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encouraged.

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:43:52 GMT

definitely surprised and encouraged by the response the last post!

so although i have little to reflect on today i do have a photo to share...
this one is me sitting on some steps in the heart of københavn. sipping a soy chaiccino-classic with a shot of espresso.
i was hanging out with paul. one of our dear australian friends who has since returned home. we greatly miss him!
he loved grabbing my camera and taking shots. this one is quite good! if i do say so myself. at least the subject is pretty good...

i went through some shots from last year and found a couple ones worth editing and hopefully i can share some of the here in the next weeks.

just as we were going to bed i started talking into dawn's belly. and our little hope began to wiggle and jump at the sound of my voice. i almost cried!

hope=joy.

confession

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:32:54 GMT

so i am wondering how many people actually read these anymore... everyone is hooked on the fast and shallow updates of facebook. who can blame them.. it's easy. however, i wonder if this is not just a mirror of our contemporary society. fast and shallow. of course, i did cave in and join the fastest growing social networking site. and on the positive side, it has 'connected' me to many people that xanga, or aim, or any other communication tool created ever connected me to in my life time. but how is that connection? it feels more like a continually updated yearbook. we can add the pictures and give the subtext. we are in control. and it's centered around 'me'. and so the 'connection' we think we are getting really is a facade. in fact, it may lead to further disconnect a culture--or a generation that is in desperate need of a community to identify with. so i guess, what i'm trying to say is sorry. what can i do? even xanga became a place where i mostly posted my photos. but at least i was doing it for the pleasure of others. so, i hope to at least start posting shots again. and maybe, if i can slow down enough, add a few thoughts (or confessions). the real question is if there are any people around anymore?

rt. 59 in good ol' plainfield, IL.

home.

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:51:30 GMT

maybe you've seen this... all shot on a digital slr... love it.
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so we are home. the first home not connected to a church or school since we've been married.
we are still unpacking and storing things as well as putting on the final touches. but it already feels like home.

anyways, once again long time no see xangawanga.

it is autumn here in copenhagen. and dawn and i have decided that it might be the best season.

it's hot.

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:27:03 GMT

so i've heard that denmark has a summer. i've never actually experienced one. but i think it arrived this week. oivey!
we've got three fans going. but with no ac it's more just a warm air blower. phew.

i found a few shots from our day in the city last month. some turned out quite nice. the quality had to be reduced for xangawanga.

oh and if any of you are mac geniuses... my sound has completely disappeared from my macbook. no sound icon at the top. no input or output.
i'd hate to have to turn it in for who knows how long. bad timing. bleh.

thanks for all of your nice comments!

hope sandoval

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:00:41 GMT

so we found yesterday we are expecting a baby girl! so happy!!!
here's a photo of dawn and hope at 20 weeks.

my two ladies!

today is my half birthday.

pitch his tents

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:38:29 GMT

two camps down. one to go. so nice to have some friends to feed us and show us how danes do camping!
this was the regen tent. nice shout out to the nørrebronx and the youth house.

good days

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:59:44 GMT

here's to good days

i got to spend a week in the western part of our island in a small town called fårevejle.
every morning i got to teach a group of young adults. it was awesome. i went away with new friends and new hope.

in a few days dawn and i will go even further west, to the mainland of denmark for another summer family camp.
i'll get to teach a much larger group on three consecutive evenings. while we do not have any idea where we will live
in these next coming months (as we still have not found an apartment) we are happy to be busy doing the things we love.

for the most part, the weather has been good to us this last week. in copenhagen the anual jazz festival has been going on
in venues throughout the city. just around the corner from our place there have been a few bands. sunshine, jazz, happy people,
and cold drinks. these are the good days.

heres a shot of the group

and a shot from the last of four trains it took to get there

now im planning for another camp later in the week. it should be interesting. i wonder how everyone's summer is going?

baby beluga

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:02:51 GMT

it's been a long time since my last post. nothing really that tops the news of the coming baby!
we are back in denmark now after a short visit with family in chicago. it was really good to see them!

today i am at a lutheran camp in western sjaelland. it's pretty peaceful here. i am teaching in the morning and studying in the evening.
i hope to get some progress done on my thesis!

anyways, of course i have taken loads of photos but the length in time warrants something substantial. which i just do not have time to find.
so instead a picture of the beluga whales. i love them! i loved the shedd aquarium!

i think if i could have a profession outside of the clergy or the arts it would be with animals. either primates or large fish/mammals : )

peace to you.

oh and if you haven't seen the movie kite runner go and watch it. a beautiful story!

papa

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:15:22 GMT

happy to share that we are expecting our first child in december!

i thought that was kind of big news : )

sorry we couldn't tell you all in person!

love,
s&d

222

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:49:37 GMT

so since i was in my teens the numbers 222 have appeared to me in all sorts of ways.
just when i happen to look at my clock, the number left on a cd track, a bill for black coffee,
my locker number, and of course my birthday. and i have always felt encouraged by it.

then i was talking to a danish friend of mine and he told me how 222 is a number that keeps popping up for him!
how weird. he then said he looked up its significance and said in some hebrew mysticism it had the significance of God's
sustenance.

so i've brought a few people into my madness. and when it pops up when others are around they can smile with me.
well, i just checked how many people in the United States currently have my name (thanks to an email from Dawn's mom).

guess what?

HowManyOfMe.com

There are
222
people with my name
in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

and of course when you are looking for something you tend to find it (i watched the movie pi as well). but it always seems to pop up at times that i need it.

there you go. i'm crazy. do you have any special numbers that come up again and again for you?

oh and there is only one dawn dunker in the US. haha. oh well. sorry love.