Dave on March 20th, 2010

The Light of the Gospel is greatly needed to break into this desperately dark place….. Don’t let the tourist travel brochures fool you…. Symbolism and beliefs behind Thai blood protest When Thai red-shirt opposition protesters spilled their own blood at key locations in Bangkok, they were not just making a show for the TV cameras, [...]

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Dave on March 19th, 2010

This is real human blood…  Protesters are giving pints by the thousands…. These protesters are covering the prime minister’s house and various other government buildings with blood to symbolize what they believe the gov’t has done to them through corruption.  But there’s more…  Using voodoo style cursing they are also attempting to manipulate Supernatural powers for [...]

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Dave on August 27th, 2009

We’ve survived the first week of school and are about to close out the second.  Life here is beginning to settle into the new family rhythm.   Jille gets to play after school while Christian is either in swim team or cranking out 5th grade home work.  Right now we are not too happy about [...]

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Dave on July 20th, 2009

“How do people become staff with Ministry Essentials?”  ”Do you think the board would accept me?”  ”What could I do?”  ”Can I be your assistant?”  ”If I were your assistant, what do you need me to do?”  ”Can I help now?” At first I thought he was just asking because we had recently interviewed and [...]

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Dave on May 26th, 2009

I discovered how to use some fun applications on my computer recently and decided to create an “end of the year” video clip for the kids.  Christian’s started out as a highlight of his swim meets but as I discovered I did not have enough photos I turned it into a summary of the year. [...]

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Dave on May 7th, 2009

Yesterday, 06 May 2009, GIS held their inter-school swim meet for elementary grades.  The cloudy sky made bleacher sitting bearable and a good time was had by all.  Included in the normal races were a few relays like ‘the Tee shirt’ race where members of the team had to swim with a Tee shirt, get [...]

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Dave on March 23rd, 2009

  I’ve recently joined a blogging network called High Calling Blogs.  In my attempt to read more widely and even interact beyond my borders I came across this network through other friend’s blogs.  If, like me, you’ve used Google reader search to find others of like heart and mind out there reading and writing on [...]

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