Yesterday, I drove a little seven-year-old girl home from the hospital where she will probably die. I was in the Cobán hospital with a short-term mission team from Canmore, AB. We take all the teams there to pray for the kids and give gifts to the new mothers in the maternity ward. When a few … [Read more…]
Nearly four years ago, I visited Tikal with Amber, Saison, Dean, and Mariah. Very little has changed since that time. Most noticeably, more areas are restricted to the public – not to be considered a deterrent however as none of the signs are obeyed by anyone (well, I obeyed them) (mostly). The other thing that … [Read more…]
Jesús Chavarria that is. This guy is awesome. He doesn’t stop traffic for you, but there is no way anyone is crossing the road if any vehicle is within a km from the crossing area. He’s at roadside from 6:50 am – 7:40 am and 12:20 pm – 12:50 pm every school day – just … [Read more…]
Saturday – I accidentally delete a scene from the film I’m working on. This just means redoing about 4 hours of work. Sunday – I have a headache. Then while we’re at church in the evening, our house is robbed of more than $8000 worth of stuff. Monday – I’m in a daze because I … [Read more…]
I spent 4 hours translating letters from children to their sponsors. It was a delight (despite the sharp pains in my right arm afterwards). Here are some of the things some children wrote and their literal translation (sometimes you have to draw the meaning out for the sponsor, or they may not understand…). All the … [Read more…]
I was too tired to post this last night. Yesterday afternoon, I visited 19 homes with Mercedez and Carlos, again collecting information for sponsors and taking pictures. Here are some of the photos: When we arrived at this boy’s house, he was doing his homework outside (no electricity for light indoors) kneeling on the ground … [Read more…]
After posting the blog previous to this, the one about the Conservatives laughable actions, I did some thinking. It’s thinking I’ve had before, on many many many occasions. I usually speak my mind without taking into consideration the feelings of others. I don’t think this is necessarily bad for a couple reasons – one, it … [Read more…]
Cell phone beeping wakes me up. Snooze. Fry an egg and fail miserably at it – it is burnt in areas and raw in others. Briskly walk to school and worship with 230 passionate kids. Teach grades 8-10 how to pronounce the silent “b” (as in crumb and lamb) and some conversation. During recess, I … [Read more…]
Motorist in Toronto Kensington market area throws a burger out his car door onto the road. Cyclist picks it up and gives it back to him. Motorist gets out of car and attacks the female cyclist. She accidentally keys his car in the struggle. He attacks her and her bike. Photographer gets it all on … [Read more…]
Check out this article. An atheist in Italy is attempting to go to the highest court in the European Union to prove that the Catholic Church has been fraudulently claiming that Jesus Christ existed and thereby illegally gaining financially as a result. The article almost makes it sound like a school bet though. There are … [Read more…]