04/24/07 A deer in the field next to our house this
morning....yes, that is snow. Yuk!
04/23/07 I am a new graduate! Website HERE
Can you believe it? They are talking snow again tomorrow. Anyone above 6500 feet(that would be us) should get some snow! What a long snowy winter we have had.
04/21/07 Anika and her new husband Josh. A couple pictures
of Coast Guard graduation day (March 30)
Psalm 19:1 "The heavens declare the glory of the Lord, the skies proclaim the work of His hands". This video is from Compassion artist Bebo Norman. I will lift my eyes to the maker of the mountains I can climb..... CLICK ON THE "PLAY" BUTTON.
04/20/07 Signed up for the "Take 5 in the Garden" race on May 5th. A run through the Garden of the Gods..awesome! Anyone else interested in running it with me? Check out the website...HERE
Rock formations in the Garden of the Gods....
04/19/07 Connie went to Ecuador last year. We started
sponsoring Jessica. This is Jessica and her mother with Connie.
Connie went on a home visit. This a little boy at his house.
Looks like the barn is part of the house.
A traditional feast in Ecuador. No plates or utensils.
Just grab and eat. Sounds like a manly way to eat!
Playing with the kids....typical Compassion Child Development Center in Ecuador...
Another pic of Connie and Jessica (and mom)
We send the family $100 last year... this is where it went.
The Compassion country staff decides with the family how to spend it
(unless we specify) The tank for propane is awesome.
Now they can cook!
04/18/07 Me with some kids in an El Salvador church/Compassion Child Development Center
04/17/07 Old Busch stadium...just a hole in the ground. And new
Busch, across the street
The old right field foul pole ...
One more pic of the starting line
04/16/07 Big weekend in St Louis. 1/2 Marathon! Over 11,000 racers. Official results ..hey I finished 40th in my age group!
| Bib | FName | LName | City | State | Country | Age | Sex | ChipTime | ClockTime | Overall | SexPl | DivPl |
| 7287 | Stephen | Johnson | Colorado Springs | CO | 51 | M | 1:51:21 | 1:56:10 | 1017 | 755 | 40 |
Race pics...I took these while running, so some are blurry.
Starting line downtown.
Race pics...I took these while running, so some are blurry.
Starting line downtown.
Running south towards Busch Brewery. Ahh, the smell of beer brewing
while running.
Running through the brewery...kinda weird
I ran backwards in this pic, so Matt could take my picture.
Back towards downtown...about 4 miles out(left) Coming up on ST
Louis U (about 8miles out)
Making the turn...10miles out
Getting close
Finish...at last! Whew!
Me and Matt after the race...
Family in St Louis..Grandmothers and grandkids.
All of us
Us and Phillip (his favorite color is green)
Hey! Kory wrote an article about a ministry that we are involved in. Body of article below from Christian Kingdom Builders.. email Kory ( newsletter@christiankb.org ) to get a copy of the newsletter.
04/12/07 More pics of El Salvador. We went on a home visit.
We had to walk from the Student Center a while to get there..
They did have electricity...check out the wires
Our group that visited this house.
Check out what everyone uses for clothesline.
Me and some girls from another Compassion Student Center in San
Salvador
OK...Back to the United States..there is a cat in the neighborhood that might be George....do these cats look the same?
04/11/07 A video preview of the course for the St Louis Marathon this Sunday, HERE...Yikes..hope I'm ready! I am thinking of photo-blogging the race. Probably just carry a camera with me. Look for pics when I get back!
Also thinking of running the Colorado Marathon...
May6th..........
go HERE
04/10/07
Me and Ricardo at the church and Student Center in El Salvador.
A guy we went to Nicaragua(before El Salvador) with, wrote an article about the trip. Check it out HERE
Timothy taking his usual position at the computer.
04/09/07
ongratulations to Zach Johnson, for the Masters PGA win. He is an Iowa boy from Cedar Rapids, which is an hour an a half from our home town of Moline, IL. Zach is a Christian whose wife made a ball marker for him. Excerpt...from an old article..HERE
Johnson's wife, Kim, had manufactured a personal ball mark for him. On one side she inscribed the words, "Trust your line," accompanied by the notation Proverbs 3:5,6, which says: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." Johnson would set that side up on the putting green and recite the proverbial words to himself.
The reverse side of the homemade mark helped shape Johnson's mindset elsewhere on the course. The inscription was, "One shot at a time," and the Scripture passage was Matthew 6:33-34: "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you. Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow has enough worry of its own."
Daffodils in our front yard......................................
Daffodils are hanging in there(barely).
Anyone ready for summer yet????
04/01/07 Kayli and her friend Kristin are out here to visit. This is us hiking at Ute Valley. Abby sure doesn't act like she is sick. Especially when it comes to a hike!
Taking a break
03/31/07
Kayli is going to be visiting us for a few days... She wants to go to college out here and we will visit Northern Colorado and University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, while she is here.
Well, we found out today that Abby has lung cancer now....she won't be around for long. It will be a tough time, as she has been a great dog, and goes EVERYWHERE with us.
Talked to Anika yesterday, and Josh has graduated from Coast Guard boot camp. More details and pictures to follow. Sounds like he is very tired and considers the experience tough but a good thing.
1/2 marathon update....beautiful day, but not a beautiful run. I have lost some fitness since going to El Salvador.... 11miles...moving time 1hour,44min...moving avg6.3mph...max speed 9.6mph. Trudged the last mile...ugh!
More El Salvador pics... this is the kitchen at one of the Student Centers...they are fixing food for the kids...
Doing the dishes afterward...
03/30/07
Visited a house down the road from the Student Center we saw in the pictures on the 03/30 post.... this is a typical "house" The child leaning in the doorway is one of those we saw at the Compassion Student Center. The picture on the right is the kitchen in the back yard.
The bed they shared between the mother and 3 boys....
03/29/07 Visited a Compassion Student Center north of San Salvador... Teaching the kids computer skills and sewing skills. They would never get a chance like this without Compassion.
This is me with a bunch of kids...they are getting fed. These kids go to school every morning or afternoon and spend the other 1/2 day at the Compassion Student Center. Getting a meal is very important as the average monthly income of families in this area is around $100.
The pastor of the church and attached Compassion Student Center. His home(parsonage) is across this dirt playground area. Compassion does not pay any salary of the pastor or the volunteer tutors for the kids. Compassion does not pay for any building in this church or Student Center. The money you give goes for food, books, clothes (if needed), learning material....etc.
