We're back from Guatemala!!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that we all made it back from Guatemala safe and sound last night. What an awesome, life changing trip!!! I'll post more later w/ some photos.

Dan

3 days and counting...

Well we have three days until we leave for Guatemala. For those of you that haven't heard about this, here's the scoop. We (Ofelia, Katherine, Kalin, and I) are going on a short-term mission trip with our church to Guatemala over spring break. We will be working at the Casa Para Ninos Aleluya orphange. Our flight leaves Friday (3/20) morning at 6:00 am and we'll return the following Friday (3/27) evening around 9:30 pm. We'll be working on rehabbing some living quarters for a family from our church that will be moving down to Guatemala in June to become full-time missionaries. We'll be working on their housing in the mornings and then in the afternoons we'll be working with all the kids. This orphanage has around 400 kids (it's set up almost like a small town). Many of the kids have come from very abusive families. If you would like to see more about the orphanage, visit their website at www.casaparaninos.com. We'll take plenty of pictures and I'll post some of them once we return. Please pray for us to have a safe and meaningful trip.

Dan

We're Back..............for now!

We (I) are going to try and start updating this blog again.....stay tuned

AND YOU ALL THOUGHT IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.....

Well we proved you wrong! After 9 years of dating and living together, Ofelia and I finally tied the knot today at 10:00am. We decided to just go to the courthouse and have the County Judge preform the ceremony. Including getting the marriage license the whole ceremony took about 15 minutes.....ha! My brother, sister, and nephew (Matt, Angie, and Harrison) came and watched and took photos for us. Ofelia and I took the day off from work, but we'll be back tomorrow....isn't that so romantic..ha! ha! The girls are going to summer camp this Thursday for a week and a half and I don't have Wyatt this weekend so her and I will sneak off for a mini-honeymoon this weekend. Then later this year, probably sometime in September or October we'll disappear for a week or so for the real honeymoon. I'm trying to talk Ofelia into taking a cruise, but she's still not sure (she's afraid she'll get sick on the boat). If not a cruise then maybe a week in the the Dominican Republic or Cozumel. Ofelia and I will both be out of town next week for work and then the following week we go on vacation with the kids. So sometime within the next month or so, Mom and Angie are wanting to have a party for us out at Angie's house, so stay tuned for date and time!

STILL In Memory of Danny G. Cypert

First things first, I want to say a heart felt "THANK YOU" to all of the people that have posted a message on the blog. I have gotten to know some of you over the phone like Debi, Carlos, and Megan; I can honestly say without a doubt that you were definitely part of Uncle Danny's family! After talking with you, I feel like I have known you for a long time even though we have never met, that will change May 10th. I look forward to meeting all of you! My sister (Shelley) and I will be at the service and all that follows. For anyone wanting to know any information about Uncle Danny's memorial service, go http://www.uflac.org/ (the United Firefighters of Los Angeles website), all the details for the service are on their homepage. From everything I've heard, Uncle Danny's Memorial Service is going to be "Off the Hook"! I plan on taking many pictures during the service and I will post some of them when I return home. One last thing, if anyone leaves a post, it does not list your email address. So if anyone would like or need to contact me, you can email me at dcypert69@hotmail.com (Put "Uncle Danny" in the subject, that way if it accidentally goes to my junk mail folder, I'll know to open it anyway). Until next time...WALK GOOD!!!.............Dan