There are people who say that we have bullies and we have victims. The implication of this attitude is that a bully is someone cruel and a victim is someone to be pitied.
While this attitude is accurate to a degree, there is point where the distinction ends. Yes, when a bully aggresses against someone, they are acting with malice for the intent of victimizing another person [note: sweeping generalization]. And an innocent person who has been victimized can feel wounded.
This week our city and country will be celebrating Carnavale. It is a holiday that has its roots in pagan beliefs and our present-day customs reflect those roots.
One of those customs is the “dousing with water”, representing the insemination of the populace to ensure fertility in the coming year. I really don’t think that this [...]
We have been in Bolivia for almost 4 years. That is so amazing to me, and yet in many ways I feel as if I have lived here all (or at least most) of my life.
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We haven’t had a hard time with the culture. My parents and ancestors are from small-town Texas [...]
With the rainy season flooding the crawl space beneath the house, we have had trouble with rodents. It has been driving me batty and we finally got to the point where we agreed that we would have to get poison — they kept eating the bait and totally disdaining the traps available [...]
Since I am blogging at the moment, I thought it would be a great time to share the blessing God has visited upon us concerning the English classes we give.
In our post-modern society, often the best way to reach a person’s heart with their need of a Savior is to meet their daily physical needs. [...]
In Sunday’s paper (Los Tiempos), there was an article that said Bolivia would be getting a new currency standard starting in 2010. Apparently the “new” constitution gives the president the unchallenged right to change the national currency? I’m going to have to pull out my Spanish dictionary for this one, or better yet I will [...]
sigh… our “new to us” house is GREAT for ministry and classes! But I had NO idea how significant the lack of hot water was going to be to us.
Right after moving in to the house we started getting sick. It quickly became clear that we were getting sick from the bacteria and amoebas that [...]
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