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I had lunch today with one of the guys who's asked to move in. I was thinking that I'd tell him he needed to wait another month before moving in...even if I had to help pay for his rent...while I thought and prayed about this a bit more. But the conversation went well, and some of the concerns and questions I had were answered. I talked to the guys here at the house about the situation, and we agreed that he should be given an opportunity. So he'll be moving in tomorrow. It seems that he understands his mistakes...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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I’m facing a bit of a dilemma right now, and I could use some prayer.
A little background first of all. While I was in Canada, one of the guys here decided to move in with family. That was a good decision on his part. He was making some bad choices and causing problems in the house...I was actually thinking I might have to ask him to leave. In the end he recognized that the lifestyle he was leading was not going to be possible with us, and so he left. We’ve maintained good ties with him and we continue to pray...
Sunday, September 27, 2009
When Bolivians celebrate Christmas, they do so a little more...enthusiastically? That’s probably the best word. There are, of course, similarities to our North American celebrations...Christmas Eve church services, a big Christmas dinner, visiting family, opening gifts...
Of course, one difference would be that their Christmas dinner is served at midnight on Christmas Eve and after that (around 2 AM or so) it’s off to visit family and friends for the rest of the night. They also roast a big pig, rather than a turkey for the big...
Saturday, September 26, 2009
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My friend Corina works with families who are trying to leave the streets. Once a month they hold a church service on a Friday night. The families really enjoy it, singing and learning and being able to spend time together as a group. The tough part comes when they try to head for home. Most of these families have young children and many have babies. On a good day, their bus ride home means well over an hour on two different buses. On a Friday evening, that ride can be even longer. To make the situation even more difficult, buses here often...
Sunday, September 20, 2009
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We have kind of a family joke in my house in Canada...anything ugly or obviously hand-made with very little skill, and someone invariably asks, “The little blind Nun make that?” My mom, who’s usually close at hand, just smiles and nods.
See, my mom used to go to these Foster Parent Association meetings at a convent somewhere in southern Saskatchewan. At that convent there lived a little...and mostly blind...nun who made things to sell to raise money for the convent. My mother, being who she is, got suckered into buying some of the funniest...and...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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This is the e-mail Marcee just sent out regarding the future of the girl's home, Cristo Viene Ninas...
I've been advised that the girls and staff can stay on the property until December 15th. This allows the girls to finish their school year and gives us three more months to create a Plan B.
At this point, I understand that the NACER homes director, Miguel Zuchetti, wants to stick with the plan and not begin construction until next year. This means that we are looking to the government to grant us another confiscated property for...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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Sometimes culture makes me laugh. Sunday night was a good example. If you remember (or if you don’t, just read the previous post) one of the guys here, Ruddy, asked if I would talk to his older brother about his drinking problem. It’s gotten way out of hand and is badly affecting the rest of the family, not to mention this fellow’s two young children.
So...I agreed. Seriously, what else was I going to do?...
Sunday, September 13, 2009
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Today was a pretty easy day. No major crisises. It was nice...I actually got some work done. I'm finishing up those prayer cards for the guys that I promised to do...a year and a half ago. Funny how life gets in the way of all our good ideas eh? Keep an eye out for them. Hopefully you'll see them before Christmas.
Then we decided at the last minute to go to a movie. We haven't done that for awhile. Most of the guys go away on weekends to visit various family...
Thursday, September 10, 2009
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The problem is...Ronelo keeps ditching church. Well, not all the time, but often enough. And he doesn’t call to let us know what’s going on. The punishment that was instituted while I was in Canada, was that if someone doesn’t go to church and doesn’t call to let us know why or where he is...that guy’s cooking lunch for the week. That’s great in theory (the guys all hate cooking)...but not so great in practice. I can’t figure out if Ronelo just...
Monday, September 7, 2009
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This is just a quick note to let you know that things are much better today. Everyone has those days and everyone gets through them. But for sure, thanks for praying!
I spent most of the day with my friend Jorge (our pastor who was in the car accident last January) and his wife. It was a lot of fun. Jorge and I are getting together every Monday for breakfast. Today that stretched into lunch and then most of the afternoon. My truck's getting some work done on it, and rather than go all the way across...
Sunday, September 6, 2009
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Another prayer request...not near as important as the last one...but still...
I could use some prayer tonight. Most of you probably won't read this until tomorrow, but that's fine...
I'm not entirely sure what's up, but I'm feeling...grumpy, shall we say. Part of it's physical...I've been sick and of course that doesn't help. But for sure some of it's spiritual. Most days I can handle the silliness/stupidity of the guys. Today? Not so much. One of the guys was giving a bit of attitude...
Friday, September 4, 2009
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I heard through the grapevine today, that there are problems with the property the girl's home, Cristo Viene Ninas (run by Nacer Ministries where I used to work) is using. Some of you are familiar with that ministry. I didn't have all the details, but then my co-worker, Marcee, sent out the following e-mail today. She's back home in Canada now, but obviously still has a heart for what's happening with the girls she used...
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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Welcome to the new blog! As many of you noticed, the old blog kind of imploded. Even my mom sent me an e-mail asking what was going on and what she did to wreck it. =)
Well, mom...it wasn’t your fault. I’m not sure what happened exactly. After a week or so, and some unhappy e-mails from me, the folks at Blog.com finally fixed it. But I’d lost my template and all my changes. By then I’d started working on something new, so I figured...
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