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Archive for March, 2008

Rio Negro

This blog comes to you from high up in the mountains of Western Honduras. Just 7 years ago there was no electricity here in Belen Gualcho. Now, thanks to this week’s installation of satellite internet, I can communicate with anyone in the free world almost instantaneously. The best part is I will no longer have [...]

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This morning I read again the passage in Matthew 19 about the rich young ruler and I can’t stop thinking about how rich I am and how painfully applicable the passage is to me. Real, down and dirty, physical poverty is so close that I can literally hit it with a rock from my [...]

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One thing we have had to get used to living here in Honduras is noise, especially at night. All throughout the night, every night, the sounds of chickens, dogs, people and the occasional firecracker (I hope) ring out in our neighborhood. At first these noises mercilessly kept us awake. Rainy nights were our only respite. [...]

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