Category Archives: Parenting

Unique Reflections of Us.

February 23, 2010 – 10:28 pm

I remember once, when I was really still very young, maybe 5 or 6, we were all in our car driving somewhere through Texas or Oklahoma and I was watching an endless supply of  telephone polls and rows of crops streaming by when I asked, “How many rabbits do you think are in that field?” [...]

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Teachable Moments

February 21, 2010 – 10:35 pm

The summer between my sophmore and junior years of college I spent about six weeks as a counselor at one of Kanakuk’s sports camp, KAA–the camp for inner-city kids.  Though I was missing my home away from homes, Camp of the Hills, where I had spent the last two summers as a counselor to the [...]

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Prayer Requests (for Stacy)

January 17, 2010 – 3:41 pm

Often we are asked what our biggest challenges are and what our prayer requests may be.  Well, my work here looks pretty different from Wes’.  So these are my requests.  We are so thankful for all of your prayers and know God’s hand is at work here. I feel very strongly that my first and [...]

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Halloweening in Lima

November 3, 2009 – 3:00 pm

Well… who’d a thunk that they’d celebrate Halloween in Peru?  Not me.  Well, sure enough, they do.  Actually, I think the whole thing is pretty much straight up imported.  Nonetheless, the streets were full of little kids in all kinds of costumes.  We all got together and made the rounds together. Pretty much the only [...]

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