Looking through my old pictures has taken me back in time ... and it's getting to be quite a long way back! (See the picture below.) This year -- in the third grade -- was a year of changes for me. My parents left Liberia (in West Africa) where we had been living as a missionary family and brought us to Beamsville, Ontario for one year. I lost lots of weight because I didn't like "North American" food! I discovered that in some countries, the weather is not always nice and warm. It was the year I started wearing glasses. I totally forgot my part in the church Christmas play. And I saw a piano for the very first time! I was in awe of my father, who knew just which keys to play to make a song. I couldn't imagine how anyone could do something that difficult! I'm remembering what a wonderful childhood I had with the blessing of a family that loved me and taught me that God loves me, too, just the way I am.