Yesterday Guatemalan went to the polls for a second time to vote for the two candidates in the presidential run-off. No one got more than 50% of the vote in the general election, so the top two candidates campaign for another 6 weeks. The orange guy lost and the green guy won. Speaking with most … [Read more…]
On Tuesday, Amber discovered that there was mold forming on our car rug. There was no question that our car smelled musty, but mold is another issue for me. So we gutted the entire car to get the rug out for a scrubbing and drying. It took quite a while, but I think it was … [Read more…]
Les turned 52 the other day and our cell group, which includes three of his children, threw him a party. The last short-term mission team of the year (#16) was here so we made it extra Guatemalan for them: Churrascos and Marimbas. We didn’t have firecrackers though. That’s good, because my babies don’t handle those … [Read more…]
Ah, you who make iniquitous decrees,who write oppressive statutes,to turn aside the needy from justiceand to rob the poor of my people of their right,that widows may be your spoil,and that you may make the orphans your prey!– Isaiah 10 Thursday night I visited with a couple widows in the small village of Chicoy. This … [Read more…]
Steve let me know about this cool game over at Free Rice. You play a vocabulary game and the website donates rice based on how well you do. Of course, I think the website is making a killing on this because of the big name adverts. For those who like to stick it to the … [Read more…]
Or “Tour de Guatemala.” This is the pre-eminent cycling event of Guatemala and early yesterday morning we got to listen, thanks to a van with huge speakers a block away, to stage four being announced all morning. Once people started gathering on the highway, we decided to see what all the fuss was about. Of … [Read more…]
Amber is still recovering from a broken toe after maliciously kicking Acadia’s bed.A Short-Term Team from Kamloops, BC flies in and arrives in Tactic Sunday night.The Oilers lose to the Flames and end the weekend with a 3/8 record.The oldest woman in San Antonio Panec, 105, dies.Blaise, Acadia, and Amber all have coughs. Both kids … [Read more…]
I prescribed amoxicilan to a boy yesterday and robaxacet to a woman today. I produced a video report for a donor to a building project two days ago. I translated a church service last Saturday from Spanish to English. I chauffeured some people to Guatemala City last weekend. I fixed a couple errors on the … [Read more…]
Twelve movies that I’m looking forward to seeing: Dan in Real Life: because it was written by the same guy who wrote What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, About a Boy, and Pieces of April (Amber’s favorite) and it stars Steve Carell and Juliette Binoche. Be Kind Rewind: because Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind writer/director also … [Read more…]
Aside from the occasional seminar when teaching or youth pastoring, I haven’t been a student since April 2000 when I graduated from university. At that time I was so sick of school, after 5 long years, that I had no interest in furthering my formal education any time soon. Well, it’s been 7 1/2 years … [Read more…]