Link List

Instead of copiously reading for my eschatology quiz today, I am going to leave a little post instead. Sounds reponsible? Not so much, but I thought you guys might like to know a little bit about our links we have posted on our blog. I added some new ones recently.

The Link Family - My friend Becky from Southeastern. She has two boys, Jackson and Samuel and a little girl, Mary. We share a profound addiction to coffee and being goofy in general.
Rob & Jess Dohner - My friend Jessica from UBC. She has two daughters, Brie and Briar. We share a profound addiction to ridiculously expense haircuts and overprocessed hair.
The Chandler Clan - My friend Jackie from UBC. She is the director of our WEE school at UBC and has two daughters Megan and Madison. She is also pretty good at Taekwondo - watch out!
The Daily Kick - my oldest sister, Heather's blog, who I constantly complain to because she hasn't updated her blog since my niece, Gwennie B., was born.
Douglass Casa - My friend Diana, who has two children, Ella and Beckett, with another cutie on the way. The Douglass' moved to CasaBlanca this year and we miss them so much. But they have been longtime friends and even came to see us in China! We are so proud of them for going and love to hear about their adventures!
Casey Chappell - My friend from Southeastern who is the most AMAZING photographer you've ever seen. She took our photos when we went home for Christmas. She recently adopted a little girl, Zoe Elizabeth, over Christmas.
Mathews 6 Pack - Our friends from Houston who have a son, Caden, and triplet girls (Emery, Addison, and Harper). They are longtime friends and Jonathan went to high school with Greg. We think Greg should go into stand-up comedy with all his jokes and stories about life with mutliples.
Team Huntley - the blog of friends from Austin, Rachael and Chris, who have the cutest little girl named Delilah. We call her Lilah. Chris and Jonathan are college buds, and although Rachael and I have never actually met, we've become great blog buddies. Hi Rach!
Stover Family - more longtime friends (Jonathan went to highschool with Ben) who live in Mission, TX. We all went to A&M together. They now have three boys (Tyler, Jake, & Luke) and just had their little girl, Katie Grace, who is currently in the NICU because she born early! Say a prayer for her!
Dear Charli Photography - An Austin photographer, Alecia, who took the boys birth announcement photos. She is very talented!
Grow Young w/ Karin - Jonathan's older sister, Karin, who sells Arbonne products. You can find everything and anything you need here! The Hopkins live in Conn. right now and are probably snowed in as we speak!
Village Schools Int'l - a missions group in Tanzania that teaches the local townspeople how to build their own schools while sharing the love of Christ and ministering to AIDS victims. This is the second year, our family (on the Deming side) has given to VSI instead of giving each other Christmas gifts.
Reap South - a group of International Mission Board missionaries who work in Peru to share the love of Christ. Our church is currently partnering with Reap South to plant churches in the Huarochiri Region, close to Lima.
UBC Peru Page - the website for UBC's church planting initiative in Huarochiri, Peru (a mountainous region with little no or no acess to Bibles, church services, etc). Jonathan and I were part of the first team to go to Peru - visiting 5 villages. It was an amazing time and the people were welcoming and extremely hospitable.
Philip Hayden Foundation - a group we worked with when we lived in Beijing. This is the parent organization for Lang Fang Orphanage. It is the largest, privately operated orphanage in China and they do amazing work with orphans - also giving medical aid. Their websites have beautiful calendars you can purchase to benefit the orphanage.

So - those are all our links! Enjoy!
Melissa