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Observations on suffering from 2 Corinthians 1

Posted in Spirituality / Theology, tagged , , , on March 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I spent some time this morning in 2 Corinthians 1.  I thought I’d share some of my observations.  According to Paul some of the reasons (I say “some of the reasons” because I there is nothing in here that would lead me to believe this list is exhaustive) we suffer affliction is:      1. [...]

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Safe arrival in Uganda

Posted in Africa, Opportunity International, Travel, tagged , , on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

After 24 hours & 11 minutes of travel I landed in Entebbe. I’ve purchased a cheap cell phone, sim card & pre-paid minutes, talked to Missy & the kids, gotten all my stuff unpacked, caught up on emails, took a shower (nothing like LONG flights to make you smell really, really bad), eaten some dried [...]

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What is it about Amsterdam?

Posted in Africa, Misc, Photos, Travel, tagged , , on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

When Missy & I had a layover in Amsterdam in January we ran into some folks from Watermark…David & Missy Williams.  It’s always fun seeing familiar faces when you are away from home.  Well….today when I landed at Amsterdam (at 5:55 a.m.) I ran into a whole crew of familiar faces from Watermark.  Scott & [...]

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The Present Power of the Gospel

Posted in Spirituality / Theology, tagged , , , on March 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I’m sitting at the airport in Amsterdam reviewing some notes I made while I was at 35,000 feet somewhere between Dallas & Detroit.  On that leg of the flight I had my iPod on and was listening to & pondering on some hymns.   I became almost overwhelmed by a couple of lines in the song [...]

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Headed to Africa…

Posted in Africa, Opportunity International, Travel, tagged , , , , on March 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I leave today for a 17 day trip to Africa.  I’ll be in Kampala through March 21st for Opportunity International’s annual Network Leadership Conference.  This is the one time per year when they key leadership from Opportunity’s international staff get together.  I’m really looking forward to meeting the folks who are running banks / MFIs [...]

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Abigail Turns Three!

Posted in Family, Kids, Photos, tagged , , , on March 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »

It’s hard to believe that our sweet little Abigail turned three on March 6th.  It’s also hard to believe that this July will mark the 2nd anniversary of our gotcha day (click on the link to see Abigail on that day)!!  In light of the current craziness of our schedules we opted for small party at [...]

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Can you say crawfish boil!!

Posted in Family, Photos, tagged , , , on March 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

What do you get when you put together 170 pounds of crawfish, a 12 pound brisket, a big ‘ole Texas flag cake & several cases of beer, soda & water? You get the biggest, baddest going away party in the state of Texas!! Last night some of our closest friends – the Fournets & the [...]

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Sell, sell, sell…

Posted in Africa, Family, Opportunity International on March 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Today was a good day!  We were able to sell the minivan at the price we wanted to a family that’s willing to allow us to hang on to it until early April. We also sold two sofas, a chair & an ottoman. Thanks Craig’s List! We’re still need to rent the house.  We are [...]

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New Page Added for Honda Odyssey

Posted in Family, Photos, tagged , , on March 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Check it out! http://theleventhalsinafrica.com/honda/

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