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1043 days ago
www.watoto.com is the organization. Uganda is the country. February the 1 st is the date. Very excited are we, are we. Julie and I are going on a mission trip for two weeks to Uganda to help build a home for eight to ten orphaned children. Pictures are and will be avalible are our website www.bferd.com. More to follow.
1214 days ago
Yesterday brother Matt took me for a "crash course in aviation (no pun, no pun at all!) He told me to taxi to the end of the runway and instructed me how to take off ( a little nervous). I flew up to 4200 ft turning south for a while and the back north. Matt told me how to maneuver a 45 degree turn, about the trim, and some of the instruments. Then he started talking like I was going to land the plane (really nervous) and I handed control back to him. At this point he hands me a little white bag (which i almost needed), and proceeds stall the little plane causing so much negitive G's the pencil that was forgotten on the floor floated up past my head. After ten minutes of stalls 90 degree turns and spins (those are fun), Matt says to me "well I would have been pukeing my brains out by now if it was my first time." (Nice!) Back on the ground (glad) other than feeling a little pale./.:.\.
1252 days ago
Country Count Canada 16 (72.73%) United States 5 (22.73%) Thailand 1 (4.55%) Thailand?? ...cool
1252 days ago
The incident is named after the location of the movement in Tiananmen Square , Beijing . The protestors came from disparate groups, ranging from intellectuals who believed the Communist Party of China -led government was too corrupt and repressive, to urban workers who believed Chinese economic reform had gone too far and that the resulting rampant inflation and widespread unemployment was threatening their livelihoods. After the protestors defied government calls to disperse, a split emerged within the Communist Party of China on how to respond to the protestors. Out of the party turmoil, a hardline faction emerged and the decision was made to quell the protests, rather than to heed their demands. On May 20 the government declared martial law and on the night of June 3 and the early morning of June 4 , army tanks and infantry were sent into Tiananmen Square to crush the protest and disperse the protestors. Estimates of ...
