Les turned 52 the other day and our cell group, which includes three of his children, threw him a party. The last short-term mission team of the year (#16) was here so we made it extra Guatemalan for them: Churrascos and Marimbas. We didn’t have firecrackers though. That’s good, because my babies don’t handle those … [Read more…]
I guess the charm is that we are not supposed to look real. At least Amber’s hotness shines through and Blaise was able to name each of us. I’m looking forward to watching the big blockbuster 2-D movie one day. Simpsonize you.
On occasion I like to get an idea of how many people visit my website and what pages are visited most often. The stats give me an idea of which days there was the most traffic (like last Sunday after I sent an email to family and friends that I had posted a bunch of … [Read more…]
My sister Salomé gave me a little notebook for Christmas. In it she asks probing questions like: What is your earliest childhood memory?Do you have any regrets?When you were a kid, what did you want to do when you grew up?What are your favorite memories of Mom? Papa?When you tell others about our childhood, what … [Read more…]
Yesterday was fun! When I woke up, Amber told me not to get my hopes up, but that she was having contractions every 10-15 minutes. We read up on false labour and deduced that this is what was happening. Sure enough, but 8 AM, things had subsided. I worked at the office for part of … [Read more…]
Goal #105 Adopt a Child Yesterday, I visited with the social worker at the Cobán Regional Hospital. My inquiry was related to the possibility of adoption of an abandoned baby. She said that as long as we are residents of Guatemala, get approved as foster parents and are willing to pay the legal fees, it … [Read more…]
With short-term teams coming and going so often here (25 so far since I’ve been here), I’m often asked where I am from. FOr me that is a difficult question and I have a hard time answering it quickly. I’ve been living in this house in Tactic for 13 months now (after more than 5 … [Read more…]
So my days lately have involved working 7 am through until 9 or 10 pm. Hence the lack of blog posts the past 2 weeks. Rigth now there are two teams here at the same time: Living Waters Christian Academy with 20 people (14 of them are former students of mine) and Bearspaw Christian School … [Read more…]
Amber and I are still up in the air for a boy’s first name. I hope we land soon. We have 18 days (+/-) left to decide. The middle name is picked. A girl’s name is easy because we still have the one’s we had picked out for our first born if he were a … [Read more…]
I magically transformed into a 31-year-old man yesterday. It was a refreshing experience and I highly recommend it for all you 40+ year-old men (and the curious among the women). I was asked if I felt older, and the answer is yes. The distance from my teens and twenties is greater now and it takes … [Read more…]