Rambunctious and Nameless
If you’ve watched the videos of the last entry, then you might have noticed a very rambunctious little girl playing in the background. Normally I take the kids outside or to another room to play games, make crafts, and such, but having had tonsilitis for three weeks… well, games weren’t to be had. Eventually her mother brought her outside to the front porch where I played with her anyway until the service ended. I haven’t the foggiest idea what her name is; every time I’d ask her for her name, she’d just reply, “Photo!” A very camera-happy...
Read MoreOur Wednesday Evenings…
On Wednesday nights here in Cochabamba we host a one-hour study and worship service in English. The idea is this: the Christian community, and particularly the missionary community, spends Sundays (and most of the week) ministering to other people – Bolivian churches, orphanages, etc. Our Wednesday evening is a time when those people can gather together and be ministered to. We arrange the big room downstairs so that the chairs are in a half-circle shape through the middle. I took some videos this week from the hallway, looking right through the center. The space is starting to get a...
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I vote as a libertarian influenced by Hayek and Burke, and I think as an anarchist guided by the biblical principles of liberty. I have fenced foil in a diaper-suit and run for political office in a skirt-suit, but my shoes were always fabulous. Both dreadful politics and inspiring design are likely to make me teary.




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