I’ve caught lots of grief from friends, both in Prague and in the States, about my twitter (Don’t know what Twitter is? Where have you been living? Sorry for the sarcasm, here’s an explanation.) habit over the last year or so. It’s actually been pretty entertaining at times. I’ve been “defrieneded” [...]
Archive for July, 2006
some thoughts about Guatemala thus far
Posted By zharrod on July 16th, 2006
Yesterday as we drove to Antigua to do ministry and also help out the Wrestling Federation, by promoting the sport, I got a chance to read some more about the history and cultural background of Guatemala City and the country as large. A couple of things I’ve noticed about driving around the city of Guatemala is the extreme divisions between class and the amount of nasty pollution. With that in mind I was intrigued by the following quote from my tourist book, The Rough Guide to Guatemala,
The divisions that cleave Guatemalan society are at their most acute in the capital’s crumbling streets. While the wealthy elite sip coffee in air-conditioned shopping malls and plan their next visit to Miami, swathes of the city have been left to disintegrate into a threatening tangle of fume-choked streets, largely devoid of any kind of life after dark. A small army of street children lives rough, and gang violence is growing. The disparities of life in the city are glaring extreme, as glass skyscrapers tower over the sprawling shanty towns, and shoeless widows peddle cigarettes and chewing gum to designer-clad night clubbers.
a sad ending
Posted By zharrod on July 10th, 2006
In me going against my roots of being a born and raised hater of the international sport known to world as football; I’ve really been enjoying learning about the sport that we Americans call soccer. This World Cup was a ton of fun for me to follow and actually be a fan of. Even if my Czechs did play pretty dismal! But yesterday as I watched the final between Italy and France, I didn’t know who to cheer for. I’ve been to Italy and they are a warm, fun people, but I really admired the play and class of Zinédine Zidane and thus my allegiances fell to the French squad.
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missional living and developing a Christian worldview at 38,000 feet
Posted By zharrod on July 5th, 2006
As I sit down to type this blog entry I’m in route to Dallas, TX for a few days of connecting with friends, doing some support raising, trying to enjoy a little time off and also finishing up some last minute work for the Athletes in Action Wrestling Tour to Guatemala that I am the “AIA Staff Discipleship Coordinator†(I laugh about that because it would seem my title or job description is ever evolving into something that seems more elaborate and leaves me wondering what I am really doing. But that is cool.). So as I sit here staring at the screen of my Mac PowerBook and occasionally looking out the window at the magnificent clouds that my Jesus spoke into existence I’m wading through several articles and a ton of scripture references for this prep work I am doing.
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