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Ok. Alright. So, my Monkey Kick-Off score wasn’t as insuperable as I originally thought. First, Jen B (a girl) beat it.

Then, I get an email from my arch enemy good friend, Arnold Austin, IMB missionary in Peru. It contained this screenshot. The subject line read: Gotcha.

Ok, Mr. Austin. I concede (for now).

Sorry for any confusion you may have encountered by visiting this site today. The server (i guess) was not allowing the page to fully load . . . so there’s no telling what kind of mumbo jumbo you saw. I think it’s good to go now. A swift rabbit punch to my computer screen seems to have done the trick.

I feel like a jumbled mass of motives and wants and intentions all pulling me in a different direction. My life feels messy. I guess that’s probably just how life is. Just like a big bowl of spaghetti.

Sometimes I think following God equals being in solitude, saying prayers, and thinking only of ‘heavenly things‘. But, that’s not it at all. Not by a long shot. God is so much more organic and creative and messy than that. Far from the monastery I am. Instead of solitude I live in a house full of voices and feelings and emotions. Instead of ‘heavenly things’ I am obliged to think about dirty diapers, hurting teenagers, and hot dogs on the grill. Instead of long, deep-voiced prayers my conversation with God usually amounts too “Help me God!”.

My life is messy. Yet, through all these things I am with God and he is with me. He is speaking to me. He is teaching me. He is shaping me. All of that happens by means of the things he has me doing everyday . . . not in spite of them.

In case you haven’t noticed, there is a recurring gorilla theme on this blog. Here’s another story for you monkey lovers out there.

The zoo is awesome. We went today with Big Ron and Abuela. I know everyone always says that the Little Rock zoo isn’t all that great. And, I guess compared to other zoos, it’s not. But, I definitely enjoyed it! And Sophia made friends with a Spider Monkey and some Lorikeets. So, it’s A-OK in my book. Here are the highlites:

We’re going to the zoo!

Giraffe! Jirafa!

Dude, that thing is huge!

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Let’s go! Let’s go!! Let’s go!!!

Hello. Would you happen to have a banana? (He really said that.)

Here yittle yorikeet. I yuv you.