Category: Matt’s Mishaps

MATT’S MISHAPS: CHASED TO THE POLICE

Do you get frustrated when you can’t find a close parking spot on a rainy day?  Until you live in a place in the world where there is no parking or very bad tight street parking, it is hard to fully appreciate the parking places that most businesses provide in small-town America.  It is one…

MATT’S MISHAPS

“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt  GETTING BLOWN AWAY Did you ever compete in an academic competition when growing up?  I did Science Fairs, Academic Super Bowls and even Academic Decathlons.  My mom (like many…

MATT’S MISHAPS

“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt  Common carrot cake is another’s treasure Have you ever noticed how the more common a thing becomes, the less we appreciate it?  Sometimes we need someone else to state…

MATT’S MISHAPS

“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt  ENCYCLOPEDIA CLOCK Whenever going on trips, it is always important to not under pack nor over pack.  However, sometimes it is a good thing when you realize you did…

MATT’S MISHAPS

“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt  Better the second time around It isn’t just meatloaf and pizza that are better the second time around, but driver’s licenses too. I remember quite vividly getting my Indiana…

New Column: Matt’s Mishaps – Peanuts and Parenting

MATT’S MISHAPS “Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt  Parenting books didn’t help me with all that I would confront overseas!  Despite reading dozens of parenting books and attending workshops on the subject while in the…