Every month Christian Audio gives away a free audio book. All you have to do is go to the website, put the item in your shopping cart and use the coupon code for the month. This month the code is JUL2009 and the book is Crazy Love by Francis Chan. Chan is a Pastor in CA and several people have recommended the book to me, but I have not yet read it. Now I'm going to listen to it instead, and so can you. Here is the link. Read More
Blue Lagoon and Golden Circle of Fun
The parents of my beloved wife have been visiting from WI this week in honor of Mother´s day, Helen´s birthday (tomorrow), and Annie's birthday (Monday). Throughout the week I have been getting back in the flow of learning Icelandic and preparing for a volunteer group coming in a couple of weeks, but as we drew near to the weekend it was time to switch into sight-seeing mode. We headed out to the Blue Lagoon last evening, and enjoyed being "pickled" (Paul Haley's term) for a few hours in the Read More
Gleðilega Páska!
Refiner’s Fire
Bill Jessup called me yesterday. I knew right away that something wasn't right. I have been with him on more than a few occasions of talking about difficult news. Do you have a few minutes... I need to talk to you about something. I don't know any other way to say this... It is amazing how many things you can feel and think in the split second between a sentence like this and the next one. I thought, surely I have negligently caused someone's death. No, maybe somebody I love has died. Lord, have Read More
Hvað er þetta?
Þetta er tengdamamma. (This is a staple remover...) Today, both of my language teachers explained to us that Icelanders call a staple remover and a mother-in-law by the same name. The word "tengdamamma" is literally the word for mother-in-law, but the likeness that many mother-in-laws bear to the sharp teeth of a staple remover has resulted in the name being given to this otherwise harmless tool. Below is what many Icelanders apparently call a "tengdamammahús". I'll let you figure that one Read More
Time Magazine: 10 Ideas that Are Changing the World
And #3 is...worth checking out. The whole article is interesting, but I was amazed to see this in the top ten. Read More
Life in the Middle
Colby writes: Right now we are in the no-man's land between two cultures. We are not living and participating in our culture of origin and we can only sort of participate in the culture we now find ourselves in. If you haven't experienced it, you should just know that it comes with interesting experiences. I was reminded of Jesus words that unless you become like a little child you cannot enter into the kingdom. Much has been discussed in commentaries and books about these words, but a few weeks Read More
Sunday Photos
This is where we live.This is the distance from our door to the bus stop.This is our ride.And I just liked this set of windows. Read More
Wow, What a Week!
I was just sitting here and thinking about what we have been up to this week. -We arrived - We unpacked - We got a phone - We got internet (Thank You Dagny and Diana) - We had Swedish Meatballs and a great evening of Loot with Andres and Lilja - We found a four week intensive beginners language course - We have almost nailed down childcare - We locked ourselves out and were rescued by the neighbours and the Lady overseeing the building - We got bus passes and have discovered the joy of the city Read More
Live From Reykjavik!
Well, we are here in Reykjavik. All the logistics when as well as possible and we are excited to be here and settling in for our stay. Since it is sort of late to be bloggin' I will take a page out of Jason Pelt's book and give you a high and low this evening.High: The flat we are staying in is very nice. It is located downtown. It is near the main bus station. It has a nice open living area and we feel very comfortable in it. With the help of some friends here our arrival has gone incredibly Read More
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