Archive for June, 2008
Tonight we will be welcoming 20 junior high students from Orange City Iowa to the wonderful city of Ottumwa. They will be doing various service projects in the are Thursday through Sunday. I am so excited for all of the different things we have in store for them. Some of the projects include: building a [ READ MORE ]
I was catching up on some blog reading today and a recent post by Nelson Searcy really jumped out at me. He recently ate at McDonalds and well go check it out here. [ READ MORE ]
I’m not sure who came up with the idea of BHAG’s but it has stuck with me. It stands for Big Huge Audacious Goal or said another way a dream that can only be achieved with God’s help. I have identified 5 BHAG’s for us to target in the next year at thebridge. BHAG #1 – [ READ MORE ]
Today was an awesome Saturday. Jenny drove to Pella so I could read Had a birthday brunch for my father-in-law Laughed a lot at Toby, Lydia, and Isaiah Played softball for Jake’s bachelor party – ton of fun but Jake hurt his back and the rest of the festivities were cancelled Played a game of Settlers with the guys Hung out [ READ MORE ]
I’ve been sitting on this post for a while. I loved the book Pol Pot – the man himself, that is a different story. I purchased this book with the hopes of understanding Cambodia better and I am happy to say that is exactly what happened. Cambodia has long been a country that has struggled with [ READ MORE ]
I know we are already close to a week removed from last Sunday but I’m still getting feedback from it. I don’t know if this has happened to anyone else who teaches on a regular basis but I just couldn’t get anything to make sense in my head as I was preparing. I believe I [ READ MORE ]
This is hopefully the last update needed on the floods in Ottumwa. Yesterday I received the following report on the city informational meeting. The confidence level was high in the meeting – although all continue to be fully aware of the precarious situation for Ottumwa as water is scheduled to crest (20.6) sometime late tonight and remain [ READ MORE ]
Here is a Saturday night update. Reports were “mixed” today from the Emergency Preparedness Meeting - *crest is expected at 6AM tomorrow (22 feet, 4 inches) *nearly 1 foot lower than ‘93 flood (which is good news) *however – level will stay at 22 feet, 4 inches – for at least 5 days which means more [ READ MORE ]
Things have gone really well today. We have found enough volunteers to help with food for tonight’s shift. We will be helping in this area again on Tuesday. If this interests you please send me an e-mail and I’ll get you in the loop. Some early morning pics. [ READ MORE ]
Here a few pictures from today. Market St. Bridge with one of the last trains to go through Ottumwa for the weekend in the background. Left over water from last night in the basement of the Outreach Center. Main St business’s began sand bagging this afternoon. To the left is one of the dump trucks moving dirt to [ READ MORE ]