When Life Pukes on Your Parade

When Life Pukes on Your Parade

We are out of the jungle on break right now. Well, we’re out of the jungle, anyway. Since arriving out at our mission center, our family has spent the last 12 days battling a stomach virus that has been waging war on multiple fronts. It’s been mainly a losing battle....
Mr. Midwife Takes a Test

Mr. Midwife Takes a Test

Some people spend the days before a big test trying to cram as much information into their noggins as they possibly can, stressing the limits of both mind and body. This is what my wife does. If she hasn’t rummaged through all of her available notes, studied her...
The Stone Has Been Rolled Away!

The Stone Has Been Rolled Away!

A few weeks ago I announced to the internet that my insides were being shredded into confetti by a psychotic mineral deposit that had lodged itself in my urinary tract, and I felt like I was on a slow conveyor belt towards my imminent death. I ended my somber news...
Stoned in the Jungle

Stoned in the Jungle

I have recently had my eyes opened to an entirely new, and unpleasant, arena of life. It’s like I’ve been able to glimpse into another dimension, where the only occupant is pain. Pain like I didn’t know existed. Think I’m sounding dramatic? Ha, you have no idea! I’m...
Home, Sweaty Home

Home, Sweaty Home

We just arrived back into Iski-land the other day.* Our home-coming was celebrated with the discovery that our office’s charge controller had broken while we were away, so we won’t be having any power in the office until it gets fixed. We were also welcomed in by a...