Sunday, July 29, 2007
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Me and Cuz JJ-Wild at heart Africa!
Look at this MAN, he is my blood relative! He is so radical...Great to have reinforcements!
Reinforcements!!!
Elton...could not even make it home from the short trip down
town Kampala! Sarah, isn't he cute!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Jaimie is Gone, gone, gone...
Wow. It seemed like yesterday that this breath of fresh air came to
Africa with Melody and kids. 4 weeks later, and she is gone.
I wish you could have seen this lady in action. She IS the embodiment of
compassion. She is one of my wife's closest friends and like a big sister to our children.
Jaimie will literally give you the sweatshirt off her back...
She gave this widow her Element sweatshirt, Jaimie's favorite,because this woman was so poor she had no blanket and was shivering
every night from cold.
Thank you Jaimie for your servant lifestyle.
Kids+Bored=Creative!
Melody and I went on our weekly date night, so the kids
borrowed my camera...and look what they did!
Hope, Stephanie, Jessica, Mike, Nate, and Amber
15 years old...what else can I say?
Amber and Jessica laughtastic!
I love to see kids having fun
"I believe I can Fly..."
MAYBE NOT!!!
Mattress fun 2
Friday, July 06, 2007
Imagine: A photo essay
Imagine your kids lovin these kids...
Imagine your daddy here...2o yards from your house...
Imagine making kids laugh!
Imagine 3 mothers and 8 children living in here...
Imagine giving your Peanut Butter Jelly to these starving kids...
Imagine your walls with mud and sticks...
Imagine this is your drinking water...
Imagine your child's footprint here...
Imagine cooking here...when you had food...
Imagine the ingeniuity behind this toy design...
Imagine this was all you had for dinner tonight...Saturday, June 30, 2007
My Hero
Meet Burt. He is my adopted grandpa. My Muzee. Burt is an amazing man. He is wild at heart. He and his lovely wife Edna support all our efforts here in Africa. One of my dreams was to have him come to Africa with me, and meet some of the people who's lives he has touched.
One of the things I like most about my relationship with Burt is we do stuff. We hang out! The top photo is my favorite one of Grandpa Burt. It is taken at Morton's Arboretum. Burt is a Purple Heart Vet. He is one of the reasons we live free in the USA.
In the next photos, you see the actual gun that was used to shoot and injure this amazing Medic on the beach 63 years ago, in June of 1944. So now, today, he is in his 80's married to his sweetheart for like 57 years, father to 5 adult kids, and many grandchildren. The photos below are described like this...Burt with my two sons Nate and Mike, standing next to the gun that almost took Burt's life. The next one is one of Burt sitting on a bench that says it all...this was taken on one of our "excursions" on the Naperville riverwalk. Would you believe that Burt just had DOUBLE KNEE SURGERY about 2 weeks ago? I guess bravery doen't stop when you turn 83. This is one of the hard things for me being here in Africa, not being able to help him in the rehab stuff. Following his rehab photos are photos of a stopsign photo in Naperville, then a road in Morton's Arboretum during the fall (one of our favorite spots to go) then Burt in the Rocky mountains at a Wild at Heart retreat, and lastly us at baseball game...Then me dunking him as he decided to get baptized last Easter!! He is so much FUN! It was becoming harder and harder to go places with him because of massive knee pain, but now he has gotten his knees replaced, I can't wait to go all over the place with him, and maybe AFRICA! I love you Burt! I miss you.
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