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

It was a busy Saturday morning in El Paso, Texas and shoppers were out in force, buying school supplies. Looking to make the most of their limited funds, Walmart was the right place to find a discount on what they needed. That is what brought thousands of people together in one place, and due to

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

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 trimmers and Caleb and I cleaning up what he cut off. We

While living in Brussels, I often ran into language problems. Even though it’s a very international city, where most people know English; I found that I needed to learn a little bit of the local language. Most Belgians speak Flemish (Dutch), but I tried to learn a little French, since it was more common in