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Back to the Mountains

Posted on May 29th, 2006

I have a new challenge for myself… I want to see how many different places in the world I can submit posts to this blog from! So far I have blogged from Homer, Alaska and San Diego. To add a third location to this list, I am currently blogging from Idyllwild, California. Isn’t that name (Idyllwild) awesome? I bet the name is Welsh and I honestly feel, and the landscape looks, like I have returned to Snowdonia in Northern Whales! So what am I doing in Idyllwild? Well, since I am about to start a job that will consume my weekends for the rest of the summer, I thought I should make the most of the freedom I have left! Tomorrow morning I am…

Categories: Life, Travel

Invisible Children

Posted on May 15th, 2006

I am applying to work for an incredible organization called, Invisible Children, referred to in an earlier blog entry. I really hope to get the job as it would be working for a cause that I very firmly believe in. As part of my application they asked me to do a little design project and here is what I came up with as a mission statement page for them. If you would, please let me know what you think by commenting on this post!

Categories: Life

Palm Springs is Beautiful!

Posted on May 11th, 2006

I just spent a few days in Palm Springs and I was amazed at how beautiful it was! As an oasis in the desert, it is permeated with sunshine and accented by flowers, greenery and curvaceous palm trees.

Categories: Life, Travel

A Great Friend

Posted on May 11th, 2006

In life I have found that true friends are a gift from God! I just had the chance to spend a few days with my buddy from Alaska, Mike Becker. He came down to Palm Springs for an Audi Specialist event. From attending an incredible concert in LA, to hanging out with a few of his friends, to relaxing at the Rancho Las Palmas Resort in sunny Palm Springs, we had a great time! In the year that I’ve known him, Mike has shown himself to be a loyal friend and has helped me in many ways!

Categories: Life

Global Night Commute

Posted on May 9th, 2006

Every night, tens of thousands of children in Northern Uganda walk to nearby cities and sleep outside in order to protect themselves from abduction. For over twenty years, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been terrorizing Northern Uganda. Part of their strategy is to abduct children, force them to kill others or else be killed, and thereby desensitize them and turn them into brutal soldiers. An estimated 20,000-50,000 children have suffered this fate. Quite possibly the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today, this war has caused 1.7 million people to be forcibly displaced and 130 people continue to die per day in Northern Uganda, due to violence. Desiring to identify with these children and to stop the war in Northern Uganda, I joined…

Categories: Life

Finally!

Posted on April 29th, 2006

Alright, I’m finally getting settled into my new place in sunny San Diego, California! My blogging has nearly dropped off the map for these past two months as it seems that I have been going crazy with things to do! From finishing up teaching at ABI to handling several large web design jobs at once, and to finally moving to San Diego, life has kept my hands full. Now that I am finished making excuses for myself, San Diego has been great so far! God has blessed me with a great place to stay here. I am renting from an “empty nest” couple who recently built a new house and had several extra rooms to rent out. They go do the Church that I…

Categories: Life

Earthquake

Posted on February 4th, 2006

My bed shook violently, waking me up at 7:30 am this morning. I was too tired to know what was going on but later learned that an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the richter scale, had originated some 15 miles from Homer, shaking up the whole area. Everybody on campus experienced the quake! Meanwhile, the volcano has continued to erupt over the past several weeks but has not yet caused any damage here in Homer. Life in Alaska is always interesting! I love it here!

Categories: Life

Volcano Action

Posted on January 13th, 2006

Life in Alaska is never dull. Just as things were getting back to normal after the Christmas break, a local volcano decided to erupt on us. The good news is that Augustine is on an uninhabited island in the Cook Inlet. The only danger for Alaskans is the ash buildup that could affect people’s cars and homes, and keep everybody inside for awhile. We were all expecting a lot of ash to land on Homer yesterday but the dark clouds that rolled in brought snowfall with a little bit of Ash, but not enough to do any damage. We are fortunate!

Categories: Life

An Alaskan Experience

Posted on December 12th, 2005

Life throws many interesting twists and turns our way but what happened today is uniquely Alaskan. This morning I flew across Kachemak Bay to a remote native village called Port Graham. Several of the students from ABI were performing a Christmas program for the village church and I went along to take pictures. Our group was too large to fit into the small 4 passenger plane, so I agreed to wait for the second plane ride back to Homer. When the plane returned, however, the weather had changed for the worst. We quickly loaded up the plane and took off but after circling several times, our pilot realized that it was not safe to proceed so we were forced to land and wait out…

Categories: Life

Alaska? What Am I Doing Here?

Posted on December 3rd, 2005

Most of you have probably heard, by now, that much to my own surprise, life’s often interesting path brought me to Alaska. For those of who wonder what in the world I am doing in a place like Alaska, let me explain… It all started last summer when an old friend from college visited me in Minneapolis and told me of his plans to teach at Alaska Bible Institute in the fall. Knowing of my love for teaching, he invited me to come up in the winter and to teach a few of his classes for a couple of weeks. Although I thought it more desirable to visit Alaska in the summer, it seemed that the opportunity to teach the Bible was well worth…

Categories: Life