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why…
for those who still haven’t come to the city… for those who haven’t given time to their community… for those who haven’t heard his call in central america, asia, or africa… why not? this video – a thousand questions – is from a recent conference at willow creek… aqui estoy… »
mark? soccer? what…?
OK, it’s true. I’m the new TV play-by-play voice for Cleveland City Stars soccer on SportsTime Ohio. So how did a fine, upstanding, red-blooded American baseball fan get to this point? Well… 1. Mark Geissbauer is the GM of the City Stars. He came to Cleveland by way of Stuttgart (and Brazil, another good story… »
since we last talked…
what’s been happening since 1 night on the street (2007) since the first 1 night on the street in november 2007, i’ve been trying to track the results. but with an event as essentially organic as the one we pulled off, it’s been a little difficult. after the event, we tracked over 200 people who… »
random thoughts on a week of joy
riga, latvia – some random thoughts from a wonderful week: why is it that we americans think everyone else is speaking a foreign language? i mean, since we’re over here, aren’t we speaking the foreign language? so many of the team fell ill at various points of the week…still they battled on. it’s a privilege… »
for mariks, it’s christmas in georgia
at today’s stop on our shoes for orphan souls mission to latvia, i met a great kid. mariks is 12 years old, full of questions, and trying to be as full of english as possible. this young boy, living in an orphanage in the latvian countryside, is actually quite a “man of the world.” mariks… »
spongebob…from deutchland mit liebe
How pervasive is American influence around the world? Well…there’s our style, our sports icons, our music, our politics, and our……….cartoons? I recorded this brief clip in my hotel room in Liepaja. The German Spongebob sounds ‘scarily’ like his American brother…do sponges have brothers? spongebob in… »
a few years may mean all the difference
today, i talked to the teenage boys and girls at the jelgava city orphanage. the translators told me that these young men and women were into everything. yes…everything. later in the evening, i went upstairs to spend some time with the 9-12 year-old boys. the difference was staggering. the translators for buckner visit this orphanage… »
a light in the darkness
today, i returned to light of the gospel church in liepaja, latvia. pastor sergei graukusa ministers in a drug, alcohol, and gang-infested area of 8,000 inhabitants known as the naval port. at one time, this area had 23,000 red navy and army inhabitants, and was one of the most secret locations on earth (unless you owned… »
a tough crowd, a new friend, and a good friend
quite a day, this rainy monday in liepaja, latvia..it’s 10:30pm here..the body is tired, and the brain is buzzing.. let’s start with the tough part of the day first…i gave it 3 good tries with the teenage boys at the liepaja city orphanage today. i tried 3 different paths to insert the gospel into our… »
st. matthew’s church and my buddy ediys
click to listen to mark’s audio blog – riga. latvia when you’re so far from home, (4,399 miles if you drew a straight line!) it is so nice to hear something familiar…and so it was sunday morning at st. matthew’s church in riga. the ability to sing amazing grace with our latvian brothers and sisters… »