I think my favorite hymn is 197 O Savior, Thou Who Wearest a Crown.  I love the message about the Savior's atoning sacrifice and love for man and the beautiful, baroque melody that it is set to.  I attempted a translation of the song into Spanish, because it is not in the Spanish hymnbook, but found it to be much harder than expected.  Here is a rough draft of the first and fourth verses.

O Cristo, tu corona tejida de espinas.
Pesado de dolores, humilde caminas.
Los soldados te burlan, vinagre y hiel te dan.
Y para todos mueres, en la cruz te cuelgan.

A favor nuestro diste tu vida con amor.
A ti, Señor, te damos las gracias y loor.
En los cielos fue hecho el plan de rescate,
Con mucho amor haremos lo que tu mandaste.

Again this is a rough draft.  I want to spend more time on it and work out a really good translation of the hymn. Any suggestions are welcome.

Back to blogging

Well, it has been a very long time since I have blogged, over 3 years now. So I guess with this entry I'll just do a sum up. In those three years I've served a two year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Costa Rica, having an incredible, life-changing experience strengthening my relationship with my Savior and completely falling in love with the people and the culture of Costa Rica. Pura Vida! Since returning home I've resumed my studies at Brigham Young University where I'm now a Junior in Electrical Engineering. The highlight of this last year at college was being able to go back down to Costa Rica with my Mom in April of this year to see the Cano Serrano family that I had taught while on my mission be sealed for time and all eternity in the San Jose Costa Rica Temple. It was the most beautiful experience I've had yet in my 22 years and I feel extremely blessed to have been able to attend.
So now, that brings us up to the present. I decided to stay at BYU during the summer to take a few classes to help speed along my graduation. Besides school I work, go running, go swimming, watch TV, go on tons of dates, and eat a lot. Pretty dang exciting.
Signing off, but not for three whole years this time, I'll write again soon.
Panchito

Of Burns and Workplace Injuries

I was only a number at Jiffy Lube. Here is the most interesting burn I got.

Douglas Goes To Grand Canyon

I recently had the pleasure of visiting the Grand Canyon with my Dad. First we went down the Tanner Trail, spending one night camping by the Colorado River.
The next week we returned again to the canyon and did a day hike. We went down the South Kaibab Trail, then took the Tonto Trail to Indian Gardens and hiked out on the Bright Angel Trail.

Pancho Mata Conejo

A mi me gusta matar conejos. Es un poco dificil matarlo con una piedra, pero lo hice. Lo mejor es comer el conejo despues de matarlo. Tiene sabor muy rico.

Douglas Wades Near Waterfall

Vivan siempre el trabajo y la paz!

I received my call yesterday to serve in the Costa Rica San Jose Mission. I enter the MTC on Wednesday July 2, 2008. Congratulations to Jen Bailey for guessing correctly.