football

I just have to have it out with guys who think that one football game being watched on TV justifies every football game being watched on TV.  The other day I was at the one house with a TV, admittedly to watch a Ravens/49ers game.  But for some reason,  the clicker command decided that every commercial break needed to be spent checking the scores of the 1) Florida U v. Florida State game, 2) The Steelers v. Packers game, 3) the Army v. Connecticut game, and 4) and Some Random High School v. Some Random High School game.  (Fortunately we didn't watch much of that one.)

Look, isn't one football game enough?  Really,  You don't see people doing this with any other kind of show.  If The Office, goes to break, they switch to the news, not Parks and Rec.  I don't juggle between three different baseball games during the playoffs.  The scores run the on the bottom the screen.   Are these guys worried that we will miss a better football game?  I don't get it.

Here's a better system,  at commercial breaks, the clicker command surrenders the remote to some person selected by vote of the people.  If said person is female, she will do the reasonable thing of keeping the same channel so that we can watch the commercials.  If the person selected is male, he will probably submit the group to a demonstration of how fast he cant flick through channels, because men are not interested in what's on TV; they are interested in what else is one TV.

Thanksgiving

Today the whole school is giving thanks that a student of ours came out of critical condition over at the hospital.  A massive infection caused him to lose consciousness right here at campus.  I would ask for your continued prayers for Freddie.

This reminds me of all the blessings that I am thankful for this year.
First of all the grace of God, which has guided me on a sure path though I often don't even see the next step.

Next my family, who I miss more and more each day.  I love you guys!

Two communities of great support, one in Vermont, and the other in Wyoming (or wherever you graduates are.)  Your letters, emails, and notes have pulled me through some hard days as a missionary. 

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!  Be strong and hope in the Lord!

Jonathan

Placencia , this time with sound. enjoy

hello the states

Hey everybody!

Sorry its been so long since I have published.  Technical difficulties with a slideshow I put together for y'all's enjoyment has stalled the Lone Sombrero.  Will work on it this weekend.

What's been new?

I and the other volunteers took a little break in San Pedro this weekend; its a tourist hotspot with gorgeous blue water and all the gift shops you could ever want!  The best highlight,  snorkeling over a coral reef.  The variety of fish and marine plants was amazing!  I think God must have scattered a rainbow underneath the waves for us to find.  The sting-rays were scary though, they look quite alien as they flit about on the ocean bottom, fins undulating rhythmically. 

The nurse sharks were also a little intimidating, but quite harmless.

Other than that, we went and danced to some live music at a seaside bar, which was a blast!  The Eric Clapton cover left some things to be desired, but overall the music was great.  We also took a swim off a pier as an orange moon rose over the water. 
This all raises a bit of problem.  Who's going to think I'm on a mission trip if all the pictures we take (And we take most of them on these getaways)  show us dancing in bars,  swimming in aquamarine water, and relaxing on fine white sand?  This is a bit of a difficulty : )


Anyway,  Happy Thanksgiving, I love and miss you all