http://www.aartsmit.com ... hopefully, cause on the other days I'll be getting wet Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:52:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm continuing my reading of "Don't Waste Your Life" by John Piper, a book that I started reading in Madison on tour. A great quote was brought up by the author, which I thought I'd share with you. Emperor Julian wrote about Christianity, calling Christians "atheists" for not believing in the ... http://www.aartsmit.com/?p=68 So I'm back in Hamilton, as of this past Sunday. It's starting to feel more normal now, but the first couple days after tour were really weird. I was shopping at the nearby grocery store and saw a figure in my peripheral vision. "Theo? What's he doing here?", I thought ... http://www.aartsmit.com/?p=67 Ok, ok Jim, you're right... I haven't posted in a bit. It seems like there's been less free time ever since we hit Madison. It could be that there is actually less free time, but its more likely the realization at that point that there is only a short time left ... http://www.aartsmit.com/?p=66 The third century day was actually just short, if my sources are correct, at 99.9 miles. I trust that most cyclists managed to pick up an extra tenth of a mile somewhere. Many cyclists were good and tired from the previous two long days, and this time it was Betsy's ... http://www.aartsmit.com/?p=65 The second long day of the week was just under 113 miles. Betsy and I headed out in the morning to mark the second half of the route, which took us a large chunk of the morning due to the distances involved. Once we were done, we headed back to ... http://www.aartsmit.com/?p=64 It was raining outside when I headed out from the Dordt dormitory. I had taken in my gear bag, since we needed to use our own sleeping bags and pillows overnight. Fortunately they already had a tarp to protect the gear bags from the rain until they could be loaded ... http://www.aartsmit.com/?p=63 My sleeping area in the gym ended up being under one of the big lights they left on overnight, which was somewhat unfortunate. I ended up not getting much quality sleep. Since Barb had gone home for the night with Eritia, she had a fun little Suburu that needed to ... http://www.aartsmit.com/?p=62 Monday wasn't the greatest day ever. It started out alright; I woke up relatively refreshed from sleeping in the Lutheran church overnight. People's alarms had started going off some time after 5 AM, which I promptly ignored until mine went off some time later. On stepping outside I found that ... http://www.aartsmit.com/?p=61 So in a week we had the satellite system that provides our internet fail, my sister got into an accident with a vehicle (she's ok), and my family came to visit on the weekend. That means its about time to catch up, so here we go... http://www.aartsmit.com/?p=60 On waking, I found that the temperature situation had not solved itself overnight. Even at 7:30 in the morning, the humidity was oppressive, and it was warm enough to discourage much movement. Prearranged volunteers were giving the morning off to the majority of the kitchen staff, and one of the ... http://www.aartsmit.com/?p=59