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How We Ended Up Here (Pennsylvania, That Is)
Basically running a hatchery is performing mundane, dirty tasks on a recurring weekly basis.
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Fixing Things, Finally.
The van began complaining a few months back. I didn’t pay much attention to it. I’m used to vehicles that complain and groan and even try to kill me on…
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We’re Off the Ground!
I don’t mean literally off the ground, unfortunately. It will be several years before I begin pilot training (if the Lord wills). But we do have several supporters who signed…
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Adilene Gets Sick, Janice Gets Queasy, & I Get Budgeting Help
The smells that emanate from her diaper under normal conditions can euthanize a horse but when she gets the stomach bug I could sell her diapers to ISIS to use…
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Dropping the Ball on New Years
Janice laughed too. “Yay! Now we can practice being poor missionaries in Siberia with a cheap minivan.”
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Nocturnal Zombie Drivers
My wife lost her sanity. She’ll find it again, at least I hope so. She usually does, no thanks to me. I’m terrible at finding things.
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The Soldier Analogy
A soldier is useless without the army of logistical personnel behind him.
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Yoder’s Bent & Dent Emporium VS the Mission Field
Last time I was perusing the aisle of the Yoder’s Bent & Dent Emporium, it occurred to me that shopping Amish bent & dent stores is a lot like wandering…
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Romance and Raccoons; How Janice and I Met
It all started with a missions trip… and then dead raccoons. Three of them, to be exact.
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School of Hard Knocks
Our attempts to get back to “happiness” makes us try to sidestep the “curriculum” that God is using to prepare us for the next stage of our journey.
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Family Photo Fun
People are more likely to support a family that looks all nice and put together than one where Dad is gritting his teeth holding a screaming baby while Mommy is…
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Minivans are Manly (Obviously) & Cheap
Before you puff up your chest, pound your pecks with your clenched fists, and bellow laughter, let me explain the pros and cons of mini van ownership.
