He is watching over them, that He has in mind for your girls, wonderful plans that you will see fulfilled in the fulness of time. You are making a precious investment in your girls lives through your devotion to Christ. ...

1/  Those who have known me long enough, will know that if there is food in the room, that’s exactly where you will find me. I unashamedly love good food. In that regard, moving to Kong Kong was both exciting, because it has a reputation for great food; and frightening, because grocery shopping is known to be very different to what I am used to. I warned Kev that the home cooked meals and the nicely packaged, balanced, lunch boxes for the family, could be a thing of the past. 2/     For the first two weeks we pretty much ate out for suppers, besides some delivered meals from new friends. Mcdonalds take aways went down well as an alternative to fried rice on one or two occasions.  Moving into our home, shortly followed by the start of January, Kev starting work and the girls going to school, meant real life began. No more take-outs and expensive convenience shopping. Once again, we had a food budget, like the good old days.  Grocery shopping is a who...