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Rodrigo

This is Rodrigo. We met him a couple days ago in the midst of a drug overdose. He had an interesting, and mostly intelligible, story. He is 20 years old. He is from the south of Mexico, but like many, … Continue reading

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Tacos and friends

We had dinner with our friend Arturo and his wife Eva last night at their house. They served some excellent tacos that had beef, chirizo, and other such tasty things. They were so good. After dinner we played Jenga. It … Continue reading

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Spanish Lessons: April 30, 2014

Today we continued to work on imperative formation, to include use with endocliticos (I still don’t know how to describe these in English). Here are some examples: Tu / decir / la verdad / a ella. Dile la verdad. Disela … Continue reading

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ornamental sweet potato vine?

Identifying plants online is a difficult task. I have no idea how one would do this before the internet. I have been trying to identify the vine I have been growing (with unusual success!) in the front yard (I killed … Continue reading

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Spanish Lessons: April 29, 2014

Spanish has so many exceptions to its rules it’s ridiculous. Today I am learning imperative construction. And like the endless list of irregular verbs (some of which follow some form of pattern), there is also a long list of irregular … Continue reading

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A whole lot of red meat…

We went out for dinner tonight for Beto’s dinner to Steaks del Herradero. This used to be my favorite place in town and we’d eat there pretty much every week. But we haven’t been there much lately as we’ve found … Continue reading

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Matt and Dana leave town with help

Getting to our away from our house can be a little confusing. So we drove Matt part way out of town so they wouldn’t get lost. This is my first video with my new camera. So much fun.

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Spades

Yun and I continue to give Matt and Dana free Spades lessons. We had an opportunity to play last weekend on their visit. Since we hear so much about the Kruis’ rules and how difficult they were (despite being a … Continue reading

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Book: The Structure of Biblical Authority

“The Decalogue is not offered fallen man as a genuine soteric option but is presented to him as a guide to citizenship within the Covenant by the Savior Lord, who of his mercy delivers out of the house of bondage … Continue reading

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Steak tradition continues…

Matt and Dana came down last weekend to visit from Tucson, which provided opportunity to honor our tradition of steak and potato dinners! This has to be my favorite meal (I know I say that about many things). My responsibility … Continue reading

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