This is how most Guatemalan’s cook. There aren’t many benefits to this. The one benefit I can think of is heat when it’s cold. The damages are numerous. The smoke is thick. Lungs and eyes are constantly irritated and related illnesses are common. Children are often burned when they pull burning sticks onto themselves or … [Read more…]
So we got 50 bullets. Picked up Erick’s pistol. Put up a target. And mostly missed. Comment: It was really loud.
The Fund for Peace publishes an annual report called the Failed States Index. This year it studied 177 countries and rated them on 12 criteria which polled social, economic, and political factors. A few observations: Canada’s three greatest weaknesses are shown to be: Mounting Demographic Pressures Massive Movement of Refugees or Internally Displaced Persons creating … [Read more…]
Amber put together a splendid father’s day for me. I was nearly as pampered as the kids. It was my second year as a father (my first year we hiked to a waterfall) and already look more haggard (see above photo). The dear mother of my children got a DVD* for me and let me … [Read more…]
We had two visitors to our ministry over the weekend. One of them sponsors a girl, Olga, and so I ventured to take her yesterday to see her. It went like this. 1. Stop by Oscar and Evelin’s to see if they know where Olga lives. They don’t know, so they direct me to Olga’s … [Read more…]
Any crackers out there to crack this one?
Our latest mailout to sponsors from their sponsor children was the child’s favorite verse. It took a long time to translate the 450 sheets. The younger ones added drawings and the older ones explained why they chose the verse. There were some very funny and very touching verses that I thought I would record here. … [Read more…]
I’ve been so messed up by this quick trip to Guatemala City. We got up at 4:30 AM to pick up Tureena at the airport and I can’t nap, so I’ve been passing out early in the evening ever since. This means I wake up early; this morning it was 5:30. It was just dawning … [Read more…]
Between movies #1 and #2, and right after eating a quick supper, I shot into an appliance store that also sells movies. You know, just to see if there were any deals. Before I could get to the shelf with adult movies – by adult I don’t mean pornography, I mean not for children – … [Read more…]
I will spend tomorrow afternoon and evening at Proceres, a mall in Guatemala City. I’m picking a friend up a the airport at 5 AM on Tuesday, so we’re heading in early because driving in the dark is scary and it might take 8 hours to do a 3 hour trip, you never know!! So, … [Read more…]