Facebook has this great game from TravelPod where you are quizzed on world geography and you click as fast and as accurately as you can on the map. For me, it’s completely exhilarating and I get a real rush out of trying to beat the clock and improve my score. I’ve been wanting to learn … [Read more…]
I’m not feeling well today – aches, a bit of nausea, zero energy. So what a better activity than measuring poor kids’ feet? Last week most of the kids were measured, but there were about 80 that still needed measuring so I did those today. Some of the kids were embarrassed to take their feet … [Read more…]
Last Friday, after 8 months of school, we officially opened school #3 (though 4 are operating) with a big to-do! I decided that I would film and photograph the event, though no one asked me to. Hey! It was better than sitting in the sun. I actually enjoyed the event quite a bit. The worship … [Read more…]
After an eight year hiatus, Guatemala again has a 1 quetzal bill. People were melting the coins down and selling the metal, so the Gov’t took action. The new bill is a polymer (plastic product). So, in a time when Canada has moved from bills to coins, Guatemala is going the other way. GTQ 1 … [Read more…]
LAST NIGHT PUTTING THE GOATS IN loafing giants with dandruff on their tuxedossilently hunch, munching on pineswe can sneak up on themwe can sneak up them their heads are clearthey’re listening to godthey humthey munchGod Gleams we fade to feelwe fade to glow TONIGHT PUTTING THE GOATS IN The ground is wet and the goatshave … [Read more…]
Today is election day which means only one thing to me: NO MORE PEOPLE CAMPAIGNING! What is most fascinating to me is how little the leaders focus on platform. They just want to make a lot of noise and get their face on everything that a paper can stick to. Here is an example of … [Read more…]
Huh? What’s that all about eh? This morning a plane flew over Tactic and unloaded a kazillion leaflets over the town. It’s campaign time (has been for months). These leaflets do not contain any information aside from the names of the presidential candidate one of the local reps and the name and symbol of their … [Read more…]
This piece from the CBC talks about a CIA operative who is going to auction off a lock of Ernesto “Ché” Guevara’s hair along with other paraphernalia that was present at the revolutionary’s death 40 years ago in Bolivia. “It’s time for me to put the past behind and pass these on to someone else,” … [Read more…]
So, I was thinking tonight, again, how we can rarely have people over to our home in the evenings. We usually spend evenings alone as a family with the exception of Tuesday night when we have our church cell group. We watch movies or play games (Mariah does come over about once a week to … [Read more…]
Yeah, after a BM this morning, I saw this long white thing and thought “yikes, did I swallow a noodle whole?” So, it’s no big deal. Everyone in Tactic gets regular worm treatments. For me though I’ve held on for nearly 2 years (though the worm was about a foot long, so who knows how … [Read more…]