I'm a Dad! Wow.
One of the things I feel in this new stage in my life is a sense of complete ineptitude. I've never been a dad before. I don't know what I'm doing. I tried to put the diaper on backwards, until Elizabeth stopped me. (Thank God for wives, without them kids wouldn't be possible) But here I am, with a kid, and a need to take care of him. A burning desire, actually.
I can't look at him without feeling overwhelmed. Not in the sense of, I can't do this, but in the sense of I am doing this, even though I don't know how. There's nothing...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Monday, September 22, 2014
It was a bright and sunny day... That's pretty much how most horror stories start out, right? No? Well, even so our weekend road trip to PA ended up being a little on the rough side. It really did start out looking like a great day to take a trip. Elizabeth and I both have spent our fair share of being on the road, from our families taking trips to grandmother's house, all the way up to our more recent journeys across the country as we travel for partnership development. We really didn't expect this trip to be any different, but it was. Possibly...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
While I am super excited about getting to live in the Jungle, I also realize I have to be realistic with my expectations. Sure, we get to live in a tropical near-paradise, with scenic views and most importantly a complete lack of snow, but every place has its down sides as well. While I don't foresee any of these things becoming an actual problem, they very well may be annoying. Looking forward from where I am now, these are a few of the things that I'm really not looking forward to about living in the jungle.
1. Lack of Privacy-
While I do...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Many of us have been there, I'm sure. That moment when you look down at your phone screen, a screen, mind you, that should be pristine, only to see this.
I have no idea what happened here.
It's a pretty sad sight, to say the least. I've only had this phone since January of this year, and it has already served me so well. I've used it to take notes in class, to navigate to so very many places, to look up recipes, and to read blogs and books....
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
There is very little in this world as pervasive as soccer. The 2014 World Cup just finished yesterday, making this my third World Cup that I've watched, and the first one that I've watched while in the States. While I am (of course) a little disappointed that the US didn't make it farther than it did, I'm still rather excited to see us as a nation participating in a sport that does so much to help us come together with the international community as a whole. Even just here in the States, Elizabeth and I got into some great conversations with a...
Sunday, February 2, 2014
I start the final class of my Literacy training this month.
The last couple of years have been a wonderful experience for me. I've learned a lot about language and how it works, and I've met some wonderful people here in Dallas, including my wife. Even so, I am super excited to start my Literacy Megacourse this semester and complete my training.
When I first decided to do missions long term, literacy wasn't really where I thought...
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