Here are some pictures Tamara took of the girls for Christmas. She’s a pretty amazing photographer!!! (And, yes, I’m biased :) If you haven’t seen her stuff yet… check out her photography business / web site http://www.wigglewormphotography.com/
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Tonight I spent a long time trying to explain the difference between wants and needs to my oldest daughter. I don’t think she got it. She was very emotional and intently focused on what she wanted (a blankie to sleep with because her sister had just gotten a new one). Upon reflection, I think that
So all the holiday free time gave me a chance to finish this 700 page whopper of a history of Africa. Martin Meredith’s book is amazingly readable for tackling such a huge topic and weaving together so many threads. I highly recommend it (if you have time for 700 pages), but be careful — it’s
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Here’s the snow shower that came through this morning… Thinking it’ll be a White Christmas!! :)
Here are some more pictures… Top to bottom: – At the airport in Entebbe – With Sisters Community Church’s pastor Tim Kizziar – On the road to Kampala: Boys sitting on top of a hundred live chickens – African Sunrise – With Moses and Godwin (from Kapchorwa) – Overlooking the Bukwa (sometimes spelled “Bukwo”) city
Our youngest daughter, Sara, often gets the short end of the stick… so yesterday I took her out all by herself to get her first ever very own “Happy Meal” at Wendy’s. She road in her big sisters car seat, drove in daddy’s car (something she kept reciting over and over as we drove down
So the big news this last Sunday is that Antioch is moving from the Regal to Summit High. There are a ton of reasons we are moving out of the Regal and we are pretty excited that such an amazing facility came through just when we needed it!! On Sunday I conveyed that I dragged
Just hit the “400 Post” mark on the blog… not bad!! Blogging is a great tool for “digital discipleship” (even though lately it’s been more of a journal or communication tool than anything else). Oh… and just so you don’t miss one of my favorite past topics, I will tag this one with “Kip” so
One of the things I found interesting in Uganda was that they grow amazing coffee… but don’t drink it. I had the hardest time getting our driver, Masandich Moses, to believe that we have entire “coffee restaurants” in the U.S. (Starbucks etc.) He thought I was trying to play a practical joke on him :)
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Here are some of my pictures from Uganda!! I was lucky to be able to ride along on several different day trips to small villages and some IDP Camps (refugee camps for Internally Displaced People). It was good to see a lot of the country… and it was difficult to see how much poverty and
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