Cross Cultural Embarrassment

Last night I walked down to Plaza Vea to pick up a couple of “school supplies” for Caleb. I usually do the “after dark” walking when something is needed. The needed item last night- “panty medias”- yep, panty hose (apparently for some school craft for Caleb’s class.

Never having bought hose in any country, I was [...]

Another Boy

Once we get into our new house we’re going to be getting a puppy.  We’ve already “reserved” him and we’ll get him after we move.  He is a beagle and the boys are really excited.  Caleb has already named him.
When Jenny told Caleb that we were getting a dog, she said we’d have to give [...]

Gotta Love It!

I preached this past Sunday morning at church.  Guess when I found out about it?  That would be 5 minutes before I began preaching!  Gotta love it!

Mira mis musculos!

A couple of days ago, all five of us went down to the plaza so the boys could run around a bit and expell some energy.  We planned to play a few minutes and buy each of the boys an Inca Kola on the way back.  When we got there, there were already a bunch [...]

Exposed!

Okay, so this morning Elijah exposed a design flaw in our house- toddler style!  
So that you understand our house, let me just remind you- our house has two courtyards in it connected by a hallway.  All of the rooms of the house have doors that open up to this outside area.  When raining, we [...]

Dinner is Served

Actually it was Lunch.  Manolo and Nelsi came over yesterday and prepared a special meal for us- Guinea Pig!  Rather than writing all about it, I figured I would just show the day to you in pictures.
In truth, for me, the taste was just fine.  It was like a greasy piece of chicken.  As for [...]

Again!?!

Written 11.15.08

So it’s been more than 24 hours since Lindsey and Courtney left on their way back to Chavin. After they left, our family picked up with our normal routine- Jen and I each taking some time for our quiet times, breakfast together at the table, family worship time, etc. For several weeks now I [...]

Daddy and Caleb at Work

Friday was Caleb’s turn to go with Daddy to work.  The whole “going to work with Daddy” things is a bit different now as the boys are around for a lot of our work.  They are often there when both Jen and I are doing ministry.  That said, it is still a bit special when [...]

Medical Clinic- Day Two

What a week!  This poor team has dealt with so much.  And while I am thrilled to report all the bags are here with us, there are a number of folks who are sick with a stomach bug.  I drove two sick ones home from the work site today.  The good news is that it [...]

Wow, What a Morning

For the last 24 hours, our internet has been down. It just came back on and so here is the post I wrote earlier this morning-

Thank you for praying for our visit to the church in Aquia yesterday. Manolo and Nelsi went with us which made it nice (Manolo and Nelsi are the folks that [...]