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I know – no one probably thought that I had more John Hannah quotes from my class on Jonathan Edwards seven months ago. But I do. And I’m not recycling them. When taking classes from masterful professors, I lose all self-control in note-taking and basically end up with a partial transcript. Actually, it’s a choice I made awhile back in my […]
July 20, 2007
Three thousand years ago, Solomon wrote a very simple and beautiful Hebrew poem. One of the lines says, “Behold, children are a gift from the Lord” (Psalm 127:3). Over the past three thousand years, the truth of his song has not changed. We have beheld, and we agree. At this time last week, Cindi and […]
July 15, 2007
It’s 11:13pm on Saturday night as I begin writing. Cindi has been asleep in our bed since 8:30pm, hopefully resting and recuperating from jet lag, physical sickness, and a week of emotional and circumstantial intensity on another continent with the most precious thing in a mother’s world at stake. Judah has been asleep in his crib since […]
July 11, 2007
Nathan Flook at the U.S. embassy completed Judah’s visa in eight hours on Wednesday. He met with Cindi at 7:30am, and although his office normally closes at 3:30pm, he extended his day and told Cindi to come at 4:00pm. When she arrived, the visa was finished. She is currently spending the night in Entebbe near the […]
July 10, 2007
On Tuesday, through another wave of obstacles as unbelievable as they were new, God gave us Judah’s passport. I honestly just sit and shake my head in disbelief (at the roadblocks) and amazement (at God’s providence) when I talk to Cindi at the end of each Ugandan day. When she found out at the end of the […]
July 8, 2007
At this point, I can’t decide if it’s worth sharing the details of what’s going on in Uganda. It seems more beneficial to just share the basic facts. Every day new requirements arise, and the process of meeting those requirements is complicated. Here are some basic issues. Cindi was hoping to apply for Judah’s passport […]
July 7, 2007
In my Theology of Missions class this past week, a missionary came in and spoke to us about his life and missionary work. He’s from America and he serves in a closed country. I recorded a few things he said and thought they were worth passing along. These aren’t direct quotes, and I’m obviously not […]
July 5, 2007
Cindi arrived in Uganda on Thursday morning along with a couple other adopting families. They were greeted at the airport by some orphanage personnel and the soon-to-be-adopted children. Judah didn’t recognize Cindi (he cried and arched his back when they gave him to her), but we knew that re-bonding would be necessary. She said he […]
July 4, 2007
Over the weekend I read an article on Paul’s missionary endeavors. The article was good but the writing was occasionally constipated. I’m not wanting to embarrass or criticize anyone, but I think that some of the following examples illustrate the lack of verbal clarity that plagues a lot of scholarly writing. Long words and complex […]
July 2, 2007
From time to time I find it personally helpful to type out a variety of thoughts that seem worth recording at least for my own personal benefit. Usually they are fairly disconnected except for the fact that every element of life is intertwined when related to God and His purposes. I record them together because there’s […]
July 1, 2007
I’m currently taking a two-week class on the theology of missions and hope to share a number of the things we’re discussing. Although Cindi and I have not yet discerned how God would have us spend the next season of life, my twenty hours of class this past week along with various reading assignments have […]
July 23, 2007
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