¡Hasta luego!
Our Family Is Growing
Old Macdonald hmm hmm hmm...
Aniversario de Anta
...and other stuff.
Guest Post by Beulah Hursh
So you can see from their perspective.
In Honor of Some Great Men
Somebody did a golden deed...
Walter’s Birth Certificate: The End
All's well that ends well.
Walter’s Birth Certificate: Are we there yet?
Just have patience!
Walter’s Birth Certificate: Developments!
Patience is a bubble bath....
Walter’s Birth Certificate: Another Cusco Trip
Maybe I should rent an apartment there....
Walter’s Birth Certificate: Progress
Light at the end of the tunnel
Walter’s Birth Certificate: Crushed Dreams
Silver linings?
Walter’s Birth Certificate: A New Hope
Have you ever seen an angel?
Walter’s Birth Certificate: The Continuing Saga
Lots of time to do nothing
Walter’s Birth Certificate: Phase 3
Back to square one
Walter’s Birth Certificate: Phase 2
If at first you don't succeed, fry, fry a hen!
Walter’s Birth Certificate: Phase 1
How many phases will there be?
Struggling with posting
Technical difficulties
Saturday: 12 October 2019
Planting Garden
Thursday: 10 October 2019
Simple joys
Wednesday: 9 October 2019
Back to Curahuasi!
Tuesday: 8 October 2019
Happy birthday, Seth!
Monday: 7 October 2019
Torontos, Chores, and Cusco
Sunday: 6 October 2019
I'm back.
Walter Anthony Schmidt
He is here!
Thursday: 26 September 2019
It's beginning to look a lot like spring.
Sunday: 22 September 2019
Meeting people, building bridges
Tuesday: 17 September 2019
“I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” -Jesus
Thursday: 12 September 2019
The ditch is in
Monday: 9 September 2019
Interpol
Thursday: 5 September 2019
There's something for all to do.
Tuesday: 3 September 2019
Another Cuzco trip
Monday: 2 September 2019
Happy September, everyone!
Something More
Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts... Romans 5:5
Saturday: 31 August, 2019
We have our church... place!
Another Full Friday
We have enough meetings that you'd think we were Americans.
Thursday: 29 August 2019
Some pictures included
Wegular Wednesday
...as Juanito would say.
Alone on the Ranch
...and missing our friends.
An Opportunity for You to Help
A GoFundMe for a friend
Counting Blessings
Every good and every perfect gift comes from above
The Week Veritas Came
The Lord is our Provider
A Week in the Life….
Just to give you a sense of whether or not we’re staying occupied
Facilities and Fires
"When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior." Isaiah 43:2-3 NLT
Day 14: God Gives Us Good Gifts
Do you see any drips?
A Continual Dripping
In which I'm learning lessons not at all related to plumbing
Leaky Friday
How do you stop leaks?!
Thursday Staff Meeting and Plumbing
Things are starting to feel normal-ish
A Week In
A week later found us spending our first full day (outside of meals) at our own house. That was fun to feel more like a family again instead of a group on a tour of a foreign country. Tomorrow we plan to try having our meals at home now that the kitchen is mostly working. … Continue reading A Week In
A Rainy Tuesday
In which I got little done, but still ended up exhausted
Water — at Last!
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” Matthew 7:11 NKJV
Cuzco and Church
“Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world.” 1 Peter 2:11-12 NLT
No Water… Yet
““And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.” Luke 11:9
Más y Más Reuniones
“Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”” John 4:13-14
Collecting Supplies and Running Out of Water
Ask and you shall receive...
We Made It Home
Thanks for your prayers and encouragement!
Countdown: T-0 — We Have Go for Takeoff
I hate the feeling when you have to say goodbye to someone you want to spend every minute with. -Unknown
Countdown: T-1 — There’s Always Tomorrow
Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, though somewhere in the middle we became the best of friends. -Unknown
Countdown: T-2 — Sunday: A Calm in the Storm
Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again. -William Shakespeare
Countdown: T-3 — Simply Saturday
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. -Rumi
Countdown: T-4 — Open House Today
No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth. -Robert Southey
Countdown: T-5 — Yesterday’s Surprise
It takes a minute to say hello and forever to say goodbye. -Unknown
Countdown: T-6 — Waning Wednesday
Though miles may lie between us, we are never far apart, for friendship doesn’t count by miles, it’s measured by the heart. -Unknown
Countdown: T-7 — One Week Left
You know it’s love when you have been saying goodbye for how many times, but still you’re not ready to leave. -Unknown
Countdown: T-8 — Recuperation Day
You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. Charlotte A. Cavatica
Countdown: T-9 — Thoughts from the Commissioning Service
Brethren, pray for us.
Countdown: T-10 — Lots of Work Done
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. Winnie-the-Pooh
Countdown: T-11 — Our Full Empty House
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. -Flavia Weedn
Countdown: T-12 — Moving Day-ish
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. -Helen Keller
Countdown: T-13 — Take Courage
True friends don’t say good-bye, they just take extended leaves of absences from each other.
Countdown: T-14 — Two Weeks Left
Farewell has a sweet sound of reluctance. Good-bye is short and final, a word with teeth sharp to bite through the string that ties past to the future. John Steinbeck
Countdown: T-15 — God Sees the Little Sparrow
You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place, like you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you'll never be this way again. Azar Nafisi
Countdown: T-16 — God Rested for You
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. Henry David Thoreau
Countdown: T-17 — Accidents, Attacks, and Answers to Prayer
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. Dr. Seuss
Countdown: T-18 — Friday Frenzy
People fear leaving their safe harbor of the known and venturing off into the unknown. Human beings crave certainty - even when it limits them. Robin S. Sharma
Countdown: T-19 — Of To-dos and Good News
You never really leave a place or a person you love: Part of them you take with you, leaving a part of yourself behind. -unknown
Countdown: T-20 — Visiting a Board Member
A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again after moments or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends. Richard Bach
Countdown: T-21 — Three Weeks to Go
This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Winston Churchill
Countdown: T-29 — Lots of Lasts
Less than a month....
Countdown: T-35 — Commissioning Service Planned
Life is hectic. Stuff is happening.
Countdown: T-40 — Forty Days and Forty Nights
In which to prioritize the most important things
Countdown: T-48 — To Georgia
Adventures find us wherever we go
Countdown: T-50 — The Bug Strikes Again!
Grab a bucket
Countdown: T-53 — Peru Visit: Complete
Home again, home again....
Countdown: T-54 — Peru Visit: Day 6
Well, we're done!
Countdown: T-55 — Peru Visit: Day 5
Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink!
Countdown: T-56 — Peru Visit: Day 4
Trip to Cuzco
Countdown: T-57 — Peru Visit: Day 3
Our first Peru church service
Countdown: T-58 — Peru Visit: Day 2
Of heifers and los pollos del cielo
Countdown: T-59 — Peru Visit: Day 1
Things go more slowly here
Countdown: T-60 — We made it!
And we're hungry!
Countdown: T-61 — Today We Fly to Peru
Uno! Dos! Tres! Va!
Countdown: T-62 — Tomorrow We Fly to Peru
I don't know about tomorrow, but I know who holds my hand.
Countdown: T-63 — Bathroom Remodel, Part 3.5
In which we look for water and hope not to find it
Countdown: T-64 — Bathroom Remodel, Part 3
How do you keep a P trap from leaking?
Countdown: T-65 — Bathroom Remodel, Part 2
Another half done! Only one or two more halves to go!
Countdown: T-67 — School Surprise
Bee quiet! Don't tell.
Countdown: T-69 — Bathroom Remodel, Part 1
Halfway there!
Countdown: T-70 — Pregnancy Update
Good news—We think...
Countdown: T-72 — Pregnancy Problems
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord GOD is the eternal Rock. Isaiah 26:3-4 NLT
Countdown: T-73 — Water and Plants and Growing Toddlers
There’s a common theme if you just look for it.