“Why is the garbage can so far away from the toilet?” “Why is no one smiling?” “Where are the little corn tortillas?” “Oh the joy! Oh the sweet joy of washing my hands in hot water!” “Have all the roosters died?” “I feel really short.” “I didn’t have to remind my waiter 3 times to … [Read more…]
Our plane was delayed coming out of Guatemala City this afternoon – about 80 minutes late. Add to that the 60 minutes it takes to go through the passport check, luggage collection, customs and finding the airline desk – we missed our connection to Montréal. So, I’m typing from a posh hotel room (with free … [Read more…]
In Poqomchí, zaak = white and che = forest. My name therefore means white forest. Maybe birches in the wintertime? Hmmm? I did peel about 3 weeks ago after a good sunburn, like a birch, but I don’t think anyone could have made a canoe with the skin bits.
Strength and Honour is scheduled to screen at the National Film Board Cinema on Rue St. Denis in Montreal. Times are: 3:20 pm on Wednesday Thursday, Aug 31 5:30 pm on Sunday, Sept 3. See you there.
I drive a van for the ministry when teams are here and occasionally for ministry errands. There are 2 vans – a Toyota Hiace and a Kia. The Kia incidentally has a wickedly annoying alarm system installed. I’ve had a mishap with both of the vans. Mishap #1: Backing the Kia out of the Beerseba … [Read more…]
Saw my first jaguar in Guatemala last week. Everything near tikal is either named after Tikal or Jaguars. The pelts of the jaguar were used by the Mayan kings of old. Now they are an endangered species. There were a pair of them at this little island zoo in Lago Itza. I was surprised at … [Read more…]
It is so awesome to have 16 people from our home church, Red Willow Community Church, here in Tactic with us. What an encouragement! It’s really refreshing for me to be able to converse with people that I have a history with – not having to begin at square one with every team member. The … [Read more…]
In today’s Edmonton Journal, my family and I are featured on page B3. Amber Shortt wrote an article about us living in Guatemala. She did a fine job. If you want to read the article, you can either buy a paper if you’re local enough, or you can buy it online ($1) as the link … [Read more…]
I’ve known about this for a while, but haven’t had a good picture to fit with the story. Now I do. Impact Ministries had been trying to purchase land for new schools for the past 6 years. The problem was that hardly any land was available and what was available wasn’t really nice land or … [Read more…]
Climbed the volcano. Again. Went with a team from Merritt B.C. the day before they flew out. This time, because of extra activity, visitors aren’t allowed to climb the volcano (well, like all things in Guatemala, it’s more of a suggestion). What was more spectacular this time was a brand new river of lava that … [Read more…]