The TeamIts been a bit more than two weeks for Younger Daughter and team members on their mission trip to Albania.  They are flying home tomorrow.From the blog updates and the photos, it seems to have been a wonderful trip.  A chance for busy and media affected American kids to unplug from the rush of … Continue reading Closing Thoughts from Albania

Sometimes, the words just speak for themselves:                When You Are Old    WHEN you are old and gray and full of sleep,     And nodding by the fire, take down this book,     And slowly read, and dream of the soft look     Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; … Continue reading When You Are Old – Yeats

She could have spent a week at the beach. Or at a spa, or shopping, or laying in the sun.But my wife chose to do this for a week.  I admire her so much, I don't know how to express it.

A week ago we put Younger Daughter on a plane to Albania, via London.  After 7 days we have a wonderful update from a remarkable girl.  Ok, I am biased.  Sue me.There she is to the right in the orange shirt and shorts, in a photo taken earlier this week.  So far from home, but … Continue reading Update from Heather in Albania

A friend just sent me this video.  Now I am a complete mess.  This is beautiful.  Simply beautiful.(And now, in November 2012, as this song came on Pandora at my office, I am thinking that the lyrics of this song reflect my prayers that my might life might reflect this kind of fatherly, simple love)

This afternoon, we put younger daughter on a plane (ok, really a church van, that was going to the airport) to that wonderland of eastern European vacation spots, Albania. For those of you who have suffered along with this blog for more than two years, you may remember that this is Daughter Number Two to … Continue reading Off to Albania, The Family Tradition Continues

Tomorrow will be the 4th of July.  BBQs with friends, flags and bunting, a parade down Main Street.  Bikes festooned with red, white, and blue streamers.  Fireworks just after dusk.But there is so much more going on here - and it really takes place in the ordinary of everyday.  Its the making of freedom, the … Continue reading This 4th, This Land, Our Freedom