Warm weather means a lot more congregating at Mid-America Student Housing. A few nights ago we fired up a few grills and enjoyed a warm evening of food and friends.
The community in which we get to participate here at MABTS is one of the things for which I am most grateful.
There was no church yesterday due to Memphis being one big ice rink. So we got together with some other families in the complex to worship God.
Sophia makes friends. Everywhere she goes. She loves people. One of her most favorite people in the whole world is Sara David. Go here to see them in action.
We’re heading to the great big state of Texas today. Mount Pleasant to be exact. Or somewhere around there.
About once a year we get together with some of our best friends in the whole world. The Copelands, Days, Branscums, Bramletts, Neufers, and good ole’ Morty will all be there. Rugrats in tow. It’s going to be amazing. These folks shaped me in some pretty profound ways. They still do.
Happy 4th!
[Oh yeah, here are a couple of shots I took at church last night with the girls.]
Sophia’s amiga, Sarita, paid us a visit yesterday. They had a ball swimming, ‘rearranging’ Sophia’s room, and eating animal crackers. Also, Sophia and Sara made up a new hymn. It’s sure to bring the church to it’s feet for years to come. It goes like this:
Yes, Jesus mocos. Yes, Jesus mocos. Yes, Jesus mocos. The Bible tells me so.
I know. I know. You’re asking yourself. What profound theological meaning does ‘mocos’ have. Well, that’s Spanish for ‘booger’.
It was a great two days. Lots of laughter. Lots of friends. Little sleep.
The ceremony was full of interestingness as well. The two most notable moments: (1) Todd “The Bod” Calloway, a groomsmen, turned into a zombie and stumbled his way off the stage to the first pew where he collapsed. I never missed a beat. (2) After the wedding party and family had been escorted out of the sanctuary I stepped up center stage and said, “Thank you for coming, Daniel and Laura would like to invite you to the . . . ” I couldn’t remember the word ‘reception’. “to the . . . ” Awkward silence. I finally just told them I couldn’t remember the word and told them they were invited to the “after-the-wedding-party”. Go here for more pictures.
Sophia’s got a new friend! His name is Dekari and he is the son of one of our volunteers. Sophia absolutely loves him! She chases him all over the house.
I’m back in the U.S. trying to get caught up on greek homework and watching college football.
It was awesome to get off the plane and see my beautiful wife and daughter waiting on me. I missed them like crazy.
The trip was amazing. I was able to see a lot of friends. I didn’t realize how much I missed that place.
Marty, Dave and I were able to collect a lot of images and information and will hopefully be useful in inspiring people to share their resources with the folks in Peru who have suffered as a result of the earthquake.
I’ve added a page to the blog and put there photos and excerpts from some things I wrote down throughout the week. Just click on the ‘Peru Journal‘ link above.
We’re about to head to Arkansas’ best kept secret: EL DORADO!
We’re meeting up with our best friends from OBU. We’ll spend the weekend with them and then move into Promise House Monday.