I should be sleeping

instead of keeping these late hours I've been keeping.

It's been two years now since Jon-E died. It doesn't seem like that long.

I got to work with a really neat lady today. Her name is Elizabeth and she has MS. I worked with her just for one afternoon and it was lots of fun! She's one of 9 kids and her mom just passed away a couple months back. She's a real tease and her entire time at work we were going back and forth with coworkers. I laughed so hard!

Samuel and I were ruminating on this the other day. We are both very similar and we have very similar hobbies and likes, except for computer games. We never fall victim to the same addicting games. I like all the varities of 'match-3' games and he never cares for those. I like puzzles, he doesn't. He likes the online game Conquer and I'm bored to tears by it. We thought that was interesting.

OK, hope is restored. I'm back!

Camp kept us real busy but it went great. I had Kuyu and Mrs. Jernigan helping me with 15 kindergartners the whole time and then half a dozen other people in and out as their patience lasted. :) Let's just say we had 2 little boys who were...difficult. The youth group was awesome and Kuyu and Ah-chung MADE the camp. Parents came to the presention at the end where the gospel was presented, we got to give Bibles to all the kids, and 9 kids came to Sunday school this morning all which were major goals for the camp. I'll post pictures soon.

It turns out that the wife of the pilot who died in the crash with Jonny is here illegally from Vietnam. She has a 5 month old and 18 month old and the government wants to send her back to Vietnam WITHOUT her kids! So the Hopes and their church are trying to work it out where all 3 of them can move to AR with them. I sure hope it works out. It would be so awful to separate them after losing their dad and husband. The Hopes' behavor is such a witness, too.

We leave for Taiwan on the 29th where we'll spend 3 days at the school where Drew and the rest of the King Car teachers are doing and then fly home (*Brave Saint Saturn voice* HOME!) on the 2nd. This leaves only 2 weeks left in Kinmen. Let's go into full bore panic now.

Andrea and Young (Pastor Samuel and Joy's kids) and Tony and Ebony (kids of a family who used to go to church here and now live in Thailand) possibly might get to come to our house next year for summer vacation. I sure hope so! I've had a ton of fun with Young and Andrea and have heard lots of good things about Tony and Ebony.

I'm going to go read all the millions of blog posts I've missed. Love y'all!

Our friend Jon Eric died at a hospital (possibly in Hualien) today after being in an ultra light crash. We're not sure yet what the arrangements are or what our plans are. Definitely keep his family and the team in Hualien in your prayers.