Today was a wonderful and fruitful day with the kids.  We started our day with a visit to the babies home.  Our plan was to take the babies to the children´s museum while John and Emily were at the Embassy for their meeting.   Shortly after we arrived at the home, we got a call from [...]

Every time I fly into Guatemala City, I am mezmerized by the green and orange lights.  The city looks different from the sky than any other city I´ve flown into.  When I see those lights, it´s like my heart sighs with the goodness of returning to this county and these people.  We were concerned about [...]

Today was our day with the babies home, and plans changed througout the day.  We had a wonderful time playing with the babies on the swings, slide, giving airplane rides, and just holding and hugging.  John and Emily went to meet with their lawyer about the impending adoption of Juan Pablo, and they had great [...]

Jody contacted me briefly this morning (very briefly; less than a 60 second call) asking me to update her blog letting everyone know that they’ve arrived safely in Guatemala but that they do not have Internet access today. Ideally their service should be restored soon so we can get timely updates but we’ll just have [...]

I’m leaving today for Guatemala for the third time this year, which is exciting and not quite what I imagined for myself as a kid.  Come to find out, I love missions, orphans, and Guatemala.  For those of you following along, I’ll be posting here of our day’s experiences each evening.  Traveling with me: John [...]

Things have been nuts in my life lately, with preparing for the next trip to Guatemala, covering for a co-worker at the office, carving out extra time with the family, and the list goes on.  I went to visit Paula and Greg and their kids this weekend, spending some time on Saturday night and Sunday [...]

I’m half way through the Indiana Chapter of the NASW (National Association of Social Workers) conference in Indianapolis.  I look forward to the chance to learn some new material and techniques, reconnect with other social workers, and be encouraged by others who struggle with some of the same frustration and compassion fatigue that I do.  [...]

This last weekend was a high friend count weekend.  I went to visit Paula and Greg on Friday night, after having lunch with Jennifer and Whitney.  On Saturday I spent the day with my girlfriends from high school, and on the way home, picked up another friend at the airport to be dropped off along [...]