This past September, our church considered what Jesus meant when he said, “when you fast,” (Matthew 6:17) and came to the conclusion that fasting isn’t an optional discipline (Jesus said “when you fast,” not “if you fast”). As is typically the case with our church, the point wasn’t just to understand this intellectually, but […]
Category: Guatemala
Perspective
I know we said we were going to take turns blogging, but Nate’s priority this week is to work on the upstairs apartment. (Yes, we have apartments–more on that some other time.) So, to take some of the pressure off him, I (Rachael) am going to be blogging again this week. Our trip two weeks […]
Guat Wrap Up
As I was looking over our blog last night, I realized that a lot of the content of my blog posts has centered on our time with the babies. Interestingly, this wasn’t the original plan. We had hoped to spend equal time at the babies’ home, Eliza Martinez, and San Gabriel. However, due to circumstances […]
Don´t be fooled by the suit. It´s not really Spiderman–Guatemala Day 4
I promised I’d post pictures of Spiderman´s surprise visit to the babies´ home. John was Spidey last time, but to keep the mystery going awhile longer, Nate gladly agreed to be a super hero for the night.
Babies and Teenagers–Guatemala Day 3
Okay, despite the cute pictures, I gotta admit…yesterday was rough. Among other things, we weren´t really prepared to spend the morning at the babies´ home without John and Emily. You see, John and Emily are fantastic planners, and they always bring great games and activities for the little ones. We thought we´d be at the […]
Pizza, Playground, and Princesses–Guatemala Day 2
I really can´t think of a better way to start a trip than hanging out with babies…especially when they´re as sweet as the ones at the Buckner babies´ home. I think I´ll let our pictures do most of the talking. Tomorrow morning, we´ll be with the babies again. Then, in the afternoon, we´ll be at […]
Almost Didn´t Make It–Guatemala Day 1
Since today was a travel day, I really didn’t expect to have much to write. However, there’s at least one good story that came out of today. We almost missed our flight in Chicago. No, no, that’s not the good story. It comes later, but to tell the story, you need to know that […]
Staying engaged (Nate)
1 Kings 8 from the Bible. (check it out at www.biblegateway.com) 10 Elisha answered, “Go and say to him, ‘You will certainly recover’; but the LORD has revealed to me that he will in fact die.” 11 He stared at him with a fixed gaze until Hazael felt ashamed. Then the man of God began […]
Guatemala–August 2008 (R)
If you want to be a pipeline to and from Guatemala, it helps if you’ve been there.Lucky for us, this August, we got to take our first trip down to Guatemala with a couple other people from eXchange to see what was going on in Guatemala and how we could be more involved. But before […]
Wood Pipe, Clay Pot, PVC
ipe. Tube. Conduit. A hollow cylinder. I guess it doesn’t really matter what it’s made out of or what flows through it; any way you go piping is simple, bland, and deeply spiritual. Yes, I really think a pipe can be spiritual. And not just in some hippy cliché “yeah man, when […]