What's up today?

Thought you'd enjoy seeing a picture of my resident tennis pro. This chick's for real folks! Instead of going to the gym, we've revised our exercise plan to include running three days a week and a couple of days of tennis, when possible. We've got to have that time or we start feeling so...how can I describe it...BLECH!! Know what I mean? Thankfully, we've got some ok courts nearby that are dirt cheap (unfortunately not free like so many nice spots in the states).

I've got a couple guys coming over tonight for our weekly guitar jam session (hold the jam). A new guy is supposed to be coming over tonight to play with us. I think I've mentioned something about him before...not sure if he's a believer or not. And Waldek and I have been hoping to have a chance to get to know him better to get to the point where we could share on a deeper level with him. These "guitar meeting things" will be great for that (we need to somehow name our meeting!).

Missionary life is pretty bizarre. I guess you've probably gathered that reading my blog! Everything seems to change from day to day and most of our ministry time seems to end up in the evenings. That's pretty strange coming from the 8a-5p grind in the U-S-of-A. There are times when that's still tough to handle...sometimes wanting to get to the end of the day and see a specific 8- or 9-hour block of time where you know you "worked". Here work oftentimes happens without you even knowing...although obviously it's not like we're constantly just flying by the seat of our pants...or are we? Haha.

I remember one time several years ago when my sister asked me what missionaries "really do". It's a great question...shown by the idea that she wasn't sure even though her own aunt had been serving on the mission field for well over 20 years! People just aren't sure. I really would like to do what I can to help people understand what this strange life is like. That deserves a whole series of posts...or maybe better yet a speaking engagement with your Bible Study class when we come home!!

Well, better run. Things startup in a few minutes and I need to put my stuff in order. You can be praying for us..me, Waldek (VAL-deck), and Pawel (or Paul). I'm praying that this is a time of encouragement for all of us...a time that we can sharpen each other in our faith (or introduce Pawel to our Savior if he hasn't made that choice yet!).