The Ethnos360 Logo

May 1, 2017

On the team I’m part of, some brilliant and creative people have been working hard over months to get a logo together that visually represents who we are and what we do. Here’s what they produced: I love it! The 360 in our name basically stands for “Around the World”, so a circular or globe […]

Hacking for Jesus

November 7, 2016

Well I sure am tired, but man did I have fun at the Indigitous Hackathon! Here was the space where our team was working: I was able to contribute some code to add an admin interface to the BibleBox setup on a Raspberry Pi. With this setup, missionaries, Pastors, whoever can share videos, bible passages, […]

How to: Stop Processing Filters in WordPress

October 4, 2016

Warning! WordPress 4.7 revamps how the actions and filters are handled, and as a result, this method no longer works! Sorry :/ A problem I ran into on a job this week was a contact form plugin that uses irreversible form field invalidation. In short, once a field has been marked invalid, it’s impossible to […]

Home buyers!

June 21, 2016

Our big news this month is the house! We’re under contract and out of underwriting and a bunch of other legal-sounding things on this house: It’s a short bike ride to work, and a manageable walk to downtown with the kids. We really love the area and are so excited to hopefully be homeowners soon. […]

Gator!

May 23, 2016

Our closest encounter with an alligator in the “wild”. Now before getting all upset about me and my 1, 4, and 5 year old kids this close to an alligator, we were on the other side of a cable fence which started about 3 feet up a concrete wall from the surface of the water. […]

So what does Rachel do all day?

May 16, 2016

I feel like I do a zillion different little things all day, but I'll simplify so you can get the general gist. I'm supposed to get up and run or walk first thing in the morning. I say "supposed to" because often I choose to sleep longer instead.

This Week’s Project: Old Code

May 12, 2016

This week was "slow" in that there were no fires to put out, and no big to-do's due any time soon. That means that instead of working on what needs to be done right away, I was able to dig into some projects that were on the back burner...

And Not a Moment Too Soon

March 29, 2016

Never fear, Superman is here! Or at least you’d think he is the way people are talking lately. I suppose that’s what happens when an addition to a team is so long in coming. I’ll set up the timeline for you: Spring, 2012 – While seeking a student to help work on the website, Rex, the […]

We’re Here!

February 25, 2016

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we have finally arrived in Florida to begin our ministry as “Web Content Developer” for New Tribes Mission! It was a rather eventful drive as we had to slow down and take an extra day of travel due to Rachel’s flu-like symptoms, but thanks to God and our prayer team, we […]

Packing up

February 14, 2016

A big thank you to all of our ministry partners! As we prepare for our big move on Wednesday, everyone is healthy and we are supported financially at 66.5%! We have seen God provide for us in so many ways and are trusting Him to provide for our ministry going forward. Thank you for your […]