Monday, December 10, 2007
My birthday weekend in Asheville, North Carolina
Dan is such a wonderful husband!He took me to the Biltmore House this past Thursday and Friday for my birthday.
Here are some pictures for you of our splendid time away...
My wonderful husband, Dan...
A kind traveler offered to take a shot of us - how sweet!
I'll be back tomorrow to talk more about Christmas and what's new with us!
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Labels: Christie, dan ponjican, Heavenview, Serving our generation
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Appreciating our differences
After a long day at work (on Tuesday), I came home to tackle our home office. (this is something I have wanted to do for quite some time now - and the day had finally arrived!)
Looking in Blueprint Magazine has actually become detrimental to not only my health but my marriage as well. (just kidding on the marriage part)
When I arrived at home and explained to Dan that I wanted to take everything out of our office, clean, then rearrange furniture and put only 1/3 of the "stuff" back in to the office, he was a little uncomfortable with the idea, to say the least.
He wondered why I could not clean the office and rearrange the furniture with all of the "stuff" where it was... because he had a work space in the office, that he was able to clean up within about an hour... (without removing anything from the office)
After a long evening of sorting old books, personal notes and student ministry lessons, I figured out that this project was going to take ALOT longer than a few hours in one evening. (we had ALOT OF STUFF!) (by the way, I have to tell you, I call my stuff "precious memories" (that Dan thinks we can toss), Dan calls his stuff "historical documents" that cannot be thrown out, no matter what.
Needless to say, we are completely different in our approach to "getting the job done" - and yeah, I will probably be working on this project until Saturday. (hopefully I will get it done before our dinner plans on Saturday evening)
Dan and I talked about how we are different, but we are learning to appreciate our differences as each day passes. I'm glad God can use anyone no matter how different they are than "us". So I guess today's though is one to appreciate diversity!
Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail!
Looking in Blueprint Magazine has actually become detrimental to not only my health but my marriage as well. (just kidding on the marriage part)
When I arrived at home and explained to Dan that I wanted to take everything out of our office, clean, then rearrange furniture and put only 1/3 of the "stuff" back in to the office, he was a little uncomfortable with the idea, to say the least.
He wondered why I could not clean the office and rearrange the furniture with all of the "stuff" where it was... because he had a work space in the office, that he was able to clean up within about an hour... (without removing anything from the office)After a long evening of sorting old books, personal notes and student ministry lessons, I figured out that this project was going to take ALOT longer than a few hours in one evening. (we had ALOT OF STUFF!) (by the way, I have to tell you, I call my stuff "precious memories" (that Dan thinks we can toss), Dan calls his stuff "historical documents" that cannot be thrown out, no matter what.
Needless to say, we are completely different in our approach to "getting the job done" - and yeah, I will probably be working on this project until Saturday. (hopefully I will get it done before our dinner plans on Saturday evening)
Dan and I talked about how we are different, but we are learning to appreciate our differences as each day passes. I'm glad God can use anyone no matter how different they are than "us". So I guess today's though is one to appreciate diversity!
Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail!
Labels: Christie, Dan, differences, dinner, historical, Ponjican
Monday, October 01, 2007
Getting to know Dan and Christie
This is the first day of "a month in the life of Dan and Christie Ponjican".Kent asked Dan and I to write a little about ourselves in a daily blog throughout the month of October. We have been thinking about all that we could write to help our readers get to know us.
After listening to Mark Johnston's message on Saturday evening at General Conference, however, I feel that the only thing I can say about Dan and I is that we are Christ followers that hope to impact the lives of others in a very positive way - we would rather be a hero than a celebrity. We had an opportunity to watch Mark's message online - it was powerfully convicting and deeply thought provoking.
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On a personal note: We have been married for eight years. We have lived in Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Sri Lanka and have called North Carolina home, for a little over four years.
We worship at Heavenview in Winston-Salem, NC with Pastor Harold Linder.
Dan is a Mechanical Engineer and I am a Fundraiser at the local Arts Council.
Check back tomorrow.
All the best,
Christie
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Labels: Christie, Dan, Heavenview, Ponjican
