Thursday we arrived in Minneapolis, MN after our exciting couple of weeks in South Dakota. Needing a quick restock on the groceries, we were exstatic to find a Trader Joe's Grocery while on the highway south of St. Paul. Once inside, we met two women, Carol Rage and her friend Pat who was visiting from [...]
March 24, 2009 Comments Off
Are you a High School student? Have you ever wanted to serve the poor in a foreign country? Here is your chance! (Adult advisers are welcome to apply too!) Share5 will be joining with an operating partner to create a new initiative called UthBuild. Our first objective: to build homes for the poor in Puerto [...]
March 14, 2009 Comments Off
As we caught up today, we were fortunately able to get a few videos finished; one that we have been sitting on for about a month, and one from the most recent trip (week 1) to Mexico. Since we are limited on the amount we can add to Vimeo (anybody want to donate $59.95 for [...]
March 14, 2009 Comments Off
This past week, Amy, the kids, and I were allowed to be spectators of and participants in the working of a miracle. On Sunday, March 8th, we loaded the RV and two vans with High School youth, adult leaders, and a few younger family members. We were 19 in total, and we had a mission [...]
March 6, 2009 Comments Off
Today is the last day of "school" for the kids here in Tempe, AZ at Bethany Community Church as we prepare for departure for Rocky Point, Mexico on Sunday morning. Emily and Dillon have been graciously enrolled for free all week at Bethany Learning Center during their "Wild West Week". They have had a bicycle [...]
January 31, 2009 Comments Off
It has been 94 days since we left Boise on the Share5 Tour. Here's a bullet list summary of what's happened since we left. Part I – Keep Breathing Tour 27 days on a Christian Rock Music tour 17 band members, 2 sound techs, my wife, me, 2 rowdy kids, and a girl named Leanne [...]
January 21, 2009 Comments Off
The foundation is complete and we are ready to roll to the north. We will be stopping a few places along the way en route to our next stopping point of Camarillo, CA at the Turner Family's home. Our plans are to spend the weekend with Pastor Paul Kuzma of New Heart Fellowship in Simi [...]
January 10, 2009 Comments Off
The progress has been good. I got the north side dropped enough to accomodate a deeper footing, and we decided to step the footing for the west uphill wall. That will save a ton of digging, and that also happens to be the rockiest section, so AMEN! If things go as planned, we should pour [...]
January 9, 2009 Comments Off
Ok…first, let me say that this is two entries in a row that has to do with chickens. This is not a theme, but rather just a random coincidence! We are in Lake Elsinore, CA at a small ranch called "Rancho De La Paz". We are doing something referred to in the RV world as [...]
December 3, 2008 Comments Off
It is official! We've been on the road for over one month now. It doesn't seem like it was almost 5 weeks ago that we left Boise (October 28th) for our first stop in Phoenix and full time road travel with Share5. The RV continues to run well, and is actually becoming quite a comfortable [...]