Archive - January, 2008

VIDEO: Transported

January 31, 2008 in Video with 2 Comments

Visiting Cuba makes you feel like you have been transported to another time and place. Transportation there can be any number of things, from the back of a dump truck to a horse and buggy.

The buildings, images, sounds, and smells take you to another place. I hope this video transports you there.

I was in Havana, Matanzas, Santa Clara, Placetas, and Cienfuegos while there. I saw pretty much every type of transportation you can imagine. I even saw a goat pulling a kids cart. It was cute.

Anyway, I hope you can be transported to a different place with this video.

By the numbers

January 31, 2008 in features, YMI with 2 Comments

Here’s a summary of my last two weeks in numbers:

18 hours traveling in cars
16 days spent away from home.
15 hours waiting in airports
4 hours in airplanes
2 seminary classes (75 hours) taught to
13 students from
4 seminaries
5 cities in Cuba visited, including
(3 cities I had never visited before)
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links for 2008-01-31

January 31, 2008 in Links with 0 Comments

The Last 2 Weeks

January 29, 2008 in Miscellaneous with 0 Comments

Here’s a picture set from the last two weeks. I got in last night after a long trip. Yesterday, I spent 10 hours in an airport, and I spent 2 hours in airplanes. But, finally, I’m home.

I’m planning on writing more later, but I wanted to say that everything went really well while I was out. I had a great time of ministry and spending time with students. I taught two classes in two weeks, and we also talked a lot about what’s going on and the future of ministry in Latin America.

I’m happy to be back with my family. I missed them a lot. I’ll be home again for about a week until I go to Mexico. Then, I’ll be in Kentucky for 10 days. Until I write more, check out the pictures.

links for 2008-01-14

January 14, 2008 in Links with 0 Comments

VIDEO: Semanal and the Next Few Weeks

January 13, 2008 in Video, Videoblogging with 0 Comments

If you can stand the super close up of my face, check out the video where I explain what I’ll be doing for the next few weeks and a project I’m involved in all year.

I’ll be checking back soon.

Goals for my trip

January 13, 2008 in Center for YM, features, YMI with 0 Comments

For the last few years, I’ve been traveling to Cuba twice a year to train those who are training youth workers. I’m there again today.

I’ll be in Cuba for the next two weeks, and I was thinking about my time there. I’ll be teaching two youth ministry classes, but I was hoping that it will be more than just that. I believe that I have this job so that I can impact people and minister to them, not just teach them stuff.

Here are the things I want to accomplish while I’m there this time:

  1. I want it to be a time of spiritual refreshment for the students and myself, not just an academic exercise.
  2. I want it to be as participatory as possible, not just a lecture styled class.
  3. I want them to leave with practical tools for their ministries.
  4. I want them to leave fired up about what they can do in global youth ministry training.
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