- the Manila congress just passed the part of the budget that is used for official porkbelly purposes (bribes and 'incentives') - how bad is it when a government does not even try and hide the fact?
- for those of you who we have mixed cement with, this country has very similar methods to Bolivia, but no altitude to deal with (just severe pollution that they keep out of their lungs by covering their mouths and noses with bandanas)
- the dancing inmate sof the Cebu provincial jail have a new YouTube video that was recently filmed. The warden instituted dance a few years ago as "a means to get inmates at Cebu's maximum security facility to participate in the daily exercixe, and also as a means to minimize if not solve the perrenial problem of gang wars inside the prison" (quote from Philippine paper), and actually, violence has greatly decreased since they started this.... Though there has been controversy over it, they do have monthly shows that the public can go to (it is on our 'to do' list). Michael Jackson's choreographer and two of his dancers came over to training and tape this video.....click here to have a look
- thank you all for your prayers ... a miracle has happened ... our house on Westvale has sold! As of March 31st we will only own one home ! Oh, and we should be in our leased apartment by Friday
We are off scuba diving on the weekend so we will chat with all of you next week!
Hi Linda and Jeff: I just caught up with your blogs. I guess I expected them to show up in the inbox but only just realized I have to go looking for them. Maybe that's why other people have not been commenting. I'll spread the word.
ReplyDeleteYour mother was at Bible Study at our house on Monday, Linda. She really enjoyed the conversation on Skype (not Scope as Dorothy put it). Finding a time to get together for conversation must be difficult with the 13 hour time difference. I also had a brief chat with Sarah Sunday morning. She is enjoying her job and the people she works with. She also led the service last Sunday and did as you would have expected - a good job.
Last Sunday was great with the Haiti team members each speaking. What I noticed was that they spoke of the horrible things they had seen and participated in, but they also gave the positive things they had accomplished both before and after the earthquake. They have had considerable publicity in the Record. The church was full as people wanted to hear them speak.
I don't know how we will function for the next few Sundays. Bonnie and David Taylor will both be away! Bonnie will be in Mexico and David in Germany. Diane Betke and your Chris will be the chief ushers!
I have officially declared it to be Spring. It may be a long cold Spring, but I'm celebrating Spring as of today.
We miss you and we're happy that you are getting out and seeing and doing. And we're happy that the house has sold, but sad that you aren't in it.
Jim and Dorothy
Do you think Jim wanted the house to sell with you in it - and what would that mean for you?!!!! Would you then be slaves of the new owners - sold with the house like the curtains or something!!! Enid
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