The final day trip of our time in Albania was to the castle ruins of Berat.
Music: Aureole Trio – Lullaby for Ara-Leah
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We visited Kruja, the birthplace of Albania’s national hero Skanderbeg on our day off from meetings. We toured the rebuilt castle and got some great views from the castle tower. Later some of us toured an ethnographic museum that showed what life was like long ago in the village. The man leading the tour had [...]
We went into the city of Durrës to visit the ancient Roman ruins and see the rest of the city. It was my first time in an amphitheater and I was very impressed. In the middle of ugly communist-era apartments sat the ruins of an ancient Roman market. It was very strange seeing such historic [...]
Arriving in Albania, I was amazed at the colors of all the buildings. They were all painted very vividly. I think this was to make up for the depressing style of buildings that marked the landscape leftover from the communist era. We stayed near the port town of Durrës and often visited the beach there. [...]
My favorite dinner of the week.
Music: Osso & Sufjan Stevens – Year of the Dragon (arr. Nico Muhly)
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On this particularly windy day, I filmed things I found in my yard.
Music: Brian Eno & Harold Budd – A Stream With Bright Fish
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I missed posting a video yesterday, but I am back in full swing now. Inspired by my Father-in-Law’s video for VBW, I decided to make a video about the bike ride that Sara and I took around our neighborhood.
to see everything the route we took on this ride, go here: Bike Ride Map
Music: The Octopus [...]
I have been videoblogging for over 5 years. Over that time I have been mentioned in many newspapers and magazines, and have made many videoblogging friends. This video shows some of the things I have laying around to remind me of my Vlogging Past.
to see everything on the table, go here: The Vlog History Table
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Welcome to Video Blogging Week 2010! My first video this week features the culinary skills of my wife and my father-in-law as they compete against each other in a carrot cake throwdown
Music: Balmorhea – Bowsprit, Detektivbyran – Hemvägen
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The end of our trip was capped off with a trip up north to Murchison Falls National Park. The park has one of the best waterfalls in the region and tons of animals. We stayed a Paraa lodge, a very western style place that was quite a change from our lodging of the past two [...]
We travelled to the city of Mityana where my boss and one of the pastors travelling with us were going to lead a pastors seminar the next morning. Pastors from all over the area travelled to this event. Some traveled for days. Biblical training is hard to come by in remote areas so the pastors [...]
Later in the week we visited the village of Namusaala where Titus, WOH Uganda’s Director, Grew up. We visited his mother’s house and the school that he helped start. The kids parents were there and the students did a drama about some of the problems facing families in the village.
The students had songs for everything. [...]
After attending the morning church services on campus, we visited my Ugandan coworker’s new house that he is building. After that he took me to his uncle’s house and then to the Cultural Arts Center in Kampala where we ate dinner and watched dances from all around Uganda.
Music: Samite – Mbulakalevu
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In October, I went to Uganda with work. My main responsibility was to interview people and get footage for a profile video about our ministry there. I also got some footage for personal use. This video starts off that series.
When we arrived, the first order of business was the dedication ceremony of the new Words [...]
Every year I do a slideshow of the Photos I took the previous year. This one is a little late, but still fun!
Music: Passion Pit – Moth’s Wings
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