We arrived in Venice finally after an overnight train ride with not very good sleeping patterns and in long conversations with a ex-Fransiscan monk (by conversation I mean that Rachel listened to him talk for hours.) Venice is a beautiful city. Water is everywhere. There are no cars inside the city, the only traffic is […]
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It´s becoming sort of a whirlwind at this point. We are flying way too fast through every city, and coutry trying to experience everything at once and getting to our flight that leaves for Greece. We arrived at our campsite in Munich late Friday night to a pleasant surprise. A camp full of fun Irish,
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Since my last post we`ve been to Switzerland and to Austria, and now we are in Munich, Germany. We´ve been moving a bit too fast to really get a great feel let alone blog of any city but its been a lot of fun nonetheless. Switzerland has definitly been the most beautiful so far, nature
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One thing that sticks out about Amsterdam is the large quanties of bikes EVERYWHERE. It is quite ridiculous. They don’t have parking garages with three or four floors for cars, but they do for their bikes. Below is a picture of a parking garage normally used for cars, but this one was only bikes. They
Today and last night we spent in Belgium (Brussels if you want to know the city, Darryl). It was probably the most beautiful city I have ever seen. The architecture was out of this world and the city square was probably the most fascinating. We ate at a little Greek shop that was probably the
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Today we are in Ireland and it’s Aaron’s birthday. We met Rachel’s sister and husband (Aaron) in Ireland at the last leg of their trip. So to celebrate we went to a pub here in Ireland. We also saw a World Street Perfomer Festival (pics to come). I drank my first ever full beer, and
Rachel and I just left London, England. It was a lot of fun. We spent most of the day walking and doing the typical stops. Big Ben, Westminister Abbey…you know stuff like that. A few realizations after being there for the second time. 1. People in the UK are generally nicer people. People give you
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Rachel and I have bought brand new hiking bags, booked some hostels, a few flights, bought Euro Passes, shaved my head, cut Rachel’s hair, got someone to live at our house, got a free gift of a 80 gb Video IPod, and Rachel just won a 2gb IPod Nano, and as of this morning we
A lot of times we speak without knowing. I think when it comes to Africa, foreign aid, poverty and other social topics we are all guilty. I’m reading a book right now called the Road to Hell which is about how foreign aid organizations are hurting the third world countries and keeping them poor (or
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When we think of sharing we think of little kids having to share their toys. As we get older it becomes sharing the rake or lawnmower out of our shed to our neighbours. It usually consists of giving something of yours to someone else, with the understanding that you’re going to get it back when
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Barry and I had a booth at Artwalk this weekend. We didn’t sell much but we made lots of good connections, especially for the Sarnia Film Fest. Here is all the pictures that we were selling. Of course if you want any, you can always let us know. ———————– One of the Catholic churches in
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Bill Dahl has published his entire book online. A Porpoise Diving Life. Rick Warren wrote days 1 thru 40. He’s written days 41-80. His hope is that his readers will write days 81-120. ———————– It’s not that I hate Facebook, I just hate how people use it. Here is a cool explanation (maybe more in
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This year, Barry and I, are setting up a booth at Sarnia Artwalk 2007. We are pretty pumped. We are going to be selling our pictures that we have been taken over the last few months of different locations in Sarnia. Joe and I have also put in a booth to advertise the Short Film
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The Following is an excerpt from “Tales from the Secret Annex” written by Anne Frank. The quote inspired this post that I wrote a few days ago. “I wonder if any of the people sitting in warm, comfortable homes have any idea what it must be like to be a beggar. Have any of those
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This article was amazing by the publisher of Hustler Magazine about Jerry Fallwell. Matthew Good writes a eulogy to Jerry Falwell, who by the way, in case you didn’t know, has died. I have a feeling that these people wouldn’t have liked what he said. He has a Complex Legacy as Fox puts it. ———————–
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I’m really struggling with what it means to be with the poor. I grew up never really thinking about it. There were poor people and that sucked but I cared about where I was. As I grew in my faith and my friends and environment started to change I noticed a trend of it being
Darryl and Kevin, two of my closest friends, wrote Rachel and I songs for our wedding. They were both super well done and fit in perfect. Kevin sang his song while we were signing the papers and after when we walked down the isle and Darryl sang his song at the beginning of the wedding
Well a lot of people have been asking to see some pictures from the wedding. So here are some of my favourites. Our photographers name is Krista Jefferson, she is based out of Hamilton and was a friend of ours from the FRWY. She is phenomenal and a lot of fun to work with and
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I designed a site for a friend of mine in Peterborough who planted a church called The Third Space. This site is called Crooked Letters and its mixed full of all different types of writing. They are really creative, hilarious and refreshingly honest so enjoy… ———————– Jordon linked to a few interesting articles on Poverty.
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Jesus must have been intending something deeper when he said that the poor will inherit the Kingdom of God. He didn’t actually mean that. He must have been meaning something else when he said it is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man
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