I got a new camera so decided to walk around my apartment complex and snap pictures. I’d never noticed how many ducks and geese we have. They pose pretty well for pictures I found… I was struck at how pretty they were… it seems God has given every animal a beauty of its own. Was …
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Homeward Bound
I’m in the Chicago O’Hare airport getting ready to spend another night sleeping in the terminal. Oh joy. So I didn’t kiss the ground when I got off the plane in Miami, but did step outside to bask in the aura of freedom and prosperity this country exudes. Great to be back in good ‘ol …
DR Update and… Are There Benefits to Being Materially Poor?
I just snapped this picture. It is the view out the double doors in my bedroom: I think it’s technically jungle around here, but it seems to me more like “jungly forest” if there is such a thing. Oh, and I can see the ocean far better in real life than in the picture above. …
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Anxiety Related to Expectations
I’ve noticed the less I try to accomplish, the lower my anxiety becomes. However, it’s usually not enough for me to have just one goal. I often have about ten. Maybe you can’t relate to this, but I don’t usually feel good about myself unless I’m accomplishing things. This trip has been a good example. …
Blessed With a Burden
Megan has lived in Haiti for a year or so – she just wrote a blog piece about a child from the same orphanage I recently visited for ten days. Her passion comes out better than if I tried writing so I’m linking it here. Some of the things she writes are just how I …
Update from the Dominican Republic
Food, Food, Wonderful Food One of the difficult things about this trip has been not eating foods I’m used to. For the first couple weeks in Haiti I ate lots of rice and beans. Then when I got to Dominican Republic, a Latin American country, I expected burritos and enchiladas. But turns out those are …