2012 has come to its inevitable completion (thankfully the Mayans were incorrect) and 2013 is inviting us to enter a new door full of uncertainty and hope.

Photo courtesy of Photos.com - faberfoto_it with some editing by Duke Dillard.
This provides us with a wonderful opportunity to look back from whence we have come while looking ahead to see where we are being called to go.
For us the best way to do that is through the modus of our Mission, Vision, and Values statements. We posted these last year and will both review and update them today.
These are the guiding forces upon which this blog operates:
VISION STATEMENT: Continue Reading…









What do you do when you grow up in a family that went to Greek Festivals, attended Native American Indian Dance Exhibitions, and saw Carlos Montoya and Jose Feliciano live in concert? Well, if you were me (and it’s a good thing you’re not) you would build on that foundation by taking your wife and kids halfway across the world to learn another language and culture in Cappadocia, Turkey. But wait, I’m getting ahead of myself, let me go back.













