What's that White Stuff?

It's not every day that you see something that resembles snow in Southern California. The day after I arrived back from the warm tropics of South America, I was greeted by this in my yard. It was slightly hailish, but sure was white. Maybe it was "snail". This is doing its best to chase even the extreme Californians out of their flip-flops. And rumor has it that we've been advised to put chains on our tires should we get a mighty snowfall of an entire two inches. (Don't scoff, all you mid-westerners.)

Can You Hear Me Now?

The Pume are a group of semi-nomadic tribal people who live in the savannas of Venezuela. My parents have worked among them for 30 years doing tribal church planting and Bible translation. These are people who still live in palm huts and hunt with bows and arrows. Every day they wake up and must obtain their food for the day. Their overall object in life is survival. Recently though, one of the Pume men got enough money to purchase a cell phone with pre-paid minutes. It works great.. the only catch is this: He has to hike 50 kilometers out in order to get any reception. And that's walking--not driving. But he's willing to do this to get in touch with missionaries who have now had to leave this tribal area. And you thought your reception was bad.

Happy New Year!

Two Thousand and Seven sounds like a great year to blog in. More to come from the remotest corners of the earth. =) Happy New Year to all.