Once Upon a Time

Once in a land far, far away I began a new vein of life voluntarily working with a Jesus ministry. Recently in a land far, far away from whence I begun, the end of this vein has been reached.

I hope that the personal and spiritual wealth extracted from the vein is held onto for years to come. The gain is priceless and the cost worth it.

I've constantly been reflecting on the past months and, well, two years really. Especially so as I just completed some sort of email update for all of those people I love to blanket email from time to time (hey, if you want this email then let me know by clicking here).

Since the end of the third week of September I've continued traveling having said goodbye to the students and fellow staff of the past 6-months journey. It's been a time of reflection, solitude, uncertain futures, and hopefully a time of rejuvination.

The time at this computer is drawing near to a close, as our my eyes and attention span for this time.

I hope to be more regular on this blog as I now have caught up with all of the email, communication, and such that needed to be done first - at least I hope that is true.

Visit Stockholm, it's a great city!
AND visit FINLAND!

check out some pics here: http://picasaweb.google.com/northernwood
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Catching Up

It's true that this blog thing doesn't always work out so nicely. Africa doesn't really help either! But, here sit I in Jerusalem, hoping to play a bit of catch up in the coming weeks. Needless to say there is more catching up to be done than there is time at the moment - we still have another week before graduation!

So, we are now nearly done. Tanzania flew by. Our time as a team debriefing in Switzerland was amazing, busy, and too short. Now we're here in the Holy Land in the midst of the days speeding by.

I regret that there is little else to share at the moment - perhaps a few pictures below - more to follow and perhaps some reflections or stories as well.

Do check out my friend's blog from Plead the Cause (www.pleadthecause.com - the ministry we worked with in Uganda) as Brent has given us a shout on his ministry and personal blogs - thanks for that Brent!
http://pleadthecause.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=52

http://thefieldexperience.blogspot.com/2008/08/fruitfulness.html

Finally, continue checking in on our team blog - there may be a few more posts yet prior to the end...
www.truthbeautyjustice.wordpress.com

Captions for below:
a) Pastor Zablon's youngest son whose name I can't remember...
b) The church building crew - all that height in six days, or less.
c) A view on safari and wildebeast stretching in the distance - Ngorongoro Crater
d) Above Davos, Switzerland

Internet in Africa : TIA

Well, this is a short and sweet post. Pretty much all I can say is that internet access here is painfully slow and inconsistant - welcome to Africa - it's also quite pricy at over $2 per hour as we are smack in the middle of the Safari Mile (my word for this small village that caters to many passing Land Crusiers or Land Rovers filled with safari clientele).

We're here in this small town along the road to these national parks to help build a church for a pastor and his growing congregation who are of the Masaai tribe. A few of the women are also doing some children's ministry, and Jess and I have had a chance to catch up with Will, our school leader, who has come to be with us for a short while.

Kenya was great and more stories may follow from that time, as well as some pictures. But such will have to wait for another day and a better method of this interrnet thing (TIA -> This Is Africa)!

Do check out the following:
www.truthbeautyjustice.wordpress.com