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This really has nothing to do with anything, but it made me laugh. So I figured I'd share it. I was walking through the toy section of our local grocery store (it's our version of Superstor) today, and I noticed a big display of boxes of castles/knights/catapults...that sort of thing. At first glance I thought it was an "Age of Empires" toy display (all the lettering was the same), but then realized it was a knock-off. I was clued in by the "Empire Ages" title on the box. Knock-off's aren't really that...
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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So...I haven't had much time lately to sit down and write something wise here. Or, barring that, at least something entertaining. Well...truth be told, it's not so much the not having enough time thing, as it is the fact that it's super hot here right now and I'm feeling overheated and lazy. But let's be nice to Ken and all pretend it's the first one...
So I thought I'd at least post a few pictures to keep the...
Saturday, January 23, 2010
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“In the darkness something was happening at last. A voice had begun to sing. It was very far away and Digory found it hard to decide from what direction is was coming. Sometimes it seemed to come from all directions at once. Sometimes he almost thought it was coming out of the earth beneath them. Its lower notes were deep enough to be the voice of the earth herself. There were no words. There was hardly even a tune. But it was, beyond comparison,...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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So yea...I had to physically break up a fight here at the house the other night. That was a new one. Our first, all out fist-throwing fight in two years. I guess that’s not a bad record. =) I was just talking to one of the guys in my room, and then when we finished, he went into his room. Two minutes later I heard some scuffling and the throwing around of furniture. I wasn’t actually all that concerned since I live in a house with a bunch of guys and they tend to wrestle and the sound of furniture being thrown around isn’t all that unusual....
Sunday, January 17, 2010
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This is going to be quick, 'cause it's late and I'm tired. =) I just wanted to ask for some prayer when you have a moment. I think I've used this analogy in the past, of how some days, ministry here feels like the plate spinning guy who's trying to keep fifteen or twenty plates going all at the same time. There are ten guys that I work closely with here, and I'm not sure when the last time all ten were doing well and were content all at the same time. There always seems to be someone who's annoyed at something. ...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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Just for fun, I thought I'd post some of the pictures of us decorating the house, and the finished project. This years decorations are brought to you courtesy of Ma and Pa Switzer. Mom for helping pick them out...and Dad for making his credit card available. Nice decorations here are kind of expensive (at least by our standards). You mostly only find the nicer stuff in the stores that cary North American items. ...
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So, just for fun, let’s put Ken in the middle of ten thousand Bolivians with radically different ideas of personal space than the average Canadian. Then let’s get him trying to shop for ten Bolivian guys who have significantly different ideas of what’s “cool” than he does. And just to keep things interesting, let’s get him to forget that he has to buy all these gifts and everything else for the Christmas dinner he’s already invited people to...until...
Saturday, January 2, 2010
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As a lot of you know, my friend Micah is here visiting for a couple of weeks (more on that at a later date!). He's filming us for a video/documentary (he's good at that kind of stuff). It's been great and a lot of fun so far.
I do have a quick prayer request though...as we filmed one of the guys sharing his testimony this morning, I realized again that there's still a lot of pain just under the surface for some of the guys. It's tough for them to talk about their pasts without feeling a lot of emotion. ...
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