Carl Lance

It’s Different Now

We are in the midst of a vacation with our daughter and grandchildren and though I enjoy this time with them, it’s different from vacations we took before. My wife spent months planning this trip, we booked our accommodations early, to get better prices. We bought tickets for the Universal Studios theme park to make […]

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Like New

Recently I have been working with Brother Bob (Assistant Pastor) and his son Caleb at our Church and Christian School. Brother Al Steel was also there and has been an invaluable source of encouragement and a treasure trove of tools. While I could only work one day a week, Al has been working two and

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The Barrier

When I joined the Foreign Service, I expected to be sent “overseas” but my first assignment was Mexico City. That is just 900 miles from my home. I figured the food, culture, and language would be familiar, since we had lived in San Antonio, Texas for the past ten years. Besides that, some Spanish is

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The Heat

Recently we were trimming shrubs and cleaning up the flower beds at Church. Yes the Heat Index was expected to top 100 degrees Fahrenheit, but we had to get it done before school started. Much of our work was Brother Bob wielding hedge clippers and Caleb and I cleaning up what he cut off. We

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Something for Nothing

That is what Presidential candidates promised! If you elect them to the highest office in the land, you will get free healthcare, college loans paid off and cash money, even if you don’t want to work for it. It’s early in the election cycle, so I am sure they will come up with more stuff

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