Personal reflections on my life and experiences.
On Friday morning, our team arose for our last full day in Puerto Rico, and again, we were happy to enjoy the day primarily as tourists. After a cheery breakfast in the facility’s cafeteria which was followed by the morning’s devotion, our group boarded the three vans and under sunny skies set out north...
Read more →On Thursday, our group got to take a break during the day from regular work activities, and enjoy some time playing tourists. It was also a special day for us because two people with us had decided to get baptized when we went to the beach- and today was beach day. After breakfast, we...
Read more →After maintaining decorum by posting notes five nights in a row while in Puerto Rico (6 if you count the day before we left), I ran into a mental block called tiredness and stalled on my up-to-the-day reporting. What follows is my effort to recover my memories of what happened on day 7. Day...
Read more →After maintaining decorum by posting notes five nights in a row (6 if you count the day before we left), I ran into a mental block called tiredness and stalled on my up-to-the-day reporting. What follows is my effort to recover my memories of what happened on day 6. After breakfast and a morning...
Read more →I lost grip on keeping up the blog daily yesterday. I was so tired last night I thought I would be able to recall day 5 today, and day 6 has had a slew of memories all of its own. I have a horrible memory, and have lost some of day 5. I’ll remember...
Read more →Today was Sunday, and so our team sent three parties to three different churches for services this morning. One group went to the church in the city we went to yesterday, Arecibo. Another group, which included my brother, went to a church in Ponce on the south coast. The group I was in went...
Read more →Today we got up at 7:45 and ate at 8, and then we headed out at 8:45 for the day’s engagement- a park party for children in a poorer section of Aricibo, a city about 55 miles to the west of San Juan, or an hour and a half from where are staying in...
Read more →It’s been a good day. We slept really solidly last night and got up late for breakfast, which is our M.O. After breakfast in the lodge- scrambled eggs, cream of wheat, and bagels- and a devotional, the different teams split off to their assignments. As part of the construction team, we drove to the...
Read more →Today started this morning at 3 am after a 4 hour night of sleep. A member of Jeremy’s church, Jim Weaver, came and gave us a courtesy lift to the Denver airport. We met up with the team- 21 in all- at the airTran ticketing area and then checked in between 4:15 and 4:45,...
Read more →Today was a drive day, Albuquerque to Denver. We left around 9:30 and got here around 5. We made one stop in Raton. The weird thing is this morning, picking up a backpack, I felt a tinge of pain behind my left shoulder blade. When we got to Raton, when I got out of...
Read more →Tomorrow my brother and I get to drop everything in our lives, jump in a truck and drive to Denver, and then on early Thursday morning, we’ll hop a plane to Atlanta and then fly on to Bayámon, Puerto Rico. This trip has been a few months in the making, but in reality, it...
Read more →It’s a bit after 10 this evening, and looking back on the weekend, it was a good weekend for catching up. I was happy this weekend to catch up on my dishes, my laundry, and general housekeeping. I was able to hang with some friends from the dance club on Friday night for dinner,...
Read more →It’s been a week or so now since I have been able to post anything. I’d like to say I have a reason for this, but I don’t. Between an ongoing sorrow that I can’t seem to shake and physical ailments that leave me wondering what is going on in my body, I’ve just...
Read more →Tonight after I got home from work and ate dinner, I threw in the movie “In the Bedroom”, and began to watch the beginning of the film. It’s been some time since I even thought about that movie, but someone interesting on Twitter mentioned it was among their favorites, and I was reminded I...
Read more →I was first introduced to pastor Tim Keller and his writings last summer after picking up a little book that talked about how not to live as a prodigal in the church. I had heard for some time about how good Keller’s stuff was for the mind and the heart, and so after finally...
Read more →Man, I miss you. I wish I even had a photograph.