Picked up Acadia’s citizenship card yesterday at the Canadian embassy. It only took 7 months. Next step is a Passport. Note too that her last name is just Robichaud, not Robichaud Reding. Hopefully, she can pose for her passport picture like this. . . . . . and not like this.
drawing by Matt Carmody CHENEY: On the security front, I think there’s a general consensus that we’ve made major progress, that the surge has worked. That’s been a major success. RADDATZ: Two-third of Americans say it’s not worth fighting. CHENEY: So? RADDATZ So? You don’t care what the American people think? CHENEY: No. I think … [Read more…]
I drove to Lanquin today with a group of 25. When we arrived into town two young men rushed our vehicles and told us that our vans would not make it to Semuc Champey (our destination 9 kms beyond Lanquin). We should hire them to take us there. One of them jumped onto my ladder … [Read more…]
I’ve gained one more digit in binary today. It’ll be another 32 years before I get another and it took 16 to get this one. The fact that 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 = 32 makes 32 a better number than 30 (or 31 for that matter). Interesting note on a … [Read more…]
At my cell group last night, we were given sheets to fill out – like at a seminar. The sheets had verses followed by sentences with blanks. We were supposed to fill in the blanks according to what the verses said. This was an example that I didn’t particularly like. Every scripture inspired of God … [Read more…]
I realized that many of the books that I have obtained over the past year have not been added to my catalog. I use Delicious Library to track my books, CDs and DVDs so that I can easily browse them and ensure that I know who I lend items to. What’s great is that I … [Read more…]
On Saturday, while bringing a group of 24 Canadians to meet a sponsor child in San Antonio Panec, I was invited by a woman to come pray for their family. One of the cases in the home dealt with an 8-year-old boy who has massive sores all over his bottom. I almost burst into tears … [Read more…]
Comedy is always depends on context. In Spanish, the sound of the “B” and the “V” is indistinguishable and the “H” is silent. “Heber” can be pronounced “Ever.” Heber happens to be one of our friends here in Guatemala. The double entendre in this case is “I’m blogging more than Heber/ever!” This brings me to … [Read more…]
Amber tagged me. She’s my wife. I must obey. 1 – I’ve always been north of the equator2 – I’ve never been pooped on my a seagull3 – I’ve never pooped on a seagull4 – {ditto 2 & 3 for pigeons}5 – I’ve learned to count to ten in nine languages, but I’ve forgotten all … [Read more…]
My buddy Shane decided to stop into Guatemala for 5 days on his way to Belize so I decided to take him and my family to Rabinal for the day yesterday. I had never been there before. Salamá is on the way, so we stopped in and walked around the central park. We got to … [Read more…]