Petra indicates that she really doesn't enjoy taking baths, but she will allow me to bath her. Actually, she's really quite good about getting wet, but she prefers to be dry.
Life and times of the Hamm family in Quito, Ecuador.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Bath time...
Petra indicates that she really doesn't enjoy taking baths, but she will allow me to bath her. Actually, she's really quite good about getting wet, but she prefers to be dry.
Play Dough
For his birthday, Joel received a Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Play Dough set. Play Dough is one of his favourate items to play with, I think it's his creative side coming out.He can work for hours building things with Play Dough. With just a little help from Mom, he built this pair of potato heads. Not bad for four years old!
Ready for Quito Day
Joshua's school had a day where you came dressed up as someone from the era of the independence day of Quito. Always wanting to be a policeman, Joshua wanted to go dressed up as one.Marlene worked on putting together the clothes that he had so that it looked like a uniform. The only thing that we didn't have was the hat which during the festivities, can be had for about $1.
He thouroughly enjoyed the costume and had a lot of fun posing for his friends when the bus came to pick him up for school.
December 6 is Quito's Independence Day from Spain, just in case you were wondering. (And yes, I'm slow at putting this update on the blog!)
Monday, November 23, 2009
Petra
Petra is our new pet dog. Well, not so new really. She's now been with us for two months. She is cute dog and loves the boys (and us) and the boys love her. 
Given what she puts up with from them, it's obvious that she loves them!
It's quite funny watching her reaction when I bring out her leash. She gets all excited but comes and sits next to me so that I can hook up the leash. Of course, once that happens, it's like grabbing a tiger by the tail. She is quite strong and will pulll me all the way to HCJB, where she knows I'll let her off her leash so she can get down to hunting. She loves to go after the pigeons that fly around here. (She does a pretty good job of helping to keep the population down some.)
Given what she puts up with from them, it's obvious that she loves them!It's quite funny watching her reaction when I bring out her leash. She gets all excited but comes and sits next to me so that I can hook up the leash. Of course, once that happens, it's like grabbing a tiger by the tail. She is quite strong and will pulll me all the way to HCJB, where she knows I'll let her off her leash so she can get down to hunting. She loves to go after the pigeons that fly around here. (She does a pretty good job of helping to keep the population down some.)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Reflection: Missionary Radio Station Broadcasts the Gospel for Nearly 6 Decades
Source: Kenneth D. MacHarg, missionary journalist
Just stepping on the property one knew that it was a special place. Others declared that it was holy ground.
Whatever a person’s viewpoint, these 130 acres of rolling green fields with a spectacular view of the perfect snow-covered volcanic cone of Mount Cotopaxi to the south were a single point from which shortwave radio programs could be beamed from Ecuador to the four corners of the earth.
Pifo, as the transmitter site for Radio Station HCJB, the Voice of the Andes, was known, could only be described in superlatives: one of the largest radio stations in the world; the home of one of the largest broadcast antennas ever built; one of the few places in the world where radio broadcasts could reach around the globe; the place from which the gospel of Jesus Christ could be heard by listeners in each of the world’s countries.
Even before entering the property, a visitor approaching the transmitter site from Quito could see red-and-white towers poking up into the sky.
Passing through the entry gate just east of the town of Pifo, one saw 31 arrays of steel towers and curtains of wire spread out. Clustered near the transmitter and maintenance buildings were the homes of resident engineers.
Each of those unique structures with their complex web of reflecting curtains was designed to throw a powerful signal to a specific target, be it North or South America, Europe, the South Pacific, East Asia or West Central Africa. Smaller antennas, configured in a different manner, served to send programs in the Quichua dialects straight up where they would bounce off electronically charged layers far beyond the reach of the highest-flying airliner and bounce back down like an umbrella over the Andes where those descendants of the Inca civilizations still live.
In the large transmitter building, 10 behemoths of electronic genius pumped out hundreds of thousands of watts of signal power, much of it generated in HCJB Global’s own hydroelectric plants even higher in those majestic mountains.
Some of those technological marvels were commercial brands known to radio engineers around the world: RCA, Harris, Siemens. Others, including the super-power, 500,000-watt HC500, were built by HCJB Global’s engineers in Ecuador and Elkhart, Ind.
None of these were ordinary, run-of-the mill transmitters. No, they were specifically built for or adapted to Pifo’s extraordinary altitude of 8,600 feet where the air is thin and electrical arcing between components could quickly burn up precious parts and force an expensive and crucial piece of equipment off the air.
Hidden away in the roof of this fascinating building was a switcher unit, or to be more precise, dozens of switchers. These connected the appropriate transmitter to its scheduled antenna to beam the Christian message from Pifo in the morning to missionaries in the Brazilian Amazon or to German settlers in Paraguay and Argentina. In the afternoon they helped send programs to eager listeners in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; in the evening to enthusiastic listeners in the Americas and the Caribbean and in the wee hours of the morning to others in East Asia and the South Pacific.
While the transmitters were impressive, it was the antennas that were awe-inspiring. Whether seen against the backdrop of the setting sun or with Cotopaxi visible through their web-like patterns, these tall towers, reaching as high as 417 feet and holding two or three curtains of wires were fascinating as they invisibly bounced hundreds of thousands of watts of power, carrying the life-giving message of the gospel to people trapped behind the Iron Curtain, confined in the totalitarian state that was the Soviet Union. Also nurtured were those hidden behind the veil of Mideast nations or casually listening in their homes and offices in North America, Europe, Asia and the South Pacific.
It’s hard for those without engineering experience to understand how an array of thin wires can bounce an electric signal against another similar curtain and have that signal and its message arrive at a radio receiver 6,000 miles away.
But, the antennas and transmitters of Pifo, Ecuador, did just that, broadcasting at times in up to 18 languages a day, around the clock, around the world.
While the technology was fascinating, even more compelling were the people who made it happen—those men and women who relocated to the beautiful South American country of Ecuador over the years so that they could build a radio station that would carry a message of hope and life to listeners around the world.
Those engineers and technicians gave up what could have been lucrative careers back home to make certain that people in Ecuador and El Salvador, Germany and Greece, Russia and Romania could hear the life-giving message of Jesus Christ in their own language on their own radios.
These people, from a multitude of nationalities, were innovators and geniuses in their own right. They designed the cubical quad antenna to prevent electrical arcing at the tips of antenna wires and made that model available for personal, military and commercial use around the world.
They built and operated the “steerable antenna,” said to be one of the largest broadcast antennas ever built and the only one of its design ever constructed. They fabricated transmitters, antennas and components almost out of barbed wire and tin cans when standard supplies were not available. They utilized propagation possibilities (characteristics that allowed the signal to span long distances) that were unknown to others at the time, yet allowed the signal of Radio Station HCJB to reach the ends of the earth.
Why did they do this? Because they had learned that God, who created the world and everything in it, including the fascinating science of radio broadcasting, cares about His creation and wishes that each and every person, from every tongue and nation, will know His love for them. And, they discovered the truth of God as it is written in the Bible and the love, forgiveness and salvation of God which results in eternal life through God’s Son, Jesus Christ, who is the friend of sinners and the Savior of the world.
Today, those fields from which gospel programming was broadcast for almost 60 years are silent and almost empty. Gone are the huge towers and miles of wire that stretched across the green grass. Now gone silent are the transmitters* that labored day in and day out to transform the programs into a signal that would be carried around the world.
The site, which began broadcasting in 1953, will sign off for good on Sept. 30. A changing world and changing methods of mass communication have challenged Radio Station HCJB to move on to new ways of sharing that same message of hope. Today, satellite television and radio, the ability of local Christians to launch their own stations in communities where such broadcasters were forbidden or impossible in the past, the availability of other shortwave transmitting sites, the Internet, podcasts, social networking sites and Internet radio have become additional means of receiving information, entertainment and inspiration.
Pifo has become silent and the engineers and program producers have moved on. But today in every country of the world there are churches meeting, worshiping and serving because they practice what they heard on the station. There are entire communities and nations and people groups that proudly bear the name Christian because listeners heard the message emanating from Pifo. And, there are people, believers in Jesus Christ, who will attest to how their lives were transformed by Him and how today they are followers of Jesus because of what they heard from Pifo.
To God be the glory!
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* Broadcasts in Portuguese, German and Kulina are scheduled to continue from Pifo until November 15 on a powerful transmitter, an HC100. (German will be both analog and DRM digital broadcasts.) The Port & Kulina are on 11920 kHz. German is on 9780 kHz (analog) and 15280 (DRM).
Broadcasts in Spanish, Quichua, Waorani and Cofán are to continue on a regional frequency, 6050 kHz, which is to be assumed by Vozandes Media.
The official closure date for the Pifo transmitter site was Sept. 30, decreasing shortwave transmissions from 64 to 23 hours per day. This will decrease to seven hours per day on October 31, followed by the last transmissions (Portuguese, German and Kulina) from Pifo on November 15.
Editor’s Note: Ken MacHarg served in Ecuador with HCJB Global from 1990 to 1998. He and his wife, Polly, retired from Latin America Mission in 2006 and now live in Carrollton, Ga. His website is www.missionaryjournalist.net.
Just stepping on the property one knew that it was a special place. Others declared that it was holy ground.
Whatever a person’s viewpoint, these 130 acres of rolling green fields with a spectacular view of the perfect snow-covered volcanic cone of Mount Cotopaxi to the south were a single point from which shortwave radio programs could be beamed from Ecuador to the four corners of the earth.
Pifo, as the transmitter site for Radio Station HCJB, the Voice of the Andes, was known, could only be described in superlatives: one of the largest radio stations in the world; the home of one of the largest broadcast antennas ever built; one of the few places in the world where radio broadcasts could reach around the globe; the place from which the gospel of Jesus Christ could be heard by listeners in each of the world’s countries.
Even before entering the property, a visitor approaching the transmitter site from Quito could see red-and-white towers poking up into the sky.
Passing through the entry gate just east of the town of Pifo, one saw 31 arrays of steel towers and curtains of wire spread out. Clustered near the transmitter and maintenance buildings were the homes of resident engineers.
Each of those unique structures with their complex web of reflecting curtains was designed to throw a powerful signal to a specific target, be it North or South America, Europe, the South Pacific, East Asia or West Central Africa. Smaller antennas, configured in a different manner, served to send programs in the Quichua dialects straight up where they would bounce off electronically charged layers far beyond the reach of the highest-flying airliner and bounce back down like an umbrella over the Andes where those descendants of the Inca civilizations still live.
In the large transmitter building, 10 behemoths of electronic genius pumped out hundreds of thousands of watts of signal power, much of it generated in HCJB Global’s own hydroelectric plants even higher in those majestic mountains.
Some of those technological marvels were commercial brands known to radio engineers around the world: RCA, Harris, Siemens. Others, including the super-power, 500,000-watt HC500, were built by HCJB Global’s engineers in Ecuador and Elkhart, Ind.
None of these were ordinary, run-of-the mill transmitters. No, they were specifically built for or adapted to Pifo’s extraordinary altitude of 8,600 feet where the air is thin and electrical arcing between components could quickly burn up precious parts and force an expensive and crucial piece of equipment off the air.
Hidden away in the roof of this fascinating building was a switcher unit, or to be more precise, dozens of switchers. These connected the appropriate transmitter to its scheduled antenna to beam the Christian message from Pifo in the morning to missionaries in the Brazilian Amazon or to German settlers in Paraguay and Argentina. In the afternoon they helped send programs to eager listeners in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; in the evening to enthusiastic listeners in the Americas and the Caribbean and in the wee hours of the morning to others in East Asia and the South Pacific.
While the transmitters were impressive, it was the antennas that were awe-inspiring. Whether seen against the backdrop of the setting sun or with Cotopaxi visible through their web-like patterns, these tall towers, reaching as high as 417 feet and holding two or three curtains of wires were fascinating as they invisibly bounced hundreds of thousands of watts of power, carrying the life-giving message of the gospel to people trapped behind the Iron Curtain, confined in the totalitarian state that was the Soviet Union. Also nurtured were those hidden behind the veil of Mideast nations or casually listening in their homes and offices in North America, Europe, Asia and the South Pacific.
It’s hard for those without engineering experience to understand how an array of thin wires can bounce an electric signal against another similar curtain and have that signal and its message arrive at a radio receiver 6,000 miles away.
But, the antennas and transmitters of Pifo, Ecuador, did just that, broadcasting at times in up to 18 languages a day, around the clock, around the world.
While the technology was fascinating, even more compelling were the people who made it happen—those men and women who relocated to the beautiful South American country of Ecuador over the years so that they could build a radio station that would carry a message of hope and life to listeners around the world.
Those engineers and technicians gave up what could have been lucrative careers back home to make certain that people in Ecuador and El Salvador, Germany and Greece, Russia and Romania could hear the life-giving message of Jesus Christ in their own language on their own radios.
These people, from a multitude of nationalities, were innovators and geniuses in their own right. They designed the cubical quad antenna to prevent electrical arcing at the tips of antenna wires and made that model available for personal, military and commercial use around the world.
They built and operated the “steerable antenna,” said to be one of the largest broadcast antennas ever built and the only one of its design ever constructed. They fabricated transmitters, antennas and components almost out of barbed wire and tin cans when standard supplies were not available. They utilized propagation possibilities (characteristics that allowed the signal to span long distances) that were unknown to others at the time, yet allowed the signal of Radio Station HCJB to reach the ends of the earth.
Why did they do this? Because they had learned that God, who created the world and everything in it, including the fascinating science of radio broadcasting, cares about His creation and wishes that each and every person, from every tongue and nation, will know His love for them. And, they discovered the truth of God as it is written in the Bible and the love, forgiveness and salvation of God which results in eternal life through God’s Son, Jesus Christ, who is the friend of sinners and the Savior of the world.
Today, those fields from which gospel programming was broadcast for almost 60 years are silent and almost empty. Gone are the huge towers and miles of wire that stretched across the green grass. Now gone silent are the transmitters* that labored day in and day out to transform the programs into a signal that would be carried around the world.
The site, which began broadcasting in 1953, will sign off for good on Sept. 30. A changing world and changing methods of mass communication have challenged Radio Station HCJB to move on to new ways of sharing that same message of hope. Today, satellite television and radio, the ability of local Christians to launch their own stations in communities where such broadcasters were forbidden or impossible in the past, the availability of other shortwave transmitting sites, the Internet, podcasts, social networking sites and Internet radio have become additional means of receiving information, entertainment and inspiration.
Pifo has become silent and the engineers and program producers have moved on. But today in every country of the world there are churches meeting, worshiping and serving because they practice what they heard on the station. There are entire communities and nations and people groups that proudly bear the name Christian because listeners heard the message emanating from Pifo. And, there are people, believers in Jesus Christ, who will attest to how their lives were transformed by Him and how today they are followers of Jesus because of what they heard from Pifo.
To God be the glory!
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* Broadcasts in Portuguese, German and Kulina are scheduled to continue from Pifo until November 15 on a powerful transmitter, an HC100. (German will be both analog and DRM digital broadcasts.) The Port & Kulina are on 11920 kHz. German is on 9780 kHz (analog) and 15280 (DRM).
Broadcasts in Spanish, Quichua, Waorani and Cofán are to continue on a regional frequency, 6050 kHz, which is to be assumed by Vozandes Media.
The official closure date for the Pifo transmitter site was Sept. 30, decreasing shortwave transmissions from 64 to 23 hours per day. This will decrease to seven hours per day on October 31, followed by the last transmissions (Portuguese, German and Kulina) from Pifo on November 15.
Editor’s Note: Ken MacHarg served in Ecuador with HCJB Global from 1990 to 1998. He and his wife, Polly, retired from Latin America Mission in 2006 and now live in Carrollton, Ga. His website is www.missionaryjournalist.net.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Ready for school
In the afternoon, he gets back home, much more tired than when he left in the morning. Once a month he even gets to go swimming.
He is doing well in school and his teacher many times asks him to help her with the other students.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
First day of school
Today was the first day of classes in Quito for primary and secondary schools. Joshua was going to the school for the "big children" entering his first day of kindergarten.
The first day of school here is a bit of a cultural experience. As part of the first-day, the principal and teachers spoke for a few minutes to all the students (in the preschool section) and their parents. We then took turns introducing ourselves and our children.
There were grandparents, uncles and aunts, and other immediate family there for the first day of school.
All-in-all, rather nice to at least see the parents of the other children, even though we didn't get much chance to converse with them.
I'll post a photo of Joshua in his school uniform tomorrow.
Finally...
I started building these beds two years ago when Joel was going to be graduating from the crib to a "big boys'" bed. It was a lot of fun work and I was able to have the basic beds done for January 2, 2008, and the boys
enjoyed them.There just didn't seem to be a rush to finish the bunkbed parts as we had space in their room for both beds and we weren't going anywhere. This summer when we learned that we might need to move out of our current home, I decided it was time to finish them.
For the last few weeks of the project, Joshua kept asking about the beds that I was making. He also kept offering to help. So, when I brought the pieces home to assemble, both boys were there to help.
As you can
see, they are very safety concious and they both were wearing their hardhats.Finally, the beds were assembled and they could try them out. It was a bit of an adjustment for both of them to sleep in the new configuration, but both were very pleased.
The next day, they both spent the morning climbing into and out of the bed and playing on the top bunk.
The good news is that now their room has considerably more space.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Back to the future...
In February, 2001, this big 10-meter dish was put up on the campus of HCJB World Radio in Quito. It was used to receive programming directly from the U.S. via satellite, thus eliminating the shipping costs for CDs. The dish hasn't been used for a couple of years because we have stopped English language broadcasts from the region.
The dish was sold to a Christian radio station in Manta so they would be able to downlink programing for their ministries there.
They used a crane to take the dish off of its' tower and spent the next day disassembling the dish. That evening they were able to place the components on a truck to take it to Manta.
It is exciting to see that something which we no longer had a use for can be used by another Christian organization to further God's work.
Of course, the added bonus is that I now have a better view from my office. Instead of looking at the bottom of the dish, I can now see more blue sky...at least when the sun is shining!
Friday, August 21, 2009
A treat!
Several of our employees enrolled in a culinary course on pasteleria. At the Second Coffee this month, the participants in the course permitted us to test the skills that they had been learning over the past few months.
It was a
delight to try out the four main food groups, breads, vegetables, dairy products, and meat. Fortunately, each was cleverly disguised as something we normally associate with fattening.
Each of the bocaditos (small treats) was very tasty and I was encouraging them to take a second course, or better yet, just let us taste the results again!
It was a
delight to try out the four main food groups, breads, vegetables, dairy products, and meat. Fortunately, each was cleverly disguised as something we normally associate with fattening.Each of the bocaditos (small treats) was very tasty and I was encouraging them to take a second course, or better yet, just let us taste the results again!
Going, Going, Gone.
The changes continue to take place at HCJB in Quito. What used to be the old autoshop was torn down to make room for a new....basketball hoop. :-) Well, that's not the real reason. I suspect it had more to do with the shop always being used as a storeroom to put things in when we didn't have room in the offices!
The roofing material will be used by a church at the coast which hasn't had a church building since the floods a couple years back.
A small group of people came onsite and spent a couple weeks dismantling the roof so that it could be placed on to trucks and driven to its' new home.
It is so neat to see how when we are finished using something, God allows us to share it with others so that His name can be glorified!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Dress-up time
Here are
Joel and Joshua doing the dress-up thing. Joel is the policeman (or as he sometimes will say, "Oficial"). I think he got this from watching a couple of episodes of CHiPs (for those of you who are from the newer generations, this was a TV show from the 70's about the California Highway Patrol but dealt mainly with two characters who were in the motorbike division).Joshua is getting much more interesting in building things. Although, he does have very varied interests. If I had to decide which he liked more, tools and building things or bugs and insects, I'd probably have to go with bugs and insects. But we try not to allow him to bring too many into the house!
A good place to eat in Baños
If you are ever in Baños and looking to have lunch in a classy yet quiet dining-room atmosphere, you need to visit El Castillo. It doesn't look like too much from the outside, but inside it feels like a dining room. The food was excellent with four courses, a salad, soup, main course and dessert. And the price? Well, at $3, the price was every bit as good as the food.
It appeared to be quite popular with a number of regulars coming in to eat. I highly recommend it.
It appeared to be quite popular with a number of regulars coming in to eat. I highly recommend it.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
A little visitor
Joshua loves to pick up and play with all types of insects and bugs. What do they call that? (Besides being a boy that is.)
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Monday, June 22, 2009
In Shell for a couple of weeks
Wow, I hadn't realized that it had been so long since I posted something here. I guess I need to check my own blog more frequently!
We are in Shell for a couple of weeks to provide technical support to the hospital here until we can train our new employee in all that he needs to know to provide the support here in Hospital Vozandes del Oriente.
So far it's been fairly quiet, probably because not many people know I am here. That will probably change though.
The good part is that Marlene, Joshua & Joel could come with me as there is a nice house here at the hospital which we could use for the time we are here.
Joshua & Joel are quite excited about being here. It is something different for them and they do like doing and seeing new things.
We'll be going back to Quito July 3.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Elections this weekend
This Sunday, April 26, Ecuador will go to the polls to vote for mayors, congressmen, assemblistas and of course, president. There has been a lot of campaigning and as so often happens in many countries, lots of new construction, road work, tax incentives, etc.
Among the front-runners are Rafael Correa (currently president), Lucio Gutierez (ex military, known for his coup against President Jamil Mahuad in January 2000 and for his own ouster in 2004), Jaime Naboa (a well-known businessman from Guayquil) and a number of others.
It should be an intersting time as many either are totally behind Rafael Correa, or they don't trust him. Although it is not a sure thing that he will be re-elected, he is the front-runner in the campaign
We continue to pray for our current president and our future president that he would be able to lead this country with wisdom and integrity.
Among the front-runners are Rafael Correa (currently president), Lucio Gutierez (ex military, known for his coup against President Jamil Mahuad in January 2000 and for his own ouster in 2004), Jaime Naboa (a well-known businessman from Guayquil) and a number of others.
It should be an intersting time as many either are totally behind Rafael Correa, or they don't trust him. Although it is not a sure thing that he will be re-elected, he is the front-runner in the campaign
We continue to pray for our current president and our future president that he would be able to lead this country with wisdom and integrity.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
A visitor
But it seemed that he knew exactly where to go. He ended up in the office of Hermann, the Assistant Director for the Region.
When the bird got caught in the plant, German was able to catch it, and let it go outside of the window.
I was actually surprised at how calm the bird as in German's hand.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Strong winds
He watched it past and then saw another gust come down the side-street. Where the two crosswinds met it created a small cyclone and plucked this tree from its' roots.
Now I have some firewood for next year.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Change the battery?
Joshua told Marlene this morning, "Mommy, I'm going to pray to Jesus that He teaches you to speak English. Maybe Jesus needs to change a battery in you so you can speak English."
"Why do you want me to speak English?" asked Marlene.
"Because English is nice." was his response.
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I thought you might need a bit more context for this to make more sense (plus, it sounds funnier in Spanish). Marlene only speaks to the boys in Spanish and I only speak to them in English. Joshua speaks mostly Spanish at home. If I don't catch myself, I'll listen to him explain things to me in Spanish. It costs him more to explain things in English.
For those of you who understand Spanish, here is the original version.
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Joshua le dijo a Marlene esta mañana, "Mamá, voy a orar a Jesús que te enseñe hablar inglés. Talvez Jesús necesita cambiarte una pila para que puedas hablar inglés."
"Por que quieres que hable inglés?" preguntó a Marlene.
"Porque inglés es bonito." le respondió.
"Why do you want me to speak English?" asked Marlene.
"Because English is nice." was his response.
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I thought you might need a bit more context for this to make more sense (plus, it sounds funnier in Spanish). Marlene only speaks to the boys in Spanish and I only speak to them in English. Joshua speaks mostly Spanish at home. If I don't catch myself, I'll listen to him explain things to me in Spanish. It costs him more to explain things in English.
For those of you who understand Spanish, here is the original version.
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Joshua le dijo a Marlene esta mañana, "Mamá, voy a orar a Jesús que te enseñe hablar inglés. Talvez Jesús necesita cambiarte una pila para que puedas hablar inglés."
"Por que quieres que hable inglés?" preguntó a Marlene.
"Porque inglés es bonito." le respondió.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Merry Christmas
Our desire is that this Christmas may be a time of joy as we worship our Lord and Saviour whose birth we celebrate during this time.
Emmanuel, God with us. What a wonderful truth to celebrate! Our God is one who takes a very active interest in our lives and didn't just create us and then leave us to make our way in this lost world.
May you know Him this year.
Barry
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