When I woke up on the morning of September 11, 2001 to the radio describing the attack on the Twin Towers, my first vocal response was “Bush is bombing his own country to start a war.” Since then, it has only cost $287 billion and nearly 2500 US Soldiers to kill 40,000 Iraqi civilians (yeah, … [Read more…]
This was 1 year ago at Kurt’s birthday party. Cheers Bro!
When I got home this evening from our 4 days on the road, there was a wonderful surprise waiting for me. Stretched over from the roof of my neighbour’s house is a bright yellow ethernet cable. The cable descends over my roof and down to my window. You can see the splice that was done … [Read more…]
Really like these 2 shots so I share them with you. I also really like these 2 people.
Mom and I eating at a really nice restaurant on June 2, ’06 in Santa Catarina de Palopó Severe headache in the afternoon followed by violent vomiting in the evening followed by dire diarrhea the next morning. I can definitely attribute the last two symptoms to the meal I’m naïvely enjoying in this photo. I … [Read more…]
Amazing. Absolutely Astonishing. Awesome. Oiler flag flying from my car in Antigua, Guatemala on May 28, ’06. I’ll be listening to the game tomorrow night online. You can see Oiler fans all over the world here.
My mum flew down for an 8 day visit to visit her grandson (Amber and I were an added bonus). It was great to have an extra person to look after the little gamin*. It was really good to hear baby stories about me and my sisters too. Moms love talking about babies. I know … [Read more…]
Tactic to Antigua: 225 KMTactic to Antigua yesterday: 5 Hours, 14 minutesThats 43 km/hr. Before leaving, I changed a flat and bought a new tire at the pinchazo in San Julian. Listened to some Ron Sexsmith, Arcade Fire, and a mix CD from Salomé. I passed some trucks in the passing lane of oncoming traffic … [Read more…]
Oh man! This is too much to handle as the only Edmonton Oiler fan that I know for thousands of miles. I can’t wait to check the scores online every second day to see if Edmonton won or not. I was blown away after they beat out first place Detroit, then beating out 5th place … [Read more…]
Yesterday, I drove a little seven-year-old girl home from the hospital where she will probably die. I was in the Cobán hospital with a short-term mission team from Canmore, AB. We take all the teams there to pray for the kids and give gifts to the new mothers in the maternity ward. When a few … [Read more…]