May

Is summer really approaching so quickly! We are actually getting our flights together, which makes it seem so much closer! Time to start online shopping and packing in the summer plans!

Did I ever tell you we named the dog Ruin? Roo for short. So appropriate. Maybe we are never destined to get past puppy stage because I'm always ready to get rid of the pup before they grow up. Maybe we should adopt a grown dog.
Score board: Roo-4 Me-1
Lost two pairs of shoes and a rug to the dog. I scored because she got a bath.

(My sleepy Neanderthal. No clothes, no words... grunts.)

Dan left this evening for Korea. He has been busy now that his back is better. He went to Kuwait last week. He had two friends in NY who didn't drink, both of them Arabs. The three of them spent a lot of time together and were in most of the same study groups. One of them was getting married last week. He saw some friends from Columbia at the wedding. He said a lot of the guys there asked him about the church. I think it was great for him to see what others had done since school. Some of them have really great careers, like selling gold mines, large investment properties, managing shipping ports... all but one of them live as expats abroad. All those he saw are managing successful careers and moving on to families. I loved that two of his friends have 4 children each. I think it is so important that these successful and influential men choose to have families and balance careers with children. Most of the families in our expat communities choose to have one or two children. Especially in Asia, one is very common.

You wouldn't recognise Moses, his first tooth came in. And I wish I'd taken a picture of Maeser. I gave him a hair cut on Friday. By Saturday night he'd had 3 additional trims/fixes. I am the worst at cutting hair. I hope it grows back fast. He practically bald, not by choice, by now. I'll try to send a picture in the morning when he wakes up.

I love the song Because I Have Been Given Much. Especially the last verse:
Because I have been blessed by
thy great love dear Lord,
I'll share thy love again
According to thy word,
I shall give love to those in need
I'll show that love by word and deed,
Thus shall my thanks be thanks indeed.

Pretty much sums up my thoughts this week.