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Fun At Sea World

September 28, 2007 3:37 am / 1 Comment /

Sea World of San Antonio hosted a neat little thing today. They opened up some of the animal exhibits to the families of homeschoolers. From 9:30 until 1:30 we had access to the dolphins, sharks, clydesdales, sea lions, walrus’ and killer whales. For eight bucks a head we could watch the animals and were also treated to shortened versions of a couple of their shows.

My favorite part is the dolphins because you are able to feed them fish and even touch them if they swim up close enough to you. As you can see, I got some really good pictures of the kids feeding the dolphins, but wasn’t able to get pictures of other things because my backup set of batteries were not charged. That did not make me a happy camper. Aside from that, we had a good time and made some good memories for the kids.
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My 40th Birthday!

September 27, 2007 3:42 am / 3 Comments /

Monday was my 40th birthday! Although we had the party on Saturday, my actual birthday was Monday the 24th. We had some good friends show up, a number of whom who I did not expect. I was honored that good friends would spend their time with me celebrating this event.

On my actual birthday, Becky and I went out to eat at Red Lobster and I had all you can eat shrimp. MY personal best is more than 100 shrimp, but I took it easy tonight and only ate about 60 because I knew we were going to have cake later on that night.

Speaking of which, check out my birthday cake! I love anything chocolate and usually have chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, but this time Becky had something different for me. It was a chocolate cake, but as you can see, it looks a little different.
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I’m Home!

September 20, 2007 6:31 pm / Leave a Comment /

I am glad to be home! Yes, it has been a week since I’ve posted because I wanted to take some time off before I jumped right back into the madness. I arrived home Saturday night on time, but without my luggage.

Once we were on board in Frankfurt, we sat at the gate for an hour before we took off. That left me with less than 50 minutes to make my way through customs and get to my flight in Cincinnati. I made it, but my luggage didn’t. It arrived the next day in good condition. I’ve yet to finish unpacking and sorting through tons of e-mail, but I am working through it. I’ll post my final journal once finish writing it. It is good to be home!
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Moldova Journal # 10

September 13, 2007 12:25 pm / 4 Comments /

A couple of days ago I received a comment on my Moldova Journal # 7 blog from an American who is here in the city of Kishinev. Justin and his wife Joni are here for five months working with a Christian agency. They, “are working with the Christian Agency for Micro Enterprise Development (CAMED) in Moldova. This agency provides micro and larger loans to small and medium-sized enterprises there, as well as provides Biblically-principled training for aspiring entrepreneurs. The agency sponsoring us is Business Professional Network, an international group of Christian businesspeople who desire to help local economies grow through business development. “

I just got off the phone with Justin and it is too bad that we were not able to connect earlier because they have many of good things to say on their blog, The Tapps to Moldova! They have been here a month already and have learned a lot about the country and its culture. I will be keeping up with their blog while back in the US and encourage you to do the same. I pray that they are able to make a great impact for Christ in this country.

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Moldova Journal # 9

September 12, 2007 6:28 pm / 1 Comment /

Here is a picture of some Jehovah’s Witnesses distributing Watchtower literature on a public sidewalk. They are everywhere in this country. I do not have the statistics available to me right now, but I do know that there is a greater ratio of JWs here in the country of Moldova than there are in the United States.

Notice what is in the background. Do you recognize those colors and that flag? They are right in front of the McDonald’s which is across the street from my apartment. McDonald’s! They’re in front of McDonald’s? Is there nothing sacred anymore?
“I’ll have a Watchtower burger with a side order of LIES, please.”
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