Blood, Sweat and Tears was a popular band at the height of their popularity in the 60’s and 70’s.  One of their hit songs had the line, “what goes up, must come down.”  Maybe you remember that tune and even if you don’t it just has a loose connection to the point of this article.  [...]

We (my family and a team from the church) are scheduled to leave for South Africa this Thursday. Now I am close enough to where I am beginning to think about whether or not I have everything I need to go, and if I have squared away everything here before I leave. We will be [...]

I had such a high fever last night that I couldn’t even escape it in my dreams.  Even in the imaginary world of my slumbering mind I had a super high fever, and I kept trying to cool off to no avail.  It was restless sleep at best.  There seems to be some serious illnesses [...]

Have you ever offered to help someone out only to realize midway throught the “helping out” process you are in way over your head?  Well I think my wife has done just that recently.  As we prepare to go to South Africa in a few weeks we are always on the lookout for things we [...]