Stories From My Youth 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.
Cultural Expectations 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.
MTI Video: 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.
Traveling With Children Video: 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.
What Doesn't Kill You... Formative Experiences - An Introduction No matter how formative your experience is becoming, don't celebrate until you get out alive.
Fishing 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.
Alaska 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.
Teaching Boys to Become Men 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.
Lectures From My High Horse Life Isn't About You! An Inspirational Speech The first step to giving a baccalaureate speech is finding out what baccalaureate means.
Being Sick 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.
Procrastination Procrastination & Motivation Procrastination is merely the process of distilling motivation down to its most ferocious form and then drinking it all in one sitting.
Pets Other Than Children 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.
Airplane Mechanics 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 My Written Exams Are Done! General aviation is one part Stone Age and one part NASA. Sometimes we're fretting over .005" tolerance and sometimes we're beating things with a hammer and a block of wood.
What Doesn't Kill You... My Problems Are Fine Everyone always has problems in life no matter what. And if I had to pick problems to have, I'd say mine are fine.
Lectures From My High Horse Pennsylvania Bans New Jersey Drivers Morality, like turning signals, is relative. I haven’t been paying attention to driving laws before, why would I start now?
Lectures From My High Horse I Consider Myself Smarter Than A Donkey So I Remain Hopeful If he didn't run home to his mama whimpering, then maybe he had what it took to be a missionary.
Videos Video: Taste Testing Civet Poop Coffee Indonesia isn't the most exotic place this coffee has been...
Holy Matrimony! Bunny Husbandry & Strange Talents A good engineer wouldn't let a little bunny pee on the porch stop him from persisting until he beat a bad design into a poor one.
Raising Children Introducing Oliver Quinn Snader Once again I realized that, in theory I know how birth works, but I still have trouble believing it does.
Holy Matrimony! Close, But No Baby Janice recovers from COVID and almost has a baby. I work on a Porter and get some help changing a tire on a King Air.