Top 10: Unique Churches of the World

This came to us in the form of an email from our Texas friend Renee.
And it reminded us, there’s so much more to see in the world.
With as much traveling as we’ve already done, we’ve really only just begun. Many of these have now been added to our list of places still to see.
Here they are, the top 10 most unique churches in the world.

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Thank-you!

Today I moved all of our posts from Kilimanjaro2006.com over to CarrieAndJonathan.com.
The trip was so instrumental to our relationship that it seemed rather ridiculous to only link to Kilimanjaro2006.com, and not have the posts on this site as well.
As I’ve been moving the posts over, I’ve been cleaning them up.
And looking at the mistakes we made, even just in posting things online, I’ve really been reminded of how little we knew when we went.
I’m also reminded how much we were bolstered and supported by you, the people who believed in us.
We were just a couple of young people with a dream of climbing a mountain.
And we did it… but certainly not without your help, support, and encouragement.
So to those of you who knew us then, and to those of you who know us now, thank-you for your faith in us, and your support and encouragement!
We’re excited about the future, and we’re working on a few really great things in the present. More info and updates on that soon…
The purpose for this post today is really just to say that Carrie and I appreciate you so much.
Thank-you!

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What’s The Value of Honking Loudly?

In high school, I had a head football coach, Coach Peterson, who created a theme for each year’s team.
In 1997, that theme was Geese.
He chose this because there are lots of lessons that can be learned from geese.
As dirty and mean as they can be up close (ask Carrie sometime about the foul-mouthed goose at Nymphemburg Castle that hissed and stuck out it’s tongue at her), they still have a lot to teach us humans.
Two Sundays ago, we were at my parents’ house, helping them take down the Christmas decorations.
Sunday was a really beautiful day.
It was one of those January days that people like to call “unseasonally warm”, which is odd to me because people have been calling beautiful days like that “unseasonally warm” for as long as I can remember.
(If we get them every winter, aren’t they just part of the season’s weather? It’s not a complaint, because the day was beautiful… just an observation really.)
Anyway, all that to say that it was a good day for carrying stuff from inside to outside and enjoying the fresh air.

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Can You Name The Middle East

Renee Fields sent this to me as a forward, and I thought I would post it here on our site, because it’s important when you hear the names of places on the news to know where they actually are.

“Drag the country’s name onto the map. There is no humbling score nor time limit, but rather this exercise is a learning tool. Don’t be afraid to make an error, and once you finish the puzzle, you will be far more educated about this very intense part of our world.”

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