Graph paper. Writing paper. Note Pads. Blank music paper. Flipchart tablets. Drawing paper. Thick paper. Thin paper. Construction paper. Recycled paper. . . I’m a sucker. I see it for sale. I don’t necessarily have an immediate use for it. I buy it. Like the twelve 50-sheet legal pads that I bought this morning.
My buddy Edwin who works for the ministry too came by this afternoon. He told me about a family in Chicoy. The father died of an illness very abruptly on Tuesday. The mother was very ill and needed medicine and he had a list of the three medicines. I looked up the stuff and phone … [Read more…]
Today was exciting and tiring and hilarious and heartbreaking and frustrating and inspiring. It was training day for the the 60 stoves that we are going to install in people’s homes. I wrote about this before when we trained in March and installed in July. I was a little frustrated at how slowly the training … [Read more…]
We were invited to attend the graduation ceremonies of the Colegio Blaise Pascal as one of our church members / students was graduating from computer studies. We attended, dutifully. I don’t even remember having desire to attend anyone’s graduation. Ever. Not even my two grads. It was LOUD. Really LOUD. We couldn’t even shout at … [Read more…]
Well, Cappuccino Surprise is now the proud mama of a little baby nanny goat. I rounded the corner of our little stable with Blaise this morning, ready to milk Ermentrude and there she was! It looks as though she was born outside, which is odd, because we put sacks over the walls of one side … [Read more…]
I like to sing. When I’m listening to certain songs there is nothing that can stop me from singing certain lines. I think it’s because the lines carry conviction that I share. Here are some of those lines. When the boy was a boy, the girl was a girlthey found eachother in a wicked worldStrong … [Read more…]
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…]