Author Archives: Stacy

The New Seat Belt Nazi

August 31, 2010 – 9:52 pm

In 1983 I was four years old.  You may not know this, but right around this time citizens of the USA  started pushing for laws requiring that drivers and passengers wear seat belts to save lives and increase safety on the roads.  About every five minutes there were commercials on TV that showed what happened [...]

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Summer Reading

August 22, 2010 – 9:57 pm

Aside from having several great visitors over the past few months and the business of the medical campaign, I have also not been blogging very much because I have been reading instead.  A lot.  And we are moving in a week and a half, so there’s another excuse in advance. Even though we just passed [...]

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Podcasts

July 11, 2010 – 10:55 pm

I just wanted to share that I have been really encouraged today by a podcast by Gregg Matte that I subscribed to for free on itunes.  Gregg Matte did Breakaway while we were at A&M and now he is a pastor at a church in Houston.  I am going to start listening to sermons on [...]

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Derek is 2 and July 4th in Peru!

July 6, 2010 – 11:36 pm

Derek turned 2 on Saturday and we had a great celebration with friends here!  Along with his birthday we celebrated July 4th and tried to make it feel like summer as much as possible.  Derek woke up pretty unhappy from his nap and cried the first hour or so of the party and wouldn’t stop [...]

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