I get to play VJ tonight at a dance. I am still using Arkaos after all these years to mix and perform the video loops. The occasion???? Miriam is our Land-Rover-driving neighbour who moved a few houses down from us. She is also the vocalist for the band Ragstone 27 (see my video of their…
Read MoreOff To Cambridge
I am going over to Cambridge tonight for dinner with Maggie and Phouc-Tan who are expecting the first installment to their family (due May 1st).Maggie was in my youth group YEARS AND YEARS ago in Australia and is one of the infamous Blick sisters. Jules, another of the infamous Blick sisters, and by far the…
Read MoreSam’s birthday
Samuel turned 15 on Saturday. He’s doing well. Getting taller by the minute. Thats a screenshot of Sam on the left enjoying his birthday inside the online Runescape world. You know you have a geek for a son when you have to take screenshots to get a good image of him. Happy birthday, dude!!
Read MoreBrilliant January Day
I know this is winter in the far north and everyone thinks we are freezing inside igloos here. But the weather has been calm and nice for nearly 2 weeks. Yesterday was spectactular! Absolutely BRILLIANT. No wind, only sunshine. Blue sky turning burnt orange sunset teasing the distant charcoal hills. Gosh, I’m a poet and…
Read MoreIn Memory of Andrew Lawson Johnston
Scotland lost a great man last week to cancer. Andrew Lawson Johnston, artist, Christian leader, and engraver to the Queen. Andrew was a key person, if not THE key person in the charasmatic New Wine movement in Scotland. His passing will be sorely felt all over the UK. More info here. I had the privilege…
Read MoreElizabeth Turns 13
We had a Chinese theme last night, since Elizabeth (my daughter) is so interested in all things Chinese. I managed to buy some things from Chinese store in Sheffield last week – calligraphy paper, brushes, lanterns, ink, slippers and cooking utensils for her Chinese dinners that will be happening every Saturday night in our house.…
Read MoreHannah’s Birthday Today
Our daughter Hannah turns 7 today. She has 2 friends coming over for pizza and we are all going off to see Narnia at the movies. Hannah was born in Humbolt County, California, Jan 13, 1998. Cant remember if that was Friday the 13th or not.
Read MoreFamily at the End of 2005
Half the family is sick right now so New Years Celebrations will be a dampened celebration compared to last years loud partying on the streets of Stromness. And no . . I am not going to compete in the local New Years Ba’ like I did last year. We are renting this apartment above a…
Read More25 Years Away from NZ
Our family left New Zealand on December 5, 1980. Mum and Dad were together then, and we kids were 4 teenagers. None of us had ever left NZ. We flew across to Perth, West Australia to settle in a place with more sun and a new life. VERY exciting. Everything was new. I still remember…
Read MoreThanksgiving
We are celebrating the USA Thanksgiving on Thursday – I will be in the kitchen and I refuse to blog. Our kids, most of whom were born in USA, are really excited about it. Normally we throw a big party and invite the whole town, but since our apartment above a restaurant doesnt have the…
Read MoreCamping with Friends
There was a caravan of 7 cars when we left the Doxology exhibition to get to our KOA campsite. We set up our tents and made it our base. The following day we had a BBQ with about 40 people. Campsites are great places to throw parties – $15 a night for your tent and…
Read MoreTonight – Abigail’s party
Abigail’s birthday party tonight – belated due to a traveling daddy – but on tonight with pizza and movies and 8 giggling girls. I am making the pizza and hosting some games. And when it is over, I leave at 11pm on a ferry to attend a strategic meeting tomorrow in Kinross with Mission Scotland.
Read MoreWe survived 10 Years of Emerging Church!
Our family are working on a book that captures the moments of our last 10 years of trekking around the world, seeing what God is doing, and sometimes being involved with building foundations for new things. The book will be handmade and will have much of our poetry, stories, recipes (pizza) and our best images.…
Read MoreMy Random Son Wins a T-Shirt
Sam just won a signed T-Shirt from HabboHotel for sending in the most random of random objects – a homemade loaf of blue liquid bread that dissolves metal. Sam, who is now 14, has been a regular on habbo hotel, and is responsible for setting up Suddenly Seminary each time we meet. His own rooms…
Read MoreElizabeth Finishes Pilgrimage
We are very proud of Elizabeth, our 12 year old daughter. She has just walked across Spain – a 5 week prayer walk on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail. Much thanks to Cindy Blick her guardian and fellow pilgrim. Cindy walked it last year. They are in Santiago but will meet up with my…
Read More18 Years of Marriage
Anniversary! Debbie and I have been married 18 years. The big day was August 8, 1987, at First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton. And the Groom looked dazzling . . . I mean the Bride. This is our first anniversary away from each other – Debbie left yesterday to pick up our daughter Elizabeth from…
Read MoreSamuel scores an iPod Shuffle
Samuel’s birthday on the 28th. He was thrilled to death to be the first member of the Jones family to get an iPod – thanks to the release of iPod Shuffle and its affordable price. Samuel is a way cool son. He is now 14.
Read MoreHappy Birthday Elizabeth
She turns 12 today. And we found a very cool 1999 iMac on ebay for her present. She wants to be a writer, and publish books. We hope having her own computer (the first of our kids to have their own) will help in that. Happy birthday Liz!!!! Sorry i cant be there today. Enjoy…
Read MoreOur Christmases
Merry Christmas everyone. We are having 3 Christmas celebrations up here. We celebrated Christmas with Cindy and Julie Blick from our old church in Australia (when i was a youth pastor 12 years ago). they were here for 4 days and have left now. They hope to be back here in Orkney next summer. Christmas…
Read MoreAbigail fine after seizure
AAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhh yyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Very scary morning for us. Abigail had a diabetic seizure and is now recovering in hospital. She will be fine, but it was very scary for us.
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