Happy Birthday Bud! May 8, 2008
The Latest , 1 comment by Token Black Girl.Connie, may this be a marvelous year for you. May you run your 5k with the greatest of ease. May you learn to love to do lunges and and have the firmest butt ever. May your coffee always be fresh. May your computer never crash. May the allergens in our room dissipate. May I learn to keep my stuff on my side of closet. May Michael always have wine to sell you when you need it. May you find the perfect facewash. May your tennis shoes always be supportive. May the network never go down. May you never miss a deadline. May your border crossings always be quick. I wish all these things and more for you on this day of days. Happy Birthday!
Interview of the month May 6, 2008
Interview of the Month , add a commentSince this feature started it’s been ten months and I’ve done only five interviews. Since “Interview of Every Second Month” just doesn’t sound as good I’m stepping up the pace. I’ve even done next month’s interview in advance and timestamped it - do I rule or what? I figure if by the end of the year I can bring up my average to an interview every 1.5 months at least, I’ll be happy. That being taken care of, on to more interesting things, like:
I’ve been thinking that if my friend Dan Emerson in all his awesomeness is but a chip off the ol’ block - how awesome must his dad be, since Dan is a diluted version of him? A concentrated version of Dan; is such a thing possible? We’ll discover this together right here on 77ZI, hopefully - you know…if he answers. Interview guidelines found here.
So Dan’s dad, firstly, what is your current name and what names have you held throughout your lifetime?
State your favorite and least favorite country that you’ve lived in and why.
What where you doing with your life when you met the Family and were you one of the “I knew in that moment that I was supposed to join” types or did it take longer?
Name three of your heroes when you were a teenager and three of your heroes now.
Most memorable construction moment?
If you could go back in time to before you had kids and give yourself one piece of parenting advice, what would it be?
Have you ever held a job that you were entirely unsuited for but did out of necessity or for the cause of Christ?
What trait has Dan inherited from you that is most apparent to you?
Read the captions
The Latest , add a commentOn the pictorial post below. They’re very interpretive and poignant. And thus concludes our Nepal coverage.
Published May 3, 2008
The Latest, Interview of the Month , add a commentHeh. Heh. Check out page 25 of the latest Link (#34). My Interview of the Month with Robin in January made it as the featured article with pictures and everything. I feel like I’ve been published, vicariously! She gives an mightily impressive picture of the missionary work in Uganda and if you don’t have access to the Link, read it here and be amazed.
While we’re on the topic, like the importunate woman I put out another heartfelt-yet-totally-un-pressured-and-utterly-non-demanding-while-
remaining-entirely-sincere invitation to Robin to finish the interview, only if you feel like it. And I promise this is the last time I’ll ask 
The Great Hurrah! May 1, 2008
The Latest , 11 comments by Dawnie, Jahmai Willing, Bill, GOB, Anita, Ruthie, Shelly Belly, Me, Julie (smith), and Lily.Fire away Chuck! Veto any photos you feel are unwarranted, and I may add my insights to yours as I feel led and in due time. And until Comrade Chuck gets around to making captions, feel free to make up your own.
CC: I did it. Its an amazingly boring job and I lost heart after the first two captions. I think though, if you read over the captions and gaze at the pictures with emotional music in the background, it will make it almost as good as one of those touching YouTube slide shows.
Since we’re on the subject of Nepal; Lily and Steven - we had the awesomest time ever and thank you so much for all your help in setting us up and putting us up and putting up with us and for just being all-around swell, fun, and delightfully dynamic people. You totally rule!
CC: A poignant and interpretive moment in Nagerkat. The view is obstructed by prayer flags. It’s a Restaurant. I’m about to have the best pot of tea ever created by man. Jules is going to have some other unimportant gruel.
Besides the above photo, which I thought captured an interpretive and poignant moment, the rest of these are ordered chronologically.
The Village Woman April 29, 2008
Foolishness , 5 comments by Maya, Julie (smith), Nyna, and GOB.Here’s something to waste your time and my bandwidth (yes, this is a timewaster. You’ve been warned!) until I Chuck and I can agree on which photos we’re posting. Entertainment is limited when there’s few electronics and even less electricity for miles and miles and miles in any direction. We had to create our own. The children featured in this video were regarding us with terror until we told them we were from Germany. For some reason that seemed to clear everything up because they nodded and smiled at each other and said “Ahhhh….Germany!”
So, how do we do this? April 27, 2008
The Latest , 2 comments by Luca and Chuck.Chuck, how about I put up the photos and you supply the captions.
Do you concur?
This is for you, Mike. April 25, 2008
Foolishness , 3 comments by Luca, GOB, and Anita.Not only are we Home but we are alive as well - wow, no way! There’s much to say and much to post but first things first. Mike, this is for you.
Tattoos April 1, 2008
Foolishness , 12 comments by Crystal, Jeremy, Miss B, Niki, Leilani, Chuck, Steph, Mike, Andy, Nyna, and F|35h.Well, we did it! This is something we’ve both wanted to do for a long time and we finally did it after confirming it with the Lord one more time. We realize tattoos are a little controversial, but the Lord showed us that we can really witness with these and use them for His glory. We each had our individual reasons for why we picked the twin that we did, and here’s why:
From Chuck: King Kenji Onlyism. That’s right, I like it. Thankfully it is now thoroughly entrenched within my epidermis and down into the relevantly dermis layer of skinal factions. If you’re educated in the field of King Kenji Onlyism and you feel that I have somehow misrepresented the true foundation of our movement, just ask about it in the comments as it will most likely stem from the simplification that his perfectly chiseled features had to undergo in order to present them in this format, rather than actual error on my part. Although, that too is possible.
From Jules: While I’m firmly against the filtering of artistic expression or the exercising of cognitive dissonance, I believe that some imagery just isn’t worth not getting inked on oneself. It’s not that I think a person would be stumbled by it. For if you had any reasonable basis for your love for Jeremy, it would take more than a little tattoo to stumble you. That aside though, I think that this is a great tattoo, and if getting Jeremy’s face inked on your back brings about such expressions, then keep doing it. The results speak for themselves in this case I think.
There has got to be a better title for this than “Leeeeeaving on a jet plane!” March 26, 2008
The Latest , 7 comments by Loxy, Chuck, Leilani, Steph, Julie (smith), and Nyna.Nine days from today, I’m packing my backpack with four shirts, two pairs of pants, the appropriate underwear, a first aid kit, notebook for prophecies, and a borrowed camera. Then, Comrade Chuck (who will be sporting a similarly assembled backpack) and I will board a plane and eleven days from today, God willing, we’ll find ourselves in Nepal. We’ll hike, bike, scooter, swim, canoe, raft, and otherwise transport ourselves across the country for three glorious weeks of vacation. We also intend to sleep in hostels, I mention this just because it sounds so cool! We’re stoked!
Prayers are much appreciated, especially since the elections are happening smack dab in the middle of our trip, then there’s the Maoists and stuff. Pray also for my lungs and appendages; Chuck is a supreme fitness practitioner who is going to be running up and down the Himalayas the whole time, I’m hoping to just make it to the top of whatever mountains we climb in one living piece. As anyone who knows me will testify, this will involve much prayer in order to happen.
We’ll be seeing you all later and el blog will be very boring unless sister Steph decides to update it. Will also try to crank out an Interview of the Month before I leave.
So now, when the Enemy comes with around with his discouragement, trying to tell me how uncool I am, I’m gonna be all like “Yo, I backpacked through Nepal. Get outta my face!”