Open Hearts International Children's Relief Mission
…so says John Piper….better put, so John Piper quotes in agreement. And though his short blog leaves one wanting a further discussion, I can say I agree. As far as the details I am curious about there are several, but the idea is compelling,… Continue Reading “Burning the Quran equals Christ Crucified….”
A young man named Brendan Van Gorder took this past year off from his studies to volunteer in Nicaragua. He approached us in January about teaching English at Colegio Esperanza and he has been a very consistent ever since and doing an excellent job. … Continue Reading “Spanish to English….Nicaragua to New York?!?”
Krista’s little sisters Johana & Yolanda celebrated their 11th birthday on Saturday. They wanted to have an Andrea Boccelli birthday party (definitely their mom’s influence 🙂 !!!) All the ladies were to dress nicely and the men were to wear scarves. Andrea was playing… Continue Reading “Twin Party!”
We were recently given a daily devotional book called Jesus Calling by a woman named Sarah Young. I do not know much about it but it sits on our coffee table, yesterday I read the entry and it had an impact on me: I… Continue Reading “Communion with God”
Today was report card day for the kiddos at Casa Robles. It was a little suspensful wondering how everyone was going to do on the first report card at the new school. They had exams just last week and always have lots of homework. … Continue Reading “Honor Roll!!!”
…actually an addition. Krista & I have been praying about this for over a year now and we arrived at the point to make a decision to start construction on our house. We are a family of five living in our two bedroom house… Continue Reading “Constucting our casa…”
We’ve made some improvements at Colegio Esperanza. First thing was to fill in the floor in front of the kitchen. We have tons of movement there and wanted to get a floor down before the rains come. Sheyla (school director who most of you… Continue Reading “Sand Box at school!!!”
didn’t expect this to happen….Ouch!! It was a huge 7ft swell with waves well overhead. It was just intense to be out there. My first try led to a free fall over the falls, it hurt but it was such a rush i was… Continue Reading “Went surfin’ today….”
The twin girls Mileyding & Genesis who the previous Palmer team had built a house for showed up to the work site…….for what you might ask? Pringles….duh?!?! 🙂 That is not all they came for, but I am pretty sure this could be an… Continue Reading “Tweedle-D and Tweedle-D”
University Baptist Church’s youth group came down last week. This was really fun for me because UBC is the church I grew up in and they have supported Krista and I from the beginning….it is awesome to get to spend time with family! We… Continue Reading “Hope in La Chureca…”