This past Friday and Saturday evenings I went to hear Leif Hetland speak. Leif heads up a missions organization called Global Missions Awareness. He has my unabashed admiration. He goes where most of us wouldn’t even consider going and does what most of us look at in absolute amazement. He is an inspiration and is […]
Questions… and answers
Have you rested up from your trip yet? This is the number one question I’ve received since getting back from Brazil not quite a week ago. The answer is: “No!” I’ve had to hit the ground running and I feel like I’m running out of steam. This week doesn’t appear to be offering up any […]
Triple-braided cord-ers
Everybody needs somebody who believes in them. The sad reality is that so few do. I met yesterday morning with a group of fellows who not only believe in me but in the mission that drives me. Beyond simply encouraging me, they back their words with actions. That is the type of stuff that makes […]
The Farmhouse
Of notoriety on par with that of Jesse James, “the farmhouse” in Ubaúna is the base of operations for mission trips into this region. Often made out to be worse than it really is, the farmhouse is primarily used for sleeping, or at least what passes for that. Wildlife abounds; frogs in an amazing variety […]
Funerals suck
People often query me as to why I’ll use certain vocabulary. “Don’t you know that is rather vulgar?” Actually, I do. And that is often the point of it. I want your attention. You’ll not find me using the George Carlin‘s famous seven words that can’t be used on television; in fact, the “nice” derivatives […]