THE CANNY CHRONICLES

Somehow I got myself out of bed shortly after 7am to make it down to eat breakfast with Jeremy Kochendorfer and Gordon Elliott. "Breakfast is always served at the Elliott house", I was told by Gordon. Niki and Mark Elliott had already left for school and my dear fiance Molly was still in deep slumber.  Us guys had a great conversation about missions. I am still the newbie, but they make me feel included and like I have good input. Following breakfast and after Molly woke up we all got ready to head out for a bit of a tour.  In my previous post I mentioned that the traffic was a bit chaotic. This is true, but what makes things more chaotic is that many of the roads are not paved. We experienced this in full form yesterday when Gordon Elliott took us out into Santa Cruz to tour many of the local churches. We were jumbled around like the colorful little pieces in one of those childhood lawn mower toys. It was quite relaxing when  we were able to stop, get out, and walk ...

Molly and I attended the wedding of Devyn Lambrecht and Kristen Ackerman in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska on March 27th, 2010. Kristen is a college friend of Molly and Molly was the maid of honor. Following the joyous occasion we hopped in the trusty sky blue Hyundai Santa Fe and started the 7 hour trek back to Omaha. We arrived in Omaha around 3am on Sunday March 28, 2010. We got what sleep we could and woke up to make sure the final packing was done and the car was loaded. Listed Below is our basic travel itinerary. DEPART Omaha Airport @11 am March 28, 2010 ARRIVE Dallas/Fort Worth Airport @ 12:30 pm March 28, 2010 DEPART Dallas/Fort Worth Airport @ 2:15 pm March 28, 2010 ARRIVE Miami International Airport @ 5:45 pm March 28, 2010 DEPART Miami International Airport @ 11 pm March 28, 2010 ARRIVE Lapaz, Bolivia Airport @ 5:30 am March 29, 2010 Stay on plane while other passengers switch out and the plane is inspected. DEPART Lapaz, Bolivia Airport @ 6:30 am March 29...