Peter Jackson is going to make The Hobbit. How awesome is that? There had been a dispute that is now resolved between Jackson and New Line Cinema. What is a little confusing is the fact that they are making 2 movies from the 1 book that is 1/3 of the size of one of The … [Read more…]
We delivered 25 stoves today in Chicoy, Mocohan, and Purulhá. I was proud when we delivered 14 stoves in one day on December 7. Each stoves weighs in at 700 lbs (320 kg) and it comes in 30 pieces (some very large, some tiny). We got a late start because my hired pick-up truck delayed … [Read more…]
We install the stovepipe in this woman’s home. While I am working though, it is like working over a campfire because she has her old fire going and the new stove lit too. But she only has one stovepipe attached and no hole in the roof. What is funny is that the cap for the … [Read more…]
alpha beta gamma delta epsilon zeta eta theta iota kappa lamda mu nu xi omicron pi rho sigma tau upsilon phi chi psi omega I’m trying to learn Greek. Not modern Greek. Greek of antiquity. I’m trying to gain an understanding of it so that I can ultimately read the New Testament in its original … [Read more…]
My recent days are dominated with identifying needy families to receive the gift of a stove, the training of how to use, care for, and install the stove, the order and delivery of the stoves, and ultimately the door-to-door delivery of the stoves and the installation. Once the stoves are installed I still need to … [Read more…]
Blaise’s stuffed toy duck used to say a prayer when you squeezed it’s foot. The voice is a scary child’s voice, half whispering. Sometimes in English. Sometimes in French. Amber washed the duck. Now, when you squeeze it’s foot, nothing happens. But every now and again, the duck comes alive and just starts praying. On … [Read more…]
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…]