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James Bond Movies And Sermons In Colon Panama
According to the site Commander Bond, at the end of the shooting it is likely that Panama might not be Panama in the movie. It might be doubling for a South American country. Well even though Colon might not be Colon I might still be able to recogniz...
Blessed Christmas To You All
It’s Christmas! It was only yesterday I told you that. Wasn’t it? Man, it sure feels that way. Well yesterday or today the warmth and love is the same and I’m sharing it with you. It is about more than just a day. Does it feel tha...
Bloggers Unite: Highlighting Acts Of Kindness In Colon Panama
Bloggers Unite today in an effort to highlight acts of kindness being done across the world. This is a good thing. We are bombarded with too much bad news. This Advent season is about announcing the Good News, and not just with our lips. In a world o...
Panama November Rains Leave Jamaica Mission Team Stranded
The 6 member mission team from Jamaica who returned home on Wednesday November 21 2007 will never forget their first mission trip to Panama. November rain is legendary in Panama. Last year, there was massive flooding of the Rio Indio that left severa...
Colon Marching Bands Boosts Panama’s Patriotic Celebrations
Colon Day Marching Bands, Bass Drums And Language Lessons Apocalypsis, Colon’s star marching band had to get ‘big up’ in this Blog. Awesome is what comes to mind if you can still manage to think when they are nearby. I waited ALL da...
BWA Women’s Day Of Prayer 2007 At FIBC
The First Isthmian Baptist (FIBC) Women on Mission (WMU) celebrated the BWA Baptist Women’s Day Of Prayer 2007 today. The actual celebration is set for November 5th. However, that date is Colon Day. It is the biggest day of the patriotic month ...
Viva Patria! Panama’s Patriotic Celebrations 2007
Shouts of Viva Patria, drums, clashing cymbals and trumpets awakened me at 1:15am. Yes, 1:15am this morning. I was not amused. Neither did I have any charitable thoughts toward the group gathered one house away. Forget security precautions. The noise...
30th Anniversary Torrijos-Carter Panama Canal Treaty
The 30th Anniversary of the 2nd Panama Canal Treaty, the Torrijos-Carter Treaty, was celebrated today Monday September 3, 2007. It was also the ‘first blast’ signaling the inauguration of the Panama Canal Expansion project. For me, it was an hi...
Panama Observes Month of Sacred Texts in September
September is the Month of Sacred Texts in Panama. Some Christians call it the Month of the Bible, and some others call it the Month of the Holy Scriptures. I prefer the official inclusive term -Month of Sacred Texts which also includes extra - bibli...
Noriega Watch : France Wants Noriega Extradited
France And Noriega’s Future September 9 looms larger and the buzz is getting louder as more persons wonder what is going to become of Manuel Noriega. Is he really returning to Panama? I sense some amount of expectancy - persons believe that so...
