don’t stop, I’m gonna FREAK OUT! Or get tested for TB! A dry cough started on Wednesday night last week, nothing major, could have been dust. By Saturday night I was convulsing. The past three nights I have slept on a foam in the office so as not to keep Amber awake with my coughing. … [Read more…]
Blaise has been a joy to watch grow. His great sense of humour wards off much discipline. His latest deal is asking a question waiting for a response then after a generous pause, he begins barking. This shot was taken when the photo we took for immigration was rejected because there was some blurry thing … [Read more…]
So, a week after ordering a bunch of obscure U2 songs from iTunes, I managed to have all of them downloaded – the last 14 of them in the last 14 minutes! Oh baby! Internet’s back! As I’ve probably mentioned before, my internet connection is of the satellite variety, beamed to my house with an … [Read more…]
INCIDENT 1: It just so happens that here in Guatemala employees are given ZERO authority at their job. So, when I ordered a bagel sandwich at a modern mall in Guatemala City and asked to have the yucky processed cheddar slice replaced with a piece of Swiss cheese, the sandwich artiste had to ask her … [Read more…]
While driving a short-term mission team from Regina to Antigua for their last 2 nights in the country, my van, the Kia, brokedown. We managed to get the team to where we needed to go and left the van at a highway road stop. Two days later on our way back, we had a ‘tow … [Read more…]
So while perusing blogs, I discovered the Coachella Music Festival. Playing there will be some of my favorite bands and artists as well as some classics: The Arcade Fire, Manu Chao, Bjork, Rufus Wainright, Damien Rice, Rage Against the Machine, Interpol, Regina Spektor, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Willie Nelson. It’s in California, but man … [Read more…]
I listened to a Podcast series of CBC Radio’s Ideas in December. It was an interview with philosopher Richard Kearney about his recent book “The God Who May Be.” I was intrigued by several of the concepts that Kearney brought up. He proposes that much of the beliefs that people hold about who God is … [Read more…]
In October ’06, Lorne and his family gave Mariah a tupperware full of chocolate bars for Amber and I. Unfortunately, Mariah didn’t have enough room for it among her luggage as she was moving here for a year. Her sister gave us the goodies once we returned to Canada for our Christmas furlough. In January … [Read more…]
I’m picking up a short term mission team in Guatemala City tonight. They arrive late, so we spend the night and then visit a couple sites in the capital then drive the 4 hours to Tactic tomorrow. Les isn’t here, so I have to do all the paying for the 19 of us in the … [Read more…]
Amber, Blaise and I are applying for Guatemalan residency. This is a lengthy process that I will enter into once I actually understand it. Yesterday, I received an email from our lawyer in Guatemala City that we had an appointment on Feb 1 at 8:30 AM at immigration. For this meeting we needed our passports … [Read more…]