Ian Snyder
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Ian Snyder
@FamilyFlysFree
Father of 3 beautiful kids, miles and points fanatic, award travel expert. Contributor to the @AwardWallet blog. Chronicling my own adventures @TheTravelUpdate
California, USA Katılım Aralık 2015
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@vegasteenager No, I have not. But I’m usually game for adventures.
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@FamilyFlysFree Have you driven in Vietnam or Thailand before? That looks…like an adventure!
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Driving outside the U.S. ✅
Driving a manual outside the U.S. ✅
Driving left-hand rule car and traffic ✅
Driving manual left-hand rule ✅
Confident I can drive anywhere now.
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@hanchicago No swap. Just couldn’t snag a photo of my 777 parked remotely.
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@travelsofjustin No, I haven’t. But I’d likely be willing to go for it.
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@FamilyFlysFree Craziest driving I’ve seen is Jamaica, have you driven there?
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I’ve said it before — the Brits get bacon right, and we Americans don’t.
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@travelsofjustin Hilton had it as an option for their timeshare presentation deal.
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Therapy produces far more despair than it alleviates.
Obsessive, self-focused, diagnosis-focused trauma farming is a scourge.
Most of it exists to develop elaborate workarounds to personal repentance and responsibility.
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@FoundationDads This works. One of the best days I’ve had with my church was reroofing a small section of the building with other men.
I’d not done roofing before. Several of us learned on the spot. We worked, laughed, and talked. The camaraderie was great. I hope for more days like this.
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There's a mirrored problem with men. Leadership creates another bible study or men's retreat, or sometimes nothing at all.
Younger men would love some basic down to earth wisdom, some actions to take, something to *do* other than sit around and read and talk more.
Leaves to rake. Sidewalks to shovel. Walls to build. Houses to repair. A booth to man at a local convention. To tagalong on a home visit or be a silent partner in street preaching.
And how to lead their wives and kids without being overbearing and impatient. Especially how to love a wife who is being difficult or lazy.
Something. Anything.
John Moody 🇺🇬@resisfertile
Younger woman, “Hey Miss Anne, I was wondering, I really want to grow as a wife and mom and better serve the Lord in my home and with my husband and kids, can you help me?” Older woman, “That is great, we are just about to start our newest woman’s ministry discipleship rotation and this time I will teaching the women… Nehemiah and Ezra!” YW… “Oh, that’s well and I but I really want to learn how to love and honor my husband better and how to keep the home running more orderly - its been so stressful, especially when he gets home from work, I have really been struggling with…” OW, “and then, once a month, the woman’s book group is going to be doing Grudem’s Systematic Theology…” YM, “yeah, my husband is already going through a catechism with the family though and aren’t the elders doing a theology class before church during the discipleship class every Sunday morning…” OW, “and we are memorizing the 1689 London Baptist…” YW, “well, my husband already has us memorizing Psalms together, I just don’t know as tired and as little sleep as I am getting if I could really add any of this in… do you know how to get little kids to sleep better and to sleep more quickly… we often aren’t getting to bed until after ten and my husband has to be up for work at 4.30… ” OW, “and you should consider coming on our quarterly 4 day women’s retreat, all the older mom’s make it!” YW, “Well, um…. I am already really badly behind on the cleaning and laundry and cooking, and we just started homeschool with our oldest… and we don’t have anyone to watch the kids… what I am looking for is an someone who can teach me how to keep my home better and have it run more smoothly, for instance, how do you get any laundry done with 3 under 5, they seem to make messes faster than…” OW, “… this quarter’s event is me and Marla teaching the book of Ephesians!” YW, “didn’t the elders of the church just preach through the book of Ephesians… doesn't the Bible say it is their job to teach bible and theology and if I have questions I should ask my husband...” OW, “and I bet you would really benefit from reading JI Packer’s Knowing God…” YW, “probably, but right now I just really want to know how to manage my home and love my husband and kids better…” OW, “hopefully see you Wednesday for the ladies tea and bible study!” YW, “well, we have doctor’s appointments that morning and I still need to find someone to sit with the two younger kids while I run Silas into…” This isn't too far off from what we personally experienced, and what we have seen in many churches for two decades.
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@thisisfoster Much can happen if young men have good work ethic and godly character.
A young man started working with me at 16 as needed help with a side business. Eighteen months later we formed a partnership. I didn’t want to lose him to another job.
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Regardless of how you felt when you woke up, today can be a great day if you will look to the Lord in faith and do your duties with joy.
Love your people.
Serve with cheer.
Be hard to offend.
Don't make it everyone else's job to help you have a good attitude. Go first.
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@cantguardjake One of my favorite travel moments was being asked where I was from while eating at a cafe in Barcelona. The server was extremely surprised I was from the U.S. I took it as a high compliment.
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