Well, not intentionally! My longest trip this year (other than our time back in the US in the spring) will be this trip to the Philippines. I’ll be in-country for three weeks, not including travel time on either end. Initially I’ll be providing pastoral care and teaching during a deaconess review session for over 80… Continue reading Typhoon Chasing
Category: News
Finished with Filipinas. For Now!
Today we brought our training in the Philippines to a close. The last week we’ve been in lovely Baguio, enjoying the cool climate and teaching these ladies at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church in Baguio. Sandra has done the bulk of the teaching each day, while I offer a closing each day reviewing Luther’s Small Catechism.… Continue reading Finished with Filipinas. For Now!
A Difficult Weekend
Hot on the heels of a great time with friends visiting last week was a pair of national disasters. The first occurred about 2:30am in the morning, Saturday. Centered to the south of us a considerable distance, an earthquake rated about a 6 on the Richter scale struck. Thankfully there was only one fatality and… Continue reading A Difficult Weekend
Watching & Waiting
The bank still hasn’t cleaned up our credit card purchase of our airline tickets. So, to date, still no tickets, and still four separate, identical charges for one set of tickets! Hopefully this gets sorted out soon! In the meantime we continue to watch and wait. Mostly I’m scanning the news for Indonesia trying to… Continue reading Watching & Waiting
In the Air
Incredible, that we can in the span of 2 hours of actual air time move halfway across the country, leaving behind the brownscape of the southwestern desert to land in the lush greenery of the mid-west. What a blessing our technology is in so many ways, and what an amazing example and fulfillment of our… Continue reading In the Air
GetReligion
Not intended as evangelism per se, but rather a shout out to a great web site I’ve been following for years. Getreligion.org has been around for close to 20 years with the goal of finding “ghosts” in mainstream media reporting. Here, the term ghost refers to either a missing religious angle or relevant discussion, omitted… Continue reading GetReligion
The Nelson Family Indonesia 