I really don't like camping- too much work with five kids. But the kids sure like it, so I put up with it.


Anyway, onto some moderately more interesting stuff:

 

Where I Have Lived:

Richmond, B.C. (childhood)

Abbotsford, B.C. (teen years)

St. Paul, MIN

Langley, B.C.

Vancouver, B.C.

Manila, Philippines

San Diego, CA

Mission, B.C.

White Rock, B.C.

 

Some Movies I Thought Were Great:

LOTR trilogy (hope P.J. makes The Hobbit)

Groundhog Day ("Whatever happens tomorrow, or for the rest of my life, I'm happy now")

Stranger Than Fiction ("I left my thimbles and socialist reading material at home")

Mr. Holland's Opus ("I can't remember the last time I had that was free")

Local Hero (little known older movie "I thought all this money would make me feel different")

The Whole Pixar Collection (genius)

Princess Bride (family favorite- "What, you wish to surrender to me? Very well then, I accept")

The God's Must Be Crazy I & II ("He spoke so earnestly that the baboon began to take note and dropped the evil thing")

Dark Knight ("Gothlem needs a savior")

BBC- The Life of Mammals with David Attenborough

So many more that could be listed

 

Books That Have Impacted Me:

"THE" Book

The Source- J.A. Mitchener

Shangtung Compound- Langdon Gilkey

What's So Amazing About Grace- Philip Yancy

The Cross- Morton Kelsey

Seeds of Contemplation- Thomas Merton

The Robe- Lloyd Douglas

The Silmarillion- Tolkien

Pilgrims Progress- John Bunyan

The Imitation of Christ- Thomas a Kempis

What I'm reading now: Grapes of Wrath- John Steinbeck

 

Where I've Studied:

Bethel College, St. Paul, MIN

Trinity Western University, Langley, B.C.

Regent College, Vancouver, B.C.

Bethel Seminary, San Diego, CA

 

Some Of My Pastimes:

Reading with a strong cup of coffee

House renovations (not by desire but it passes my time- lots of it)

Soapstone carving

A little writing

A very little penny whistle playing

Family, my biggest and best pastime