Happy 80th Nana!!!

While we were back in Kansas we were able to celebrate Nana's 80th B-day! Happy Birthday Nana.

Just another day at the beach!

Here is what the sky looked like last night at the Folk festival. It is amazing to think that we live here!

Julio, Lisa and I were at the beach the last couple days to sell water, diet coke, gatorade and snickers for the Vancouver Folk Festival. We sold all of our drinks. The snickers didn't sell as well as we would of liked. But it was a Good lesson for future events. Last night we got to hear the band Feist play for a little while.

Vancouver Folk festival

The Vancouver folk fest begins today. Julio and I are hoping to be able to sell some stuff at the fest in order to pay off Regent this coming year.

Diana and Nate win a "Digs contest"!!!

Here is the Front Page of the Newspaper announcing my sister in law Diana and brother Nate as winners of the Digs contest!

Page 1 - "The Digs" BEFORE and DURING

Page 2 - The results of the contest - lookin' spiffy!

The Jayhawks are coming!

Watch out here come Jayhawks!!! The Jayhawks are going to be a force this year in men's basketball. Check out the article on espn.com by Andy Katz.

The Wailin' Jennys

Tara and I saw this group on some TV show last month. Today I saw that their newest album was the #1 seller on itunes. It is a fun album. The name of the group is the Wailin' Jennys and their newest album is Firecracker. Check it out!

The dog/ God squad

Ben, Tara, Cabe, Katie and Doug

3 buff fish

Cabe, Papa and Tara showing off our muscles.

The Whole Fam Damily @ Hotel Stillwell

Dennis, Robin, Shannon, mom, dad, Nate, Tara and I

who wants ice cream?

Nana, Papa, and Tom making ice cream on the 4th. The ice cream was AMAZING!!!

The Giving Van

My 1990 Dodge Grand Caravan has acted as my giving tree found in the story The Giving Tree. I had to retire it at 279,000 miles. After sitting for two years it fired right up with a jump start. I can't even count the number of trips we went on between Memphis, TN and Kansas City. It is now helping someone else out. Thanks Bard dog for letting me have your "party wagon". It has been a great help and blessing.

celebration crew

Tara, Tom, Julie and Shannon celebrating Shannon's graduation.

The Red Hat Club

My two girlfriends! Tara and Nana at The Villas.

The water line

In 1993 we had a huge flood in Pittsburg. Fortunately I had the opportunity to float over the water found in Lincoln Park. Here is a picture of me next to the water line found at kiddie land in Lincoln Park.

The FRIDGE

The Fridge, me, Soon to be a daddy Tonst, and Nate

I am a big Chicago Bears fan. Therefore, it was quite a treat to meet William Perry aka "the Fridge" in Pittsburg at a firework stand.

The gift of new shoes

I am thinking about sending this one into some medical journals. This dousy developed after a long run with my new shoes.

THE "DOC"

One of the big reasons we came back to Kansas was to celebrate my sister's graduation from medical school. Here is a pic of Shannon the doctor, Robin and Tara.

THE THREE FRONTIERSMAN!

Life for the Hensley men in the wilderness!

Motley Crew

Nate, Robin, Cabe, Dad, G-ma, Diana, Shannon, and Tara in Oklahoma...

Rockstar!!!

My Grandpa Ira with Nate and I playing some tunes.

My Niece Robin

Here is a picture of my niece Robin and I hanging out pool side.

My bro flies in

Here is a picture of my twin brother (Nate) and I at the airport, trying to take off.

Top of the Chief

This is a picture of us climbing "The Chief" in Squamish, BC. It is an amazing hike and climb if you ever get the chance. We climbed and hiked with (from L to R): Tom, Tara, Cabe, Betty, and Jero.

ARC'TERYX factory outlet sale

If you are in Vancouver, BC any time between June 23rd and June 25th you need to come check out the Arc'teryx factory outlet sale. Usually they will have one item that is actually affordable.

Disc Golf

I just found out there is going to be a big disc golf tournament up here in Vancouver. However, I will be gone... bummer. I would have won some big buck$... :(

hope in the prison system

I watched Larry King Live inside San Quentin and was intersted to hear from the prisoners there. Larry ended the show by saying his conversation with the prisoners brings a 4 letter word into his mind....h-o-p-e!

Check out the good stuff going on in the prison system called Prison University program

witness

I am currently taking a class from Charles Ringma entitled Building Christian Communities. Yesterday we watched and discussed the movie Witness. The movie was an excellent example of two communities that seem to be very different. However, both the police/ urban and the Amish/ Rural communities contain elements of darkness and light.

movies and books

With Regent out for a couple of weeks we had the opportunity to catch up on some Movies and books we wanted to check out.

Mothers day run

Happy Mothers day...

Today Tara and I ran in our first 10 kilometer run! We did it to honor our mothers.

Tara ran the 10km in 1:01.10
I ran the race in 51:33.65

Looking for a new bathing suit?

The weather is warming up...it is almost time to go swimming. Here are some (funny) options...











Check this web site out...You may find just what you're looking for :)

He has risen indeed

Happy Easter!!!

"He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come,
see the place where the Lord lay."
~Matthew 28:6~

New tires

We finally got some new tires for our exploder.

Check em' out here.

Sun Run, Is that with sun?

THE SUN RUN

These days, Caleb and I like to pretend that we are runners. Since winter break, we have been 'trying' to do some form of exercise every day. We have been running on the trails by the Fraser River and enjoy running in Pacific Spirit Park. We may participate in the annual 10k Vancouver Sun Run. This would be an accomplishment in and of itself, seeing that I, Tara, have never started nor completed any sort of formal race. Nothing sounds more appealing than running on top of 47,000 other people in the downtown streets of Vancouver! :)
I would rather do some sort of race that would raise money for cancer versus a fundraiser that will help people to be able to read.

books and music

I am reading a book by Aidan Nichols entitled Christendom Awake. Tara and I are both enjoying CeCe Winan's song "Pray" from her Purified album.

Kirby

One of the classiest baseball players to ever play the game died today.

My all time favorite baseball player Kirby Puckett died today March 6 at the age of 45.
I grew up watching him play baseball the way it was meant to be played.

Down With The Empire?

True Irony.
The real question is, Do you want to be breastfed Starbucks? No? Neither do I.

snow shoe new year

I haven't updated since LAST YEAR!!!

It is time to give you a little insight to the great Northwest.

It has basically been raining everyday since my last post up here...

Tara and I got to spend 3 WEEKS in Kansas. It was wonderful. Great time with Fam and friends, great food, and lots of disc golf and watching football.

Here is a couple of pictures of last weekend when we got to go with our friends Peter and Krista up to Mt. Seymour. Tara's first time and my first time in Canada.

The first one is of Peter and Krista. The second is of Tara and I.

2 year aniversary

Today is our 2 year anniversary! It has been a great day. We cooked up a little brunch and have been able to relax by the fire for most of the morning. We will continue to celebrate for the rest of the day...after doing a little studying.

Radiating Christ by Mother Teresa

Dear Jesus, help me to spread Your fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Yours.
Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul.
Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus! Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as You shine, so to shine as to be a light to others; the light, O Jesus, will be all from You; none of it will be mine: it will be You shining on others through me.
Let me thus praise You in the way You love best: by shining on those around me. Let me preach You without preaching, not by words, but by my example, by the catching force, the sympathetic influence of what I do, the evident fullness of the love my heart bears to You. Amen.

Mother Teresa

"A fitting honor"?

As I was looking at my hometown newspaper, I saw an interesting article about the former football coach of my high school. Larry Garman coached the Pittsburg High School dragons for 34 years and is now being honored by having a street named after him. I think anyone who has worked in the same place for 34 years should have a street named after them.

However, this does not seem to happen very often and shows what the city of Pittsburg finds to be important i.e. football...

Check out "a fitting honor" article.

Reading Week

It is reading week at Regent College. This means a week of no class and trying to catch up on the reading requirements for our classes. I am reading some great books such as the one above by Stott. I am about to finish a book called The Christ on the Mount by E. Stanley Jones. This book is a must read...simply amazing! Finally I am reading Biblical Healing and Deliverance by Chester and Betsy Kylstra.

Purpose Driven in Rwanda

I know most of us have heard of The Purpose Driven Life/Church. It almost seemed that the author (Rick Warren) was just riding a wave of popularity and trying to profit on what people wanted to hear. I was in a Purpose Driven small group and thought, "wow! This seems to be a fad like the Prayer of Jabez."

In my Sermon on the Mount class with DARRELLJOHNSON I found it fascinating to hear what Rick Warren was up to these days. Dr. Johnson told us about how Dr. Warren has had a change of heart and is an example of being light to the world. Specifically Dr. Warren has donated all of his salary from the past 30 years back to his home church. He is able to do this as a result of the popularity of his books. He also has been tithing 90% of the income from his book sales. A sign of a changed life.

To top it off he has joined with Bill Hybels of Willow Creek in Chicago to combat aids in Africa! Check out "Purpose Driven in Rwanda" in Christianity Today