Cement Blocks In My Emotional Dryer
Christmas tree ornaments are hurled around our house like boulders from an invading army’s catapults.
Josh Snader
Then Again, Mom Wasn't An Engineer →
Mom could never understand why I put so much effort into making boat models just to light them on fire. Then again, mom wasn’t an engineer.
Stories From My Youth
Acculturating at Mission Training International →
I used to think that the only preparation you needed to be a missionary was an appetite for misery and a one way plane ticket.
Cultural Expectations
Colorado Trip: Episode 5 →
We finally arrive at MTI but not before visiting some cliff dwellings and driving up a mountain pass while my children give me driving advice.
MTI
Colorado Trip: Episode 4 →
We arrive in Colorado, explore the Garden of the Gods, and leave in a hurry because Elliot thinks he has to go potty.
Traveling With Children
Colorado Trip: Episode 3 →
Featuring the world’s largest ball of twine.
Videos
Colorado Trip: Episode 2 →
Featuring the St. Louis Arch and not much else.
Colorado Trip
Colorado Trip: Episode 1 →
Featuring the world's largest rocking chair.
MTI
Formative Experiences - An Introduction →
No matter how formative your experience is becoming, don't celebrate until you get out alive.
What Doesn't Kill You...
Fishing, And Other Bad Behaviors →
Immediately bait buckets, lead weights, and sharp hooks fly through the air while full grown men throw themselves on something that's slicker than a greased pig.
Fishing
Driving To Work In A Chicken Coop →
Imagine sitting inside of a chicken coop as it is shoved through the atmosphere at 65 mph - feathers, dust, noise, shuddering and shaking - you get the idea!
Alaska
Such Is Life In A Traveling Circus →
That time we attended a wedding, I shaved my head, and we found ourselves in Alaska.
Alaska
Getting Things We Don't Deserve →
That time when God provided for our MTI training, Elliot learned to ride a bike, and Adi started a brand new life.
Teaching Boys to Become Men
Life Isn't About You! An Inspirational Speech →
The first step to giving a baccalaureate speech is finding out what baccalaureate means.
Lectures From My High Horse
Medical Procedures, Feather Pillows, Allergic Reactions, & Wailing! →
That time when Adi had an allergic reaction, Janice had gallbladder issues, and I got some cysts removed.
Being Sick
Procrastination & Motivation →
Procrastination is merely the process of distilling motivation down to its most ferocious form and then drinking it all in one sitting.
Procrastination
Taking The Bunny Out For A Casual Sunday Stroll →
Bunnies prefer walking under pine trees, logs, thorn bushes, and parked cars which are all very hard places to walk.
Pets Other Than Children
Finally An A&P Mechanic! →
This is the culmination of two and half years of working towards the 4,800 hours of experience needed to take the tests.
Airplane Mechanics