It’s about 8 AM and we’re sitting at gate D31 waiting for our flight to Dallas connecting on to Memphis where we will pick up our car and drive back to Tupelo. From the time we left the guesthouse in Santa Cruz last night, our travel time back home will be about 22 hours. We’re both a little bleary-eyed af …
Tonight I saw something I had never seen before. It started when we went to downtown Santa Cruz with Tom and Janine Throssel and their children plus Tom’s parents Terry and Marlene plus their friends Richard and Janice Cavaliere who came to Bolivia to help with the children during the conference this week.Marlene and …
The two in the middle were born in the same hospital in Havre, Montana.When Marlene spoke to the women, she told them she was born in Montana. The next day Dan Strebig asked her where in Montana she was from. When Marlene said she was born in Havre, he replied, “I was too. In Deaconess Hospital.” “I was born there too,” Ma …
Marlene and Laura Kienzle check out the Sahara Pizza motorcycle delivery man.Rebekah Kienzle serves the Sahara Pizza special to Laura, Marlene and Erica.L-R: Paul, Rachel, Laura and Rebekah Kienzle, Marlene, Erica Kienzle, Ray.The conference ended this morning on a deep note of spiritual worship. You could not doubt the dee …
We took this picture today after the morning session and just before lunch. Greg Dahl, the tall fellow on the back row at the right, took this picture using the time-delay feature on his camera.
Missionary kids taking a ride through the animal preserve at the resort.A rural furniture factory with its products displayed by the side of the road. Rebekah Kienzle and Phillip Throssel show off a macaw that lives at the resort. With the single missionaries of the SAM Bolivia field.L-R Dana Wilson, Katie Wells, Marl …
Last night when I mentioned that Ohio State and LSU were playing for the National Championship in college football, one of the missionaries said, “You need to talk to Bill. He loves the Ohio State Buckeyes.” That turned out to be something of an understatement. Bill and Bev Smith have been missionaries in Bolivia for many y …
We arrived in Santa Cruz about 11:30 PM where we were met by Tom Throssel, one of the SAM missionaries. We met Tom and Janine in the mid-90s when they were students at Moody Bible Institute and attended Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park. We spent the night at the SAM center in Santa Cruz. This morning the weather is warm, …
We are in the Miami airport waiting for our flight to Santa Cruz. We should arrive at 10:40 PM. We’ll do some sightseeing tomorrow morning before the conference starts Monday night.By the way, if you plan to fly through Miami, come early. Besides the enormous amount of construction in and around the airport, the relat …
8:06 AM I stayed up until almost 1 AM loading my iPod Shuffle. Turned out to be easier than I thought. I haven’t played anything yet, but I spent an hour (or more) loading podcasts from various programs—mostly sermons and ministry broadcasts. I ended up with 21 hours of programming and 43 different podcasts. That sho …