Category Archives: stories

On Tuesday evening Meri and I had the privilege of hosting in our apartment a small forum on education.  A Pepperdine University Education professor and her eleven college students (who are taking her course on culture and language study as preparation … Continue reading →

We usually write about way of life in East Hollywood, but I want to share about California churches that have helped shape who I am today.  On Sunday Ed, Katie, Meri and I visited with our brothers and sisters of … Continue reading →

It is past 3am.  Usually I’m asleep but my sick boys needed their daddy to buy more fever-reducing medicine…  It is an emotionally difficult thing to drive the streets of LA at this time of night/morning.  You see all sorts of … Continue reading →

Our boys get their haircuts ($5 per cut) from our Guatemalan neighbor (I’ll call her Sally).  She has a cosmetology license and runs her business in her tiny 1-bedroom apartment.  While she cuts hair, Sally likes to play CDs of Marimba … Continue reading →

Signs at the entrance to the elementary school, located on the block behind our apartment.

“After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.  Ask … Continue reading →