Friday was day 1 of my odyssey to the South. I took a few pictures. Here are some of them. Lunch Superman II Astronaut Costume Superman Museum Teresa Classic Family Portrait Metropolis, Illinois Superman Statue Superman Statue and Teresa Superman Statue Superman Reflection Metropolis I like big statues. Small Baptist… Read More »The South – Day 1
On the second day of the trip we headed to a house that hadn’t been touched or mucked. I can’t even describe how this house smelled. Once you opened opened the front door, you could stand across the street and still smell the house, with your mask on. The strange… Read More »Cedar Rapids Trip Day 2
I went over to Cedar Rapids with a group from my church to do a little flood relief. All I can really say is that it was 100 times worse than I imagined. 5,038 houses were effected by the flooding in Cedar Rapids. It will take 4 years of continuous… Read More »Cedar Rapids Trip Day 1
Looks like I’ve fallen a might behind. I’m in the process of helping Jesse put together a slideshow of pictures from Honduras. He has told me many a tale from his mission trip, but my favorite will always be about how he earned the credentials to be a first ballot… Read More »Jesse Goes to Honduras
I believe an important part of being an Iowan is having an opinion on what is the “right color tractor”. I don’t wish to get into this debate. I bring this point up because on Tuesday morning Lowell and I served breakfast with the Meth Men (as Lowell and I… Read More »The Right Color Tractor
I managed to make it through this Sunday’s Sermon/Interview. I don’t think that I embarrassed myself too much and I think at least a few people were touched or were able to relate to my message. I don’t want to re-hash the experience, but I would like to thank Jesse,… Read More »Sunday
I understand that most people will be donating stuff to help out Iowans, but say you don’t like Iowans all that much, I have an alternative for you. That alternative starts with a geography lesson. This is Honduras These are Hondurans Jesse is going to Honduras to do some mission… Read More »Donations Requested
My church, the First United Methodist Church of Boone, is doing a series of sermons this summer where the Pastors interview a member of the congregation. This Sunday is the second sermon of this kind. The lucky person being interviewed is me. I’m not really sure how or why I… Read More »Sunday, Sunday, Sunday
With all due respect to Dante and his circles of Hell, the only definition of Hell that I have ever been able to get behind is “separation from God”. Now that I have that figured out, I should work on a better definition for Heaven. While it is certainly true… Read More »Heaven and Hell
I’ve been thinking on a topic lately and I’ve come to the conclusion that I just need to write about it and then be done with it. I’ve been thinking about junk in art. Not refuse or garbage, but the male productive organ or the penis. I will refer to… Read More »Too Hot for Photobucket
Here is Mark’s latest newsletter about his mission work in Taiwan. I guess when I think about it, Mark might be the volunteeringest person I know. After all, every moment of his waking day he is doing mission work. I was particularly pleased to see that Mark has started an… Read More »The Taiwan Times – May Edition
Sunday was an interesting day for me. I started the day as a greeter for church. There were a couple unique events at church on Sunday. 4 of the churches in the area combined choirs and toured their churches. One of the other 4 churches is the Central Christian Church,… Read More »Sundaze
Last Friday Jesse and I embarked on a road trip that we lovingly named The Big Jesus Road Trip. Our final destination and epoch of the trip was a 33 foot tall stainless steel Jesus statue. A plan was hatched and a route was devised. The plan was set in… Read More »The Big Jesus
I have been looking forward to today for quite some time. After church Lowell and I attended a Methodist Men board meeting. I learned a lot about our future activities. We are serving the food at the Mother-Daughter Banquet this coming Saturday. We are serving Fellowship in the month of… Read More »False Snake Hype
I went to the church on Wednesday to take a group photo of the stitching group that Teresa started in Olivia’s name. Here is the result. This picture is going to go in the church bulletin, so in the end it will end up looking something like this: I took… Read More »Olivia’s Stitching Time
My friend Mark’s March Newsletter. Easter Activities Greetings everybody. I know this is a little late, but March was an important month, so I do want to write a little bit about some things that happened. Of course, March brought Easter, the most important day for us! The day God… Read More »Taiwan Times – March 2008
I’ve had some strange encounters with members of the Class of 1993. My home loan officer is from that legendary class. I ran into a member from the class at a nursing home. Then I met a member of the class during Fellowship at church. Interesting.
I returned to my table. I enjoyed the company of the people at my table for a few moments. Up on stage at this time was two guys singing in AC/DC’s TNT. The were pretty dreadful, but they were entertaining. One guy sported a Danzig shirt. The other guy cracked… Read More »Thursday Night with Kountertop (Pt. 3)
I’ve been an usher at church the last two weeks. I usher again this coming Sunday. At first I was a little bit leery about being an usher. The main problem is that our traditional worship service begins at 8:55. That means to begin fulfilling the many usher duties (handing… Read More »Usher Observations
I feel like posting some pictures from Easter. Alexis Carla & Mom Watching Egg Hunt Egg Hunt Neighbor’s Dog that Doesn’t Shut Up Mom Alexis Sorting Eggs Teresa Displaying the Maturity of her Years Brandon Johnathan Jason, Carla & Brandon Elainie Logan Teresa Crocheting Vacation Pictures I also had supper… Read More »My Happy Easter
Lowell and I discussed putting together a Relay for Life team for 2008 shortly after the 2007 Relay for Life event ended. Then we did nothing. A couple of Sundays ago they announced in church the need for members for our 2 Relay for Life teams. Lowell quickly signed us… Read More »Relay for Life