We call them 'Mystery Missions' because the kids sign up by faith. They have no idea where they are going. They're signing up for a mission, not a place.

Being able to shower every day is a huge blessing. The food has been lovely and welcome -- we're starving by the time the food comes.

It's still warmer here than it is in Fargo.

As Emmanuel, Cardinal Suhard says, "To be a witness does not consist in engaging in propaganda, nor even in stirring people up, but in being a living mystery. It means to live in such a way that one's life would not make sense if God did not exist.

When it comes to the basics of faith, our kids don't need teddy bears. They need bricks.

On hot, humid days, I can't take (the kids) to the park.