Amber, April, and Sirdar reminded me today that it is Remembrance Day. I don’t pay much attention to dates here, plus, it’s a balmy 24℃ outside so it’s hard to even remember that it’s November. It doesn’t take much to get me choked up about Remembrance Day. Everytime I go to a service or watch … [Read more…]
It is not uncommon to see some startling sights from my car. Here are a few recollections from the past week. As I wait for cattle to cross the road returning from San Antonio, I watch from from my car as a bull attempts repeatedly to mount a cow in the middle of the street, … [Read more…]
Got this from Nate Knows Nada. 360 U.S. presidential speeches from 1776-2006 got put through a tag generator and so you can visually see how often words were used based on the size of the word. It’s remarkable to see the shift in focus between eras and presidents – notably words like: CONSTITUTION, HOSTILITY, INDIANS, … [Read more…]
Today, I was able to see with God’s eyes things that only He could see a hundred years ago. This is my child who will be born in April of next year. We drove into Cobán and had an ultrasound done. I filmed almost the entire appointment where we saw the baby wave his/her arms, … [Read more…]
Had to swing around the cemetery this afternoon to check out the Día de los Muertosfestivities. I dragged Amber, Blaise and Mariah along. This time, I wanted to talk to a couple people to find out what they believed about this whole thing. Two camps. One group of women told me that they figured the … [Read more…]
We’re so happy that Mariah is living in Tactic and working for Impact Ministries with us. Mariah was in my youth group when I pastored in St. Albert and she toured with me, Amber, Dean and Saison for a week in Guatemala 4 years ago after a mission trip. She is going to work with … [Read more…]
Oh yes! That is my son sticking cheese up his nose. I witnessed moments later as he popped the cheese into his mouth, followed by a satisfying “Mmmmm!” I just placed the heavy bundle of joy in his crib with his bottle after bathing and dressing him. I’m amazed that even now, 15.5 months after … [Read more…]
My trouble is that I’m ambitious. And I’m undisciplined. I both love the idea of reading great books and I enjoy reading great books. Oh, the other problem is that I read very slowly. The Lord of the Rings = 18 months. Crime and Punishement = 9 months. The Count of Monte Cristo = 4 … [Read more…]
Back in June, I posted the frontrunners in the Zaakistan Blog Comment Olympics. Currently, the positions have changed very little… GOLDrunning away with 92 commentsSirdar (going strong) SILVERwith 41 commentslittledeb (gaining) BRONZEtied with 38 comments eachkevininspace (slipping, but recently married…) and RobtheRocket And a new team of old Camp buddies The Machine/HeatherCan/Kydd-o/{webessence} have a combined … [Read more…]
Love you lots! Wish we could celebrate together. Check out the little video I made for her. Here’s to the 6th decade!