Dan & Daryl Collins

the story continues…

2008-12-03T14:43:08Z

Sorry about the low resolution, these are cell phone pictures. Last week was a great week, a reminder of why we do what we do. A couple weeks ago I wrote that Every Number Has a Name. I get to travel to Oruro every couple weeks and work with a group of college students who are preparing for [...]...(read more)

Happy summer vacation!

2008-11-26T19:39:38Z

Tonight we’ll go to the downtown performance center and watch as all three kids sing and dance for their end of the school program. The schools here go all out with costumes, choreography, stage crews and lighting. And as the finale of the program, the kindergarten class will march across the stage in full cap [...]...(read more)

Every number has a name

2008-11-22T18:13:38Z

… 12 short term teams. … 14 believers in discipleship … 15 Bolivian missionaries … 85 leaders being trained … 425 helped with food, shelter, or education November means 2 things: field conference and end-of-the-year reports. But can you really measure the impact of ministry with numbers? When we moved to Bolivia in June 2005, we were filled with [...]...(read more)

happy birthday Daryl!

2008-11-20T01:01:43Z

Well, I turned 31 today. Its been a great day filled with comments like, “Mommy you so beautiful,” from Rachel. Naomi kept making me presents wrapped specially by her along with cards filled with Crayola drawings of how I would look as a princess. Ben sang Happy Birthday. Dan and I went out for chocolate this [...]...(read more)

from argentina

2008-11-09T17:55:58Z

Air travel here can be different than the US. Sure, they use airports and planes. But in the middle of check-in, you have to take your partial boarding pass to another part of the airport, pay the “airport use tax”, return, fight your way to the front of the line, show the tax sticker, and [...]...(read more)

2008-10-16T17:33:35Z

You know that gut feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you something isn’t quite right? I’ve had that feeling for the last few days. Dan wrote that our suitcase was found…well now we aren’t so sure. Correspondence with the people in Ghana, Africa has put us on edge especially when they started [...]...(read more)

a call from Africa

2008-10-13T21:23:35Z

This morning I got a call from Ghana Africa, yes, Africa. At first I thought it was something like that prank e-mail “Greetings from Nigeria…”, the call was full of static, and I could just understand his english, he asked for my wife by name, said he had medicine and clothes, and wanted to know [...]...(read more)

i found chocolate!

2008-10-10T19:46:09Z

Many of you who know me know that chocolate and coffee are two of my favorite things. I have exciting news… I have found a fabulous chocolate shop! And it’s real chocolate not imitation chocolate. It’s the “holy cow this is heavenly” chocolate. A friend and I tried out the little cafe ‘Para Ti’. The [...]...(read more)

smells like a papa

2008-09-27T19:36:45Z

I had just gotten back from a trip, so I dropped my bags and spent the afternoon watching movies with our kids. Partway through Mosters Inc., I noticed an familiar but stinky odor, and not wanting to point out the youngest who though in pullups occasionally still has accidents, I said: Dan: Hmmm… I smell something. [...]...(read more)

a week without coffee?

2008-09-23T14:18:27Z

Yes, I have decided to go a week without coffee. And here is the reason since many of you have asked me if anything was wrong. Those of you who know me know that coffee is a major part of my daily life and to cut it out is a big deal. Nothing is wrong. I [...]...(read more)

photos, phones, and peace in bolivia

2008-09-17T17:12:13Z

The slip and slide was filled with soap, laughter abounded, and everyone was completely soaked. Though only a balmy 75 degrees, these high school and college-age students were enjoying a weekend retreat in sunny lower La Paz, a good 1500 feet lower than their city of El Alto (literally means [...]...(read more)

clean hands

2008-09-14T14:24:23Z

quote of the day “Rachel did you wash your hands?” “yyeeeessssss. See? (she held up her hands) I licked ‘em all clean.”...(read more)

papa’s lips & other randomness

2008-09-11T13:27:13Z

Rachel bolted out of her room the other day with 6 purses on her arm and something in her hand. “What’s that Rachel?” I asked. She skidded to a stop, turned around, and said, “I have papa’s lips (chapstick). Don’t wowry he said ok. See look it go in my purse…the kitty one,” and she [...]...(read more)

6 years old!

2008-08-13T17:47:42Z

Well, my sweet little girl turned 6 last week. Wow does time fly. She wanted a purse party so we celebrated at home with all her friends. I made a purse shaped cake (thanks Betty Crocker for the cake design) and the kids all made masks for their treats. I don’t [...]...(read more)

home again, home again jiggedy jig

2008-07-29T19:00:56Z

I had a great trip to La Paz, El Alto, and Oruro. There were a number of great stories from playing freeze tag at 11,000 feet (adds a new meaning to being “out of breath”), eating choripan for the first time (sure beat hamburgers), preaching at the second oldest church in Bolivia, and meeting 2 [...]...(read more)