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 […]
RescueTime
I am technically self-employed which means I am my own boss and I tell me what I should work on. Everyday. Even when I don’t want to get out of bed. Usually it goes something like this: “It’s Monday so I should do my weekly check on our finances on the computer for 25 min. It shouldn’t take […]
“What do you do?”
The other day I took one of those online surveys. You know, the ones where you get paid meaningless currency to tell the survey company what cell phone network you use, which billboard advertisement you prefer, the projected date of when you are going to buy your next new car. Well, inevitably, these surveys all […]
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 […]
Sofi the Schnoodle
A few months ago, we surprised our friends and ourselves by doing something we never thought we’d do….we got a dog. See, we are not “dog people.” I’ve always been under the impression that dogs are kind of stinky and messy. They eat poop and don’t like to take baths. They make me sneeze and […]