Archive for November, 2005

Bad for Business

Every Saturday night we head down town with some coffee and cookies to try to get to know the night time locals.  We start at Parque Morazan and head next to El Hotel del Rey  (The King’s Hotel).  This ironically named hotel houses a casino and a multitude of prostitutes for visitors primarily from the [...]

Random Acts of Gardening

There are too many good stories that have not found their way to this site, but here is one I had to post.  Sidewalks near our home are small.  However, because my wife and I can barely fit standing next to eachother as we walk down the sidewalk, some may think, those people are BIG.  Nonetheless, [...]

Sartor Book Club

I have recently been reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Cost of Discipleship as well as Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael.  Cost of Discipleship is a challeng book and a difficult one to get through.  This will be my third attempt, but I’m halfway there and that’s saying quite a bit considering my last two tries.  Most of the chapters [...]

There and Back Again

I have been back in Costa Rica for nearly two weeks now, which seems a bit unreal.  Time has certainly flown and our days have been full.  Funny to think we’ll be off to the States again in a month.  I’m beginning to wonder where we are supposed to serve as missionaries.  Then I remember: [...]