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Here are my thoughts in written form. I hope they are valuable and contribute to your growth.

Shoe shopping

Where do you go to buy shoes? Where do you go to buy your kid some shoes? We've never had to answer that second question before, but now that Nathan is walking more, we need to buy him some shoes. But, where should we go to buy them? The majority of people would think...

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Memory Lane

I found some old family photos the other day and thought I'd post them here (As always, click the photo to see it bigger). So, take a trip with me down Memory Lane... Dennis and his family in 1988. Janell's family at out old house in Dunedin. Us in 1998.

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Youth Emphasis Week(s)

I just got off the phone with Daniel, the director of the seminary, and he asked me if I would want to have two weeks of youth emphasis this year. I said yes, of course. I am thinking that the first youth emphasis week will be focused more on the seminary students,...

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World Cup and other things

I guess the fact that I picked Italy to win the World Cup final didn't hurt them after all. Despite some weird stuff, it was a pretty exciting game. Penalty kicks are always exciting. It was a great month of soccer. We watched the game on Sunday after going to...

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Not so fast

The election isn't quite over, as López Obrador rallies his supporters today in the zócalo to say that he will protest the outcome of the election. One thing that caught my attention was that he said that if there is violence, it will because the government won't...

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A Guide to Culture

I came across this adaptation of 1 Corinthians 13 today while I was cleaning out my desk. It's from Images, a Navigator newsletter, November 1997. If I speak with the tongue of a national, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I wear...

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Back to our regularly scheduled program

Sorry to have been talking about the election so much the last few posts. In case you're tired of that, here's a picture that is sure to make you smile. Today, I translated notes for my next seminary class, made a survey to pass out at a national Baptist youth...

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And we have a winner…for now

Early today, the Federal Electoral Institute declared Felipe Calderón the winner of the election by half a percentage point, or about 200,000 votes. He is what the news is calling the "conservative" candidate. His opponent, however, is claiming that there was fraud...

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