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Relief Trip 2011 Day 4

July 31, 2011
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Relief Trip 2011 Day 4

Friday was day four on the worksites for us here in Ringgold, Georgia (and Apison, Tennessee).  We were split up into two teams.  Steve and Ethan worked with a 69 year old man putting up trusses, while the rest of us went to another location to help with framing. One of the big problems after the tornado was looting.  One of the houses that we worked at is owned by a man named Dale.  He also owned a pharmacy in town.  Both his business and his home were destroyed by the tornado.  Then to add insult to injury, he...

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Relief Trip 2011 Days 2 and 3

July 28, 2011
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Yesterday was such a busy day that I was not able to blog about it.  The day began yesterday with finishing installing insulation at another work site.  So far we our team has worked on 4 job sites and tomorrow will be number 5.  This hopefully give more of an indication of the scope of work there is yet to do.  After we were done with insulting, we moved back to our original job site, moving logs, while one team member (Steve H.) built a temporary electrical service.  Yesterday was very hot.  The heat index was 105, and we...

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New Hope Relief Trip 2011 Day One

July 26, 2011
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Today was the first day on the job site in Ringgold, Georgia.  You may recall in April of this year, a tornado outbreak devastated portions of the US southeast.  As a result many people lost their homes, while some even lost their lives.  Because of this great need, our church New Hope Presbyterian Church has sent us as a relief team to help people rebuild their homes and lives.  We arrived yesterday from Green Bay, WI and are working with Grace Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Dalton GA.  Today was our first day on a job site, and we were...

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Living out Gospel Implications

May 5, 2011
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What does it mean to live out the gospel?  In order to answer this question, we need to understand what the gospel is.  The gospel is the good news.  Literally the Greek word, euaggelion, translated gospel, means “good tidings.”  The good news is that sinful man by faith, has been made right with God, he has been justified through the blood of Jesus Christ.  God became man and took the just punishment due to us and gave to us the righteousness of Jesus.  (Rom. 3:24, Phil. 3:8-9, etc.). We are justified by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and it...

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Making Disciples

May 3, 2011
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The Great Commission, Matthew 28:19-20, is probably the single greatest set of verses that outline what the duty of the Christian is in regard to his or her neighbor.  Jesus calls us to be disciple makers.  Often time, we live like it’s the Great Suggestion and not the Great Commission. “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (ESV)...

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Our First Winter in Wisconsin

March 5, 2011
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Our First Winter in Wisconsin

People keep asking how we are doing with our first winter in Wisconsin.  Of course we get asked because I am a native of Arizona. The answer is. . . so far so good. . . it definitely is a lot colder than we are used to.  But over all it is tolerable.  Most of the time the temperature is in the 2o’s, which is not bad.  We did have a couple of cold snaps that saw temperatures below zero.  I have found with weather, no matter where you go, that there is something that you can complain about....

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Hiked Horn Peak

August 24, 2009
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On Saturday, my friend Chris and I hiked Horn Peak.  We are both still recovering. . . Here are some pictures from the top.

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Back in Colorado

June 8, 2009
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Greetings all, we are back in Colorado now, beginning my last year of seminary.  It has been awhile since I have posted (about 3 months actually!) .  I am going to try and be better about posting to our blog.  For those of you who didn’t know, Sarah, Abby and I spent the winter in Springfield, IL.  We made some wonderful friends while there and were able to spend some time with Sarah’s parents who have been home from the mission field. Last week was the first week of classes here at the seminary and we completed our first...

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Web Design

March 7, 2009
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Web Design

Some of you might know that I do some small scale web design.  Mostly churches and non-profit organizations.  My goal is to be able to do more of these kinds of jobs in order to support our family while I am at seminary.  If you know of anyone needing a simple website or blog,  please contact me and I will see what I can do.  Below are some examples of some of the sites that I have worked on: Grace OPC This website was set up for Grace OPC in Springfield, IL.  This is a small congregation that is...

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Working

February 22, 2009
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Working

It has been a while since I last posted.  I have been busy lately with working on my Jonah Project and now working.  I started work earlier this month, doing receiving at a hardware superstore, and I have to say that it is a little weird being back in the working in the world again.  I had become so accustomed to being around Christians all the time, that being surrounded by non-Christians all day is  . . . well. . . different.  The thing is, that is where I am called to be right now, as most believers are. ...

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