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Entries from August 2008

WAW! What A Week!

August 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

First, Barak makes history by being the first African-American to be selected by a major party and now John McCain has chosen a women as his VP nominee.  So, history will be made this November.  America will elect either a woman or an African-American to office…
This selection by McCain came out of left field… WAW… [...]

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Are you ready for some FOOOOTBALLL, American style??

August 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

College football season begins this week.  I am ready… it has been 8 loong months
The cable system I have here has Viasat Sports, which shows a game of two each week.  With kickoff happening Thursday night (Friday a.m. here) I will be able to watch a game Friday a.m. and Saturday a.m.
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Я люблю баранa и конина!

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

A number of years ago, several of us from Southwayside BC in Fort Worth traveled to Peidras Negras, Mexico.  We were scoping out some places for us to do some mission work.
On our return trip, we stopped off in San Antonio to have lunch at my favorite Mexican Restaurant, Mi Tierra’s. I fell in love [...]

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Update on Republic of Georgia

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Please continue to pray for the situation in Georgia.  Pray for the assessment team that is there and for future response.
Click here to read the latest from BP.

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I want my CNN!

August 19th, 2008 · No Comments

On Monday afternoon while watching the news on CNN, the station went black.  I changed the channel to see if the satellite was messed up.  All the other stations were still broadcasting.  Well, it has been almost 24 hours and there is still no CNN.  I’m not sure what happened, but with the elections coming [...]

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I love coffee!

August 19th, 2008 · No Comments

I have grown to love drinking coffee.  Earlier this year, a family in Wichita Falls sent me a box of flavored coffees with different ways of fixing and mixing flavors with flavored creamers.  I bought an espresso machine and have been testing out different recipes.
Wikipedia says this, “When using the term in English jargon, “barista” [...]

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Back in Kstan!

August 16th, 2008 · No Comments

I arrived back in Kstan on Saturday morning after an all night flight.  The plane wasn’t full and I had an entire row to myself.  I laid down and tried to sleep to no avail.  I finally sat up and was able to sleep an hour or so.  I was tired when I arrived!
After sleeping [...]

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An interesting look at the Republic of Georgia

August 16th, 2008 · No Comments

I came across the blog about Georgia’s confict with Russia and their apparent love for America.  Click here to read.

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Pray for Georgia

August 10th, 2008 · No Comments

By now, most people know of the conflict in the Republic of Georgia.  I have some people who live in the capital city, Tbilisi.  Please remember to pray for the people there.  Pray for a quick resolution to the problems.

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Week wrapup

August 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I had a good time at our annual meeting.  God has been speaking to me lots recently.  Please pray for me as I seek His face.  I will not have internet connection often so I am not sure how often I will be able to update…

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