Umm yea, so its still hot

praise the Lord. Today was glorious. Got about 10 hrs sleep last night which was awesome. I really dont think i'm feeling the effects of any jet lag.

Today was really a recuperation day, in that there wasn't much planned. We woke up to about 85 degree weather and spent some time fellowshipping with the missionaries that we are staying with, and thier full time workers, yes missionaries here have full time paid staff to assist them. It may seem odd to you, but i guess culturally, the locals expect that if you are here as a missionary you should support the local economy by having paid staff. Mind you, its not that much. The full time driver/personal assistant makes 100USD a month. not a ton of money considering what this guy does. His name is Kumi, and he is a really great guy. he loves the Lord, but the reality is that for a HS educated man here, there is next to nothing as far as jobs are concerned, so he is pleased to have this job.

Kumi took us to the local market, which was just like an american market, except very expensive. One box of rice crispies was about 6 dollars. Can of nuts, 12 dollars, so it looks like the bulk of Corb an I's food is going to consist of peanut butter and crackers, peanut butter and cookies, and peanut butter and ramen. Which is fine.

You would be amazed at how many people there are around the city. Most of whom are walking or riding a bicycle. Every street has people selling everything from clocks to socks. You can get bootleg dvds here also. 42, (I'm being serious here) movies on one DVD. They have one you can buy that have every Arnold and Sly movie on the same disc. The country is quite divided in that it is very clear that there are those that are haves, and have-nots. Not a real solid middle class. It is great that their culture is such that even though i may look different than about 99 percent of whom i have met, they are all real nice and polite. I've already met some very nice people.

I did find out some interesting information today that might excite some of you. Apparently the Freshman Senator from the State of Illinois has a slight following here. They have songs about him written on the radio and T-shirts with his face on it. Quite interesting. I haven't really seen much George Bush or John McCain items, but I can only assume that they are either in the planning stages, or they have already sold out. Either way, quite interesting.

Tonight we went to a home fellowship group. There were about 14 people there that were literally from all over the world. South Africa, Kenya, Jamaica. It was cool. This should make you laugh- i had been there about 15 mins when this lady Estelle showed up and introduced herself to me and said "I know your wife, I've seen her on Facebook"! I wont go into the long explanation how, as much as it made me laugh to think that even on the other side of the planet, the power of Facebook continues to amaze me. Go figure.

The meeting was awesome. We had time of praise and worship and a lesson from the book of proverbs about the proper friendships that we should have. It was refreshing to fellowship with some other Christians from another country. They sang the same songs, had the same spirit and the same struggles we all deal with. Only with God can you walk into a room of strangers and be instant family because of the common bond of Christ. It was fantastic.

Well, i'm going to shut it down for the night. I'll try to get some pictures up tomorrow.

Remember: God is faithful. He will never give you more than you can handle.

ps. dont get mad about my spelling-im not speeel chekkin