I happened to glance at one of the new one Quetzal polymer bills on my desk this morning and was very surprised to see “CANADIAN BANK NOTE” printed on the bottom left corner of the front of the bill. I did a quick search and discovered that the Canadian Bank Note Company does a lot … [Read more…]
Extend your hand to help the millions of children orphaned by AIDS and those afflicted with the disease itself. World AIDS Day site offers an opportunity to giveWorld Vision has many excellent programs reaching AIDS orphans around the worldSeed of Hope where my buddy Carl works in South Africa is right in the middle of … [Read more…]
Two weeks ago my ISP knocked on my door and explained that because he had taken on new clients, he was going to have to limit my internet consumption to 250 MB/day. He said that up until now, for the 18 months that I had been ‘enjoying’ the service, I had not had any limits … [Read more…]
Basically, I suck. Of a list of 100 most popular books (must be of Canadians for all the Canadian authors in the list), I’ve read 18 of them. Amber on the other hand has read 32 of them. There are a couple reasons I suck: I read really really really really slowly and the other … [Read more…]
Graph paper. Writing paper. Note Pads. Blank music paper. Flipchart tablets. Drawing paper. Thick paper. Thin paper. Construction paper. Recycled paper. . . I’m a sucker. I see it for sale. I don’t necessarily have an immediate use for it. I buy it. Like the twelve 50-sheet legal pads that I bought this morning.
My buddy Edwin who works for the ministry too came by this afternoon. He told me about a family in Chicoy. The father died of an illness very abruptly on Tuesday. The mother was very ill and needed medicine and he had a list of the three medicines. I looked up the stuff and phone … [Read more…]
Today was exciting and tiring and hilarious and heartbreaking and frustrating and inspiring. It was training day for the the 60 stoves that we are going to install in people’s homes. I wrote about this before when we trained in March and installed in July. I was a little frustrated at how slowly the training … [Read more…]
We were invited to attend the graduation ceremonies of the Colegio Blaise Pascal as one of our church members / students was graduating from computer studies. We attended, dutifully. I don’t even remember having desire to attend anyone’s graduation. Ever. Not even my two grads. It was LOUD. Really LOUD. We couldn’t even shout at … [Read more…]
Well, Cappuccino Surprise is now the proud mama of a little baby nanny goat. I rounded the corner of our little stable with Blaise this morning, ready to milk Ermentrude and there she was! It looks as though she was born outside, which is odd, because we put sacks over the walls of one side … [Read more…]
I like to sing. When I’m listening to certain songs there is nothing that can stop me from singing certain lines. I think it’s because the lines carry conviction that I share. Here are some of those lines. When the boy was a boy, the girl was a girlthey found eachother in a wicked worldStrong … [Read more…]