Beat(en) Cop

Beat(en) Cop

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post has nothing to do with our work overseas. It DOES have a lot to do with our website though, as my desire for a platform to share this story on was the impetus behind starting our own website. Thanks, Dad! My Dad was a State Trooper for 28...
On Wings Like Eagles…

On Wings Like Eagles…

I don’t know what we’d do without our helicopter. And I mean that literally. We have no roads to our jungle location. We have no roads to anywhere even CLOSE to our jungle location. Without our helicopter, and the people who maintain it and fly it, I’m not sure we’d...
Growing Pains

Growing Pains

I’ll be going into town tomorrow to buy some supplies to take into the bush with me. Mostly, I’ll be picking up gardening supplies, I think. I had asked a couple of my Iski friends to look after my garden for me while I was gone, so there would be vegetables waiting...
Bad Tenants

Bad Tenants

We will be heading back into our bush location in a week or two, so I’ve been trying to prepare myself mentally for what will be waiting for us when we get there. We’ve been on Home Assignment in the States for a little over 9 months, and our jungle home hasn’t been...
Laws of Nature

Laws of Nature

You might recall from your high school days a little thing called the “Second Law of Thermodynamics.” The term was coined by Thomas Edison. Or, perhaps Sir Isaac Newton, after he finished inventing gravity. History (or, at least my memory) is a little fuzzy on its...