This chap is from Tactic. Óscar Ramos just won the ultramarathon and set a new record for the race, an 80 km run along the highway that runs in front of our house. His time was 7:08:25 hours. I remember him passing by with a number on his chest and not seeing anyone else come … [Read more…]
This is the schooner my uncle just bought. My father is visiting him in Australia for the first time since his brother moved there in the early 70’s. They are going to fly up the east coast of Australia, fix up the vessel, then take a couple weeks and sail back down the coast. I’m … [Read more…]
photo by Chad Hipolito/Red Deer Express My mom, Debby, has been involved in Central Alberta Theatre (C.A.T.) for about ten years now. She’s had parts in 1 to 3 plays each year and is now a real veteran so directors just handpick her for parts – though she still gets worked up over auditions now … [Read more…]
When I was taking pictures of our shoe and sock distribution this week, a grade 1 boy’s zipper was all busted up and his penis was in full view. It was both funny and sad. I brought a team to a sinkhole/cave where Maya ceremonies are performed and a priest suspended a live chicken over … [Read more…]
This is what I shook out of Blaise’s galoshes. You should see this mountain of insects move! I sprayed 50% bleach on almost everything in our shed. It didn’t do much for the boots, but other areas seem clear. We’ll see where the infestation goes from here . . .
What looks like sawdust from a distance are actually thousands of tiny bugs. I have no idea what they are, but they are on everything in my little shed behind the house where we have a spare shower, toilet, washing machine, bike, and my goat milking outfit and goat feed. We cleaned it out a … [Read more…]
I´m in the Hotel Dos Lunas in Guatemala City right now. Yesterday I drove my former principal and his wife here to the capital from Tactic and we talked the whole way (as we had done the previous day coming from the capital). Last night at the hotel I chatted with a Quebecois working for … [Read more…]
Most number of my family together in years: 9 (Papa, Mom, Sister, Sister, Brother-in-Law, Wife, Son, Daughter, Me). Great to relax, eat, drink, and play with my family in a luxurious and beautiful place for a week. I am truly blessed. Visit number 5 to Tikal for me, visit number 1 for my sister Salomé. … [Read more…]
I managed a 2-day medical clinic in Purulha on Monday and Tuesday. We brought in a Guatemalan doctor from the capital at the last minute so that a visiting student doing a missions practicum could experience a medical clinic. We served about 80 people in all over the two days. Usually we serve many more, … [Read more…]
I don’t like it that parents (a majority) in Guatemala give their infants candy. I like it even less when they give candy to my infants. Back off sugar pushers. I want my children to have appetites for non sweet foods whole and white teeth bodies they can run with good metabolism