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Forget the Segway
I want one of these, now.
read moreCultural differences – noise
One of the things we have noticed here lately that is definitely different than in the US is the amount of noise there is around us. Here are a few examples: Last Friday night, there were parties at three of our neighbors' houses. Nathan woke up at 2:30 am, and the...
read moreNew Office
Finally! My new office is finished! I have a few things left to hang. The phone line needs to be fixed to work. There's no internet. But...I'm officially moved into the new office. I now have a much bigger space, and it feels so much more like an office. It's great....
read moreThe Lost Art of Disciplemaking – Quotes 1
The Lost Art of Disciplemaking by LeRoy Eims is the textbook for one of my classes this quarter at the seminary. So, as I was reading it, I jotted down some quotes I thought were interesting. These first two have a lot to do with that old saying "People before...
read moreThis week on YMTV – Number 2
Here are the highlights from Youth Ministry TV this week: Youth Pastor Prank'd: The youth pastor who slipped up when preaching gets a practical joke played on him punk'd style. I Need my What?: A funny thought about how many times you get asked for your boarding pass...
read moreWalking to office
Today was the first day I actually walked to my office at the seminary from my house. There's a house in our neighborhood that connects to the seminary. Since it belongs to the seminary and is empty, it makes sense for me to walk 5 minutes to the office instead of...
read morePlanting Grass
Click the picture to enlarge Yes, it's true. Last week, we decided to try to do something with our yard. We pulled out 4 or 5 thorny rose bushes that were in front of our house. We raked out the dead grass. We prepared the ground. We bought grass seed. We even planted...
read moreKrispy Kreme and playgrounds
I don't know if it was because I was tired of being in the house all day, needed sugar, or just wanted to put off preparing myself for my sermon tomorrow (like I'm doing now), but I took Janell and Nathan to the Krispy Kreme tonight. It turns out that next to the...
read moreSurvey results…data input
We just finished putting the survey results in the computer. I found a trial version of a program called SurveyGold, so we put in the results of the 238 surveys that were returned to us (we distributed 500). It's been tedious, and we are now analyzing the data to get...
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