This week we hosted a team from St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Tallahassee.  We had 19 teenagers.  It’s been awhile since I’ve been...

I thought I would write a short blog about our pets in Guatemala.  It started 2 months back when we got a baby chick and a bunny. Their...

This next month will be unbelievably busy.  We have several teams coming from different churches in the US to help on construction...

Every 90 days Joe and I must leave Guatemala for a couple days.  We decided to go to San Cristobal in Mexico for a couple days.  San...

The new house Today we went to a house dedication for a very special family.  Nicolaus has worked with Porch de Salomon for years helping...

Joe made friends with a little boy named Jesus and his sister, Maria (Spanish forMary).  Their parents don’t make much money and couldn’t...

I took some time away from my blogs, but now I need to get back to them.  There’s too much to say and I have some catching up to do.  To...

Our time in Luxor was my favorite  in Egypt so far. This is partly due to the hotel we were staying at.  It is a cute little budget hotel...

Our first full day in Alexandria was an adventure. Alexandria was first put on the map when Alexander the Great took over Egypt and moved...

This was a really amazing day.  We hired a car and driver and a guide for the day to see the monuments.  The guide was a real...

Not long after we boarded the plane to go to Cairo, Joe started feeling really sick.  The night before, he bought some fried fish from a...

I wanted to write a final post on Morocco to tell everyone my impressions.  When we first got there, we were confused, stressed out, and...

The last town we went to in Morocco was the little town of Chefchaouen.  It was founded in 1471 by Moorish exiles from Spain and also...

Since we´ve gone the cheapie route so far in Morocco, we wanted to splurge a little and get a nice room in a  beautiful riad (traditional...

After staying in Merzouga one more night we boarded the bus at 7 pm for the overnight trip to Meknes.  We got into Meknes at 4:30 am with...

After getting back to “civilization”, we decided to take another tour around the region, this time by a 4X4 vehicle.  Merzouga is popular...

After we left Marrakesh, we overnighted in the tiny village of Ait Benhaddou.  There is a kasbah there that was used as a set for many...

Snake charmers It´s official.  Morocco is really strange! As we were on the train leaving Casablanca, we started heading more into the...

The train ride from Southwest Germany to Prague was long!  We spent 12 hours on the train.  Before leaving Germany, we heard about the...

After we left Rothenburg, for whatever reason EVERYTHING seemed to go wrong for the next three towns.  There wasn’t one particular thing...