What I see from here.

2009-07-13T20:18:00.004Z

What a brilliant idea!http://www.thebiglunch.com/

2009-06-03T07:30:00.001Z

Psalm 90:12"teach us to realize the brevity of life so that we may grow in wisdom"

2008-12-28T22:54:00.008Z

Merry Christmas!Fiona and I just had a great week with three young friends from Romania, Bela, Marian and Levi. We had a great Christmas together and we thank all our friends and family for making them feel so welcome and giving them a brilliant christmas. I think, for all of us, it was one of the best.On their first day here Charlie and I got to share a great experience with them. We took them

2008-10-26T17:18:00.003Z

Just a little highlight from last Sunday night... It was a great night at spring and airbrake and I have to say that live music is brilliant when you are only five or six feet from the artist.

2008-10-06T14:22:00.005Z

Just going through my pictures from Romania and found this beauty...I can't take credit for it though becasue I think our friend Kelly took it. This is near the town of Sovata beside a tiny little pilgramage church on top of a hill. Just thought you might want to see some of the more beautiful side of Romania.

2008-10-01T22:58:00.004Z

This picture has been added in response to my good friend Chuck questioning whether the picture in my last post was truly representative of the roads around Ballynahinch which I was encouraging you all to make good, healthy use of.I hope this one is more in keeping with the spirit of the post. In fairness the last one probably was taken just outside of anywhere USA where neither you nor I have

2008-09-30T21:43:00.006Z

On the road again...Over the last few weeks I have started running again on the beautiful roads around Ballynahinch and I'm really enjoying it. I have to admit that the recent bout (a week and a half strong until today) of good weather hasn't hurt my love for the experience either.But I think the brilliance of running goes beyond the good weather and dry roads. There really is something powerful

2008-09-23T15:59:00.005Z

A day at the beach...Isn't Ireland beautiful! And its right on our doorstep.

2008-09-15T21:17:00.003Z

For anyone who is patient enough to still check this space every once in a while sorry for the lack of content.It was an extremely brilliant but busy summer in Romania, followed buy a month back home painting our house top to bottom, followed by starting a new job and only having internet for the last few weeks.On top of that I find that now that I am back in the land where you can find out all

2008-06-29T13:25:00.003Z

We just finished our first week of camp!Thanks for all your prayers! We had an amazing week with lots of WATER and GRASS!On the last night of camp, right before we had our medal ceremony we did the final competition of the week... Body Building and Pose Down competition!This is it... Week 2 here we come...

2008-05-24T14:22:00.004Z

Very cute but very sad.Every other Saturday morning we do a programme called Club Fuel for about 60 orphan kids, under 14 yrs old, that live near Targu Mures. We use a big room in a facility that used to be a special needs orphanage. It's a great programme and we have a lot of fun with the kids and we usually play outside with them afterwards before the bus collects them.Well this facility is now

2008-05-14T15:52:00.004Z

Pray for grass!!!!!!I was out at our camp property at 7 this morning to check out our grass situation and possibly to fire our "grounds keeper." As some of you possibly know we flattened and reseeded our land last fall so that we won't have any broken ankles at camp this summer and now we are waiting for the grass to grow.But as we see the grass come up it looks like large portions of it were

2008-05-10T19:32:00.009Z

If some EU politicians have their way our children will all grow up in bubble wrap...I just read an article in Newsweek today about new regulations that are having a profound impact on the EU's music and entertainment industry. Apparently no employee can work in an environment with a daily noise average above 85 decibels.Since orchestras can easily go into the 130 decibel range and even bagpipers

2008-05-04T15:23:00.004Z

Money as Debt...I came accross this video the other day on Youtube and it was seriously eye opening even though some of it completely went over my head. And on the money topic, how about food as currency? We were doing an Easter scavenger hunt with the kids the other day and my role was to sit at McDonalds, let each team buy me something for about 60p off the delicious MC D's menue and them give

2008-04-15T15:25:00.006Z

Sorry for the repeated unoriginal content but this is really interresting...How the world really shapes up.

2008-04-13T14:44:00.003Z

Rapture Ready! ... interesting

2008-04-09T15:12:00.003Z

Check out this amazing dancing... Fiona and I went to a "Spectacular" yesterday morning that some of the kids we work with were performing in. It was pretty long and unorganized but we did get to see this amazing slap, clap and snap dance. This is traditional Gypsy dancing and its impressive stuff. Most of the kids we know sang and did traditional Romanian dancing which isn't quite as

2008-03-31T19:46:00.003Z

Something that inspired me today...Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Cor 4:16-18

2008-03-23T20:02:00.004Z

I was reading through John yesterday, especially the last few days before Jesus death.I am continually baffled, amazed, challenged, confused, and inspired when I read the teachings of Jesus... and I am always reassured when I read the responses of his followers. I find it very encouraging to know that some of Jesus closest friends were just as dim as I am.But there is one thing that Jesus said,

2008-03-18T11:56:00.003Z

It seems like there is a bit of a “tagging” epidemic going on right now and I have succumbed to the affliction despite installing some free virus protection software. It just shows you that nothing is 100% safe!7 things you might or might not know about me.1. I sucked my thumb until I was probably 8 or so.2. I also knocked out my 2 front teeth engaging in that lost

2008-03-10T12:10:00.005Z

Another first...On Saturday night Fiona and I went to our first Romanian professional basketball game. Our city has a team and I think they are actually about 4th in the league which is pretty good. Well some of the boys that I hang out with every week have been asking me to go for some time now so we finally all got together and went.It was actually pretty good (Not the NBA or anything but

2008-03-02T08:20:00.005Z

Too wonderful for you to understand.I was reading this morning in the book of Judges. A weird and amazing book about many unusual and unexpected heroes. But more amazing than the heroes that God chose to use were the people that He continually chose to save.God has done miracle after miracle for these people over the generations and they have been passing these stories on to their children and

2008-02-26T15:46:00.004Z

A beautiful view at Steinplatte (or Kitzbuhel?)...Sometimes one of the best parts of snowboarding is just sitting and enjoying the view, over lunch or even just between runs.

2008-02-20T22:07:00.003Z

Another first for me...This Sunday I took a few teenagers from a state group home to an Orthodox church in a small village just outside Targu Mures. Levi had told me that the priest at this church was a very wise man and he really wanted to see him and maybe talk to him. So off we drove to this village.When we got there I couldn't believe the scene. The village probably had about 30 houses and

2008-01-16T22:38:00.000Z

Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world!I just read this today in The word for today.'Many Christians estimate difficulty in the light of their own resources, thus they attempt very little and they always fail. The real giants have all been weak people who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and His presence to be with them.' - Hudson TaylorTo me this