Kenya Report #3

I was reminded by Chris’ comment on Kenya Report #1 that I forgot to mention Jim’s thumb.  The story of Jim’s trip actually started the night before we left when his son’s dachshund decided to take a bite out of his thumb.  After our doctor wrapped it and gave him some antibiotics, we left for [...]

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Father’s Day 2008

Since I was in Kenya on June 15, yesterday was my Father’s Day.  The day started with homemade buttermilk biscuits and chocolate gravy (don’t knock it ’til you try it) and ended with chicken parmesan and derby pie (finely chopped pecans and lots of chocolate – do you see a theme here?). My wife is [...]

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Kenya Report #2

Week 1, Day 5
Finally on the House of Hope site.  The ladies taught the children while the men busted rocks.  We were building a classroom and office space behind the orphanage.  They hired a crew to do the really skilled work like building the walls.  We, on the other hand, were moving large rocks into the floor area [...]

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6.29.08 @ MeadowBrook

I am back from Africa and ready to worship with the Body of Christ at MeadowBrook.  We will celebrate with the songs “My Savior Lives”, “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee”, and “Mighty to Save.”  Then the pastor will bring it With Colossians 3:12-15, “Revealing Christ in Me.”  It’s gonna be a great day.
Brian

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Kenya Update #1

I’m not really sure how to do this because a mission trip is such a “big” thing.  How do you answer the question “How was your trip to Africa?”  There is no good short answer.  Therefore, I will spread this out a little bit.  As I sort through pictures and memories I will post them [...]

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Our Baby Girl

I missed a couple of things while I was in Africa.  I missed Father’s Day, but I get to have that on Friday.  I also missed Kate’s birthday.  Our baby girl turned two while I was away.

Kate is the only one of our four that came like you see on T.V.  The others just didn’t [...]

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Back from Africa

As I sort through the pictures, I will update you on our trip.  Hopefully, I’ll be back on my blogging game very soon.  Two weeks has really thrown my rhythm off.  Thanks to Bozeman for keeping my blog up-to-date.  I wrote the posts in advance and he put them up for [...]

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06.22.08 @ MeadowBrook

MeadowBrook is in for some rockin’ thanksgiving this Sunday.
Song list: Arise, Sing to the King, In Christ Alone
The Vocal Team will remind you of how great your salvation is with “I Will Sing of My Redeemer.”  Good stuff.
Brian

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My Girls – Dancing for the Lord

We want to be a scriptural family, so our kids dance for the Lord.  Here are my girls doing their thing in KidStuf
Victoria:

Emma:

Where do you think they got the attitude in those moves?
Brian

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Buds

I love it when my kids make good friends.  Brotey and Parker get along great.  And, since Brotey has three sisters, Parker and Brotey usually wrestle a lot.  Every boy needs a good wrestling buddy.
Brian

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