Comments on: Welcome http://erika.haub.net/welcome-2/07/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:50:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: eclexia http://erika.haub.net/welcome-2/07/#comment-60664 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:28:15 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/welcome-2/07/#comment-60664 Thanks for this post. I really appreciate the reminders about hospitality and being present for whomever crosses our path. I think that is such a good bottom line principle to live life from, but it is one that is easy for me to push aside with all the "busyness" that I face during the day. Thank you for challenging me in this way. Thanks for this post. I really appreciate the reminders about hospitality and being present for whomever crosses our path. I think that is such a good bottom line principle to live life from, but it is one that is easy for me to push aside with all the “busyness” that I face during the day. Thank you for challenging me in this way.

]]> by: Tom http://erika.haub.net/welcome-2/07/#comment-59487 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:12:34 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/welcome-2/07/#comment-59487 Missionaries tend to get culture shock. Sounds like you guys are feeling some of it. I've spent a lot of time in the Northwest and grew up in Northern California and now live in Denver so I appreciate the cultural differences you're pointing out. I took my elderly mother-in-law's TV in to drop it off for repairs yesterday with a 60 year old guy originally from Kansas who's been fixing electronic stuff for 30 years here in Denver. I thought the whole thing would take 5 minutes, but I was still there an hour later as we 'visited' and got to know each other. People in Colorado 'visit' with each other even over simple business transactions :^) Having lived in LA for 30 years, though, I miss it. Que Ciudad! I especially miss it when I'm driving here in Denver among the law abiding citizens who all seem to drive 5 miles an hour below the speed limit. Oh for the days of weaving in and out of high speed traffic among people who know what they're doing behind the wheel :^) Missionaries tend to get culture shock. Sounds like you guys are feeling some of it.

I’ve spent a lot of time in the Northwest and grew up in Northern California and now live in Denver so I appreciate the cultural differences you’re pointing out.

I took my elderly mother-in-law’s TV in to drop it off for repairs yesterday with a 60 year old guy originally from Kansas who’s been fixing electronic stuff for 30 years here in Denver. I thought the whole thing would take 5 minutes, but I was still there an hour later as we ‘visited’ and got to know each other. People in Colorado ‘visit’ with each other even over simple business transactions :^)

Having lived in LA for 30 years, though, I miss it. Que Ciudad!

I especially miss it when I’m driving here in Denver among the law abiding citizens who all seem to drive 5 miles an hour below the speed limit. Oh for the days of weaving in and out of high speed traffic among people who know what they’re doing behind the wheel :^)

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