So, yesterday I started a dream job…and by that I mean a dream job that I actually never dreamed of having. But after my first 2 1/2 hours, it is like a dream come true! I’m already a lifeguard and a plasma donor, but yesterday I got a part-time job as a bellsmith. I know, more »
So, I’ve gone on many a Black Friday excursions. I remember going with Dad when I was young, helping him get gifts. That was when the stores offered doorbuster prizes to the first 100 or so people who went through the doors. Snowmen, gift cards, Matchbox cars… I’ve also gone a few times by myself, more »
The Eagle’s Nest erupted with cheers as students heard the name of their school mentioned on national television. Thanksgiving break was only hours away, but the students at little-known Faith Baptist Bible College in Ankeny, IA were excited for a totally unrelated reason. FBBC, a member of the NCCAA Division II in athletics,
So, two weeks ago I traveled with my soccer team to Kansas for a couple of games versus conference foes. We played a game on Friday, stayed in a hotel on Friday night, played on Saturday, and traveled back on Saturday afternoon. Well, we assigned ourselves in groups of four to various rooms, and I more »
Genuine ministry is always fun, right? After all, if it wasn’t fun in one way or another then it can’t be ministry because God doesn’t ask us to do thing in which we will not eventually find joy. Well, once again I enjoyed the privilege of having fun while serving at Iowa Regular Baptist Camp more »
It is now about 9:14pm (10:14am Philippine time), a little over one week after we left Uncle James’ house for the Manila airport. It was a fun, educational, and eye-opening vacation/experience. I enjoyed getting to know most of my relatives a little better- even those that I didn’t know I had. I liked going to more »
As we came in sight of the city of Seattle, we tried to find anything that looked familiar to us. We had our best landing of the trip at about 2:15pm PST (5:15am Philippine time, 4:15pm CST) not having found anything familiar. I took a last look at one of my favorite airplanes, the 747 more »
[Because the Philippines is half a day ahead of the US, we left the Philippines on Sunday, July 4, and arrived back in Minneapolis over 24 hours later on the same Sunday, July 4. I will split the return trip into two blog posts.] This morning, we left the Philippines. Dad had stayed up most more »
On Saturday morning- today- we came to the dental office for one last visit. On the way here, we went by the house where Dad was born and first grew up in. It was not much compared to the house we’re staying in that he later lived in. The bakery that used to be across more »
This morning, Friday morning, we woke up and left the hotel around 8:26am (7:26pm CST) after eating breakfast at Chow King again. I thought we were going to go straight back to Manila, but it turned out that we had more relatives to go see. This time we went to meet Jessie Rose’s inlaws. They more »