Lots of things to post these days, but until I get a little more organized with all of that, I thought I'd share this. A year and a half or so ago, our church sent Andres and a couple of other church guys to Argentina to a training seminar to learn how to use soccer and coaching as a teaching tool.
Andres came back very excited about the possibilities. He started planning and eventually started a project at the children's home, Mision Timoteo (a children's home we help). Last week they celebrated their one year anniversary. ...
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Filming a big tarantula in the road.
This has been a fun week. If you're a friend on Facebook you've seen a few of the pictures. For the rest of you, I've been helping a friend from Canada while she films a documentary for a TV channel in Calgary. I'm what's called a chauffeur/creative consultant. For the past week or so I've been driving her and her cameraman around and helping translate and set things up with people/sights here...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
A couple of weeks ago we celebrated the gradutation of our first university graduate! Roberto graduated from law school. So I officially have a lawyer...who I will never pay...for the rest of my life. =)
It was a good night...
Roberto with his family...
Roberto with me and the guys!
Our table...
Our plate of snack food...
So funny story...even though there's a meal included with the grad, it's always the...
Friday, December 14, 2012
When people ask me what an average day looks like for me down
here, I’m never quite sure what to say.
I think the word “average” is what throws me off. Every day turns out a little different. Some days are pretty normal…hanging out at
the house with the guys…that sort of thing.
But then…other days get more interesting…
Yesterday wasn’t some kind of crazy, adventure day or
anything. But it’s typical of what life
can...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
A couple of months ago on Facebook I asked for help with the
medical expenses of a young guy named Larry, a friend who’d been in a bad
motorcycle accident. For a while now, I’ve
been meaning to update you all about what happened. Here’s a bit of the story…
Larry in the middle with his brother and cousin.
I’ve known Larry since he was twelve when he lived at the
boy’s home I used to work at. If I’d had
favourites (which of course...
Monday, October 15, 2012
I came out of my apartment a week or so ago and met this fellow crossing the street. I'm not sure where he was coming from (he was headed away from the parking lot of my building) but he knew where he wanted to go.
He's not the first sloth I've run into but he may well be the biggest....
The things you see in your neighbourhoo...
Saturday, October 13, 2012
I realize that too far too often I write when things are
tough and we need prayer. But later,
when God responds and resolves the situation, I don’t always communicate
that. And so here we are, a month or so after
the last crisis and I never wrote about what happened in the end.
It was an interesting few weeks back in August. It’s difficult when you have to make a
decision that you know is going to significantly affect someone’s life. I’ve had to ask guys to leave the house in
the past and it’s never easy. You don’t
want...
Saturday, August 18, 2012
I have a feeling this might be one of those rather vague “I
can’t exactly talk about what’s going on” posts that don’t really help very
much. But I also feel like I’ve been
asking for prayer a lot lately without really responding as to what ended up
happening.
All I can say is bear with me if you can. Hopefully it’s not going to come across too
melodramatic.
Let me start by saying that in two weeks I’ll be celebrating
(in my head anyhow) 20 years of ministry.
Which is beyond weird to me. I’m
pretty...
Friday, July 27, 2012
So...I haven't been here at the blog lately. Which is okay. It's summer in Canada. You all have better things to do than sit inside and read this blog. Go out and play!
For those of you who don't have anything better to do. Here's why I haven't been here...
I BOUGHT AN APARTMENT!
That's right...thanks to the generosity of some friends in Canada...I'm a land owner. Or at least a floor owner. There's...
Monday, July 2, 2012
I’ve been back in Bolivia for either nineteen or twenty two
days depending if you count from the day I actually arrived here or the day
everyone mistakenly went to the airport to pick me up. We’re still not exactly sure how that
happened. But once Maribel got her “Thanks
for putting up with the guys for five weeks” gift (we split the price of a
laptop)…she was pretty much fine.
Maribel’s gifts are getting bigger and better each...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Friday, May 4, 2012
Just a quick little video I took with my phone to show you what driving down here can be like. I edited it down to three minutes from the twenty minutes it took.
Sure it's a gong show. But after awhile there's a certain entertainment factor that kicks in and you just have to sit back and go with it.
Besides...it keeps life interesting...
&nb...
Monday, April 30, 2012
I'm dealing with one of those situations where I can't say too much. It's all personal to someone. But I'm finding it incredibly difficult to sort out in my head what's true and what's not. I've gotten caught off guard a few times in the past couple of months and it's made me skittish.
I want to believe the young guy I'm working with. But...my heart says he might not be telling the truth. And it's kind of a serious situation. The truth needs to come out for everyone's sake.
If you can pray about...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
I really do appreciate when someone down here tries to get it right. And to clarify, I'm talking about things like restaurants and business services and whatnot. Not things like character development or learning to make good decisions. Of course I'm happy when someone does that...goes without saying. It's kind of what I do here.
But living in a third world country away from your home culture has it's challenges and struggles somedays. So when there's a restaurant or business that clicks with you and reminds you...
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Once again the SCS team has come and gone. And once again I had an excellent time with them. We always have fun. At least that's how I remember it. Hopefully they feel the same.
For some reason though, in the middle of those good, happy times, there are always moments when you have to choose to either laugh about what's going down...or you hit the nearest person with a shovel.
Most days I choose to...
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