I Am Breaking Up with Blogger

Hey People,

I know this "blogdom" of blogspots was overly ambitious. I had to give up much to my own personal disappointment. It was me, not you (blogger).

Recently I've been inspired and encouraged to try and blog again. With fear I have accepted the challenge. But I'm breaking up with blogger. It's not you blogger, it's me.

So hit me up on my new blog, "If I Blogged..." at:

http://ifiblogged.tumblr.com/

Chris

2005 Shake'n Down

Things are starting to fall into place for 2005. Here's where we've been and where we're going...


2005

01/05-09 Indianapolis, IN: Aaron and Dara's Wedding
01/11 Singapore: Visiting Jeelan's Family
01/12-14 Chennai, India: Tsuanmi Relief Assesment
01/14-15 Colombo, Sri Lanka: Tsuanmi Relief Assesment
01/15-17 Chennai, India: Tsuanmi Relief Assesment
01/22-28 El Alto and La Paz, Bolivia: WMF Field Visit
01/28-02/03 Rio de Janiero, Brazil: WMF Field Visit
02/07-10 Omaha, NE: Grace University Missions Conference
02/14-18 Jackson, MS: Belhaven College Missions Conference
02/24-27 New Albany, IN: Missions Conference
03/01-02 Wilmore, KY: Asbury Theological Seminary Chaple
03/07-29 3 week VACATION: Paris, the Basque, Lisbon
04/07-10 Omaha, Nebraska: WMF Board Meetings
04/16 Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Red-White Game
04/25-26 Madison, WI: Urban Ministry Leaders Forum
05/02-05/10 Colombo, Sri Lanka: WMF Tsunami Relief Project Assesment
05/11-13 Chennai, India: Indu Mathi's Wedding
06/01 Jara's Move to Omaha
06/02-06 Chicago, IL: Sarah Kim's Crib
06/15-20 Wilmore, KY: Asbury College Reunion 2005 (Received the Asbury College "Distinguished Young Alumni" Award)
07/06-07 Bangkok, Thailand: In Transit
07/08-29 Chennai and Kolkata, India: Asia 2005 Discovery Team, Field Visits, and WMF India's 10 Year Anniversary Celebration
07/29-08/05 Kathmandu, Nepal: Discovery Team Conclusion and Field Visit
08/06-08 Bangkok, Thailand: In Transit
08/09-11 Phnom Penh, Cambodia
08/11-12 Bangkok, Thailand: In Transit
09/03 Lincoln, NE: Maine @ Nebraska
09/09-10 Chicago, IL: Sarah Kim's 21rst B-Day Party
09/10 Lincoln, NE: Wake Forest @ Nebraska
09/17 Lincoln, NE: Pittsburg @ Nebraska
09/23-25 Omaha, NE: WMF Board Meetings
10/03-06 Oakland, CA: Making and Breaking Community Forum
10/07-08 Los Angeles: Hang'n w/ Dave Bayne @ USC vs. Arizona
10/19-23 Raleigh/Durham, NC: Duke and Chris Rice visit
10/26-30 Overland Park, KS: WMF Omaha Retreat
11/14-23 Buenos Aires, Argentina: Visit the Forca's!!!

WMF Rio Staff

Phileena, Chris, Rich, Rebecca, Jenna (back), and Ben at the Beach in Rio.

WMF Bolivia Staff

Heather, Andrea, Andy (holding Eli), Chris and Peewee on the Baker's roof in El Alto.

WMF Children's Home

Saying goodbye to the children at the home in Madras.

Tsunami Affected Sri Lanka

Athe Dehiwala Beach in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Last year were celebrated New Years on this same beach.

Our 2004 Itinerary

In 2003, Phileena and I spent over 8 months out of Omaha. We were in 19 countries and close to 2 dozen US cities.

2004 was a little slower and a much needed break for us.

Here's what our 2004 schedule looked like:


12/31-01/05 Colombo, Sri Lanka
01/05-06 Bangkok, Thailand
01/06-11 Long Beach, California: Dave Bayne & Dale Bacon
01/23-31 OTG/ONG: Grays in Omaha
02/03-16 OTG: Landreths in Omaha
02/19-24 Portland, Oregon: Brenda's Missions Conference
03/01-04 Siloam Springs, Arkansas: John Brown University Missions Conference
03/05 Landreths Move to Omaha
03/18-21 Indianapolis, Indiana: Visit Phileena's Family
03/23 Diet Eman @ Alley's
04/12 OTG: Eric and Karen Whitaker
03/29 OTG: Drew and Karamin in Omaha
04/01-04 Omaha, Nebraska: Board Meetings
04/13 Chris and Phileena's 8th Anniversary!
04/17 Lincoln, NE: Red-White Game with Jared, Kevin, and Jason
04/20-23 OTG: Christian Gray
05/7-9 OTG: Ammermans
05/16-22 Berea, Kentucky: Making and Breaking Community Forum
06/06-08 Las Vegas, NV: Didi, W, and C-Dog
06/14-28 San Diego, California: Staff Retreat and Pre-Retreat Meetings
07/01 Grays Move to Omaha!!!!!!
07/09-11 Father Thomas Keating Conference
07/16 Heuertz House Party 2
07/16-18 ONG: Forcas in Omaha
07/30-08/01 ONG: Graeve's in Omaha
08/07-08 OTG: Mark Nysewander
08-09 OTG: Brenda Mavromatis in Town
08/13-15 Long Beach, CA: Cora's B-Day
08/18 OTG: Ps. Samuel Menyongar
08/18-22 OTG: Jara Sturdivant
09/16-19 Omaha, Nebraska: Board Meetings
09/22-27 Singapore: Jeelan's Wedding
09/27-10/07 Thailand: Lausanne Committee 2004
10/07-18 Madas, India: Jeelan's Reception/Children's Home Purchase
10/17-19 Memphis, TN: National Civil Rights Museaum for Bono's Freedom Award
10/27-31 Overland Park, KS: WMF Omaha Staff Retreat
10/31-11/05 Upland, IN: Taylor University W.O.W.
11/04 Anderson, IN: Kick it w/ Chi
11/06-07 Indianapolis, IN: Bacon Family Time
11/06 Champaign-Urbana, IL: Indiana @ Illinios
11/13 Lawrence, KS: Texas @ Kansas
11/19-21 Nashville, TN: Kick-it w/ Graeve (Chris)
11/17-22 Fort Wayne, IN: Coucelling Conference (Phileena)
11/23-28 OTG:Bacons for Thanksgiving

World Awareness Week At Taylor University

Chris Speaking At Taylor University in Upland, Indiana (Photo by Alisse Goldsmith)

During the first week of November Chris led the World Awareness Week for Taylor University. You can listen to the audio messages from 3 of the chapel services or watch the video of those services by following this link (Taylor University Chapel Messages).

Phileena in India

Sindujah, Subha, Phileena, Sumitha, and Sudha at the Children's Home in Chennai

Chris and the Fellas in India

Mansoor, Chris, Jeelan, and Adil at Jeelan and Nazreen's Reception in Chennai

Phileena and the Ladies

Ainie (Mansoor's Wife), Phileena, Nazreen (Jeelan's Wife), and Aysha (Fakru's Wife) at Jeelan and Nazreen's Reception in Chennai

Phileena, Rob, Twyla, and our little buddy Toby waiting for the overnight train from Bangkok to Laos

Links To Our Other Blogs

From this blog there are a number of other random Chris and Phileena blogs you can poke around on to keep up with: our primary blog that is a gateway to all the others (Chris and Phileena); what the Lord is teaching us (Learning to See); where we are in the world and what's going down during our travels (In The Suitcase); what we're reading and what we recommend as good books (Dusting Off the Shelves); the friends we love and have recently been with (The Table is Central); and some slightly scandalous political, economic, cultural, and religious musings (The Underside of Controversy).