Compañeros, A big shout out from Santo Domingo, Ecuador.  Hope everyone is well and doing work that is worth doing.  I spent the day visiting some of my students who are completing an agricultural internship in the coastal area of Ecuador.  The highlight was a non-textbook ascent of a cherrymoya (sp?  Google it) tree to harvest [...]

Friends,  Check out the new pics of our construction work in my album under the Links section below.  Paz, zc

Howdy Folks from the rainy daze (pun intended) of Mindo.  The trip home left me a few p0unds heavier and slightly sleep deprived, but it was GREAT to reconnect with family and friends.  Moreover, the grace, generosity, and patience that my familyconstantly  extends to me blesses and humbles me.  I arrived back on a Thursday afternoon [...]

Howdy Neighbors,I am home right now in East Texas.  Coming “home” has been more difficult than I anticipated.  I have spent the last seven days surrounded by a family who loves me.  The refrigerator is overflowing to the point we have been throwing food away.  I drove a car to Dallas and back today.  When [...]

Howdy Everyone, I wish all of you a peaceful and meaningful Reformation Day (granted this e-mail is a few hours late)! If you are wondering what in the world I am talking about, allow me to refer you to the best concise history of the Reformation that I have come across.  You will find Tom Browning´s audio series to be [...]

Look Mom, no hands! Not really, just a few new pics. Please see the link to my photo album on the righthand side of the page. Un Abrazo, zc

Howdy Friends, “It’s been rough and rocky travelin’, But I’m finally standin’ upright on the ground. After takin several readings, I’m surprised to find my mind’s still fairly sound” (Lyrics from Willie Nelson’s Me & Paul) Yes, indeed. The last six months have been rough and rocky travelin’. However, by grace I seem to have landed sunny side and [...]

I am about to post a few pics from my new site under my “Zac’s Photo Album” link on the righthand side of the page, toward the bottom

Howdy all on a Saturday evening. As a worker in sustainable development I am honing my craft in a Quito coffee shop. That is, I am being “sustained” by a bit of caffeine as I attempt whittle down an e-mail inbox that has gotten out of hand. I do apologize for not [...]

Productive day.  I even got a “yapa” at the end of the day.  A “yapa” is a little something extra thrown in for free…usually when you buy something much more substancial. After an afternoon of work cleaning up around the new chicken coop I was given an informal “yapa” of my own. My coworker insisted that I enjoy some [...]