the searbys

Sorry it's been so long everyone. It's been a busy week. I'm sitting here in the office at church waiting for Jen to finish up at her "spa party." I was painting at the house that Lee-Ann (the friend who owned the house we lived when we first moved here) bought, which happens to be a three minute walk from the church. Should we end up here at Harvest long-term, it sure would be great to get that house. Either way, it's a nice place. It has amazing wood floors that are old-fashioned parkay (spelling?) and had been covered up with carpet. They're all going to be refinished. It's a neat house, even though it looks like every other Florida house from the outside.

This week promises to be another busy one. We leave on Thursday morning for Atlanta and the National Missionary Convention. So between now and then we have to get a lot done, among the many weekly things we already do.

I don't think I ever mentioned that I am currently tutoring a doctoral student from the Religion department at UF. I'm tutoring her in Spanish. She has to pass a translation exam to finish this phase of her doctorate before moving on to her research, which she is hoping will take place in Chiapas, Mexico. She's a wonderful lady named Gayle who is getting her doctorate late in life and has tons of energy despite being super busy. We meet every Tuesday and Thursday at La Tienda, a great little mexican place near our house. La Tienda is about as authentic as you can get. The Mexican workers from around town eat lunch there and they serve real "campesino" Mexican food. "Campesino" means country folk (loosely translated) and the food at La Tienda makes you feel like you're in Mexico. It's great. It's also nice to keep sharp on my Spanish by helping Gayle to review and strengthen her ability to read scholarly Spanish writing. I've really enjoyed it.

Well, that's it for tonight. Hope you have a great day and hope to hear from many of you via e-mail and comments here on the blog.
-joel

Hope you guys really enjoy the National Missionary Convention, we wish we were able to go. It's always a time where we are renewed spiritually with like-minded friends. Please send our greetings out to friends from Lincoln. Much love.  

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thanks for the twinkies!
s.i.l.  

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Grandma Raymer, Kirk, Angel says hello,

Hello!  

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