Big Group of New Students to the Rib Cook-off Last Night

We were part of a small group of Americans who had the privilege of taking over 30 students, mostly new, to the Rib Cook-off in Sparks last night.

Lots of Fruit this Year!

Lots of Fruit This Year!

There's lots of fruit on the fruit trees around Reno this year!  We picked some apples Friday night at the Guys' House and picked pears down the street this morning!

Friday Night Study

Friday Night Study continues to be well attended.

We start with a Conversation Corner where students get a chance to practice their English as we play a word game.

Next comes dinner. (If you or your group would like to contribute a dish or cook the whole dinner, we'd gratefully received it!)  Our friendships go so much deeper when we eat together, and community is formed. Loneliness begins to be thwarted.

Singing is led by a man from Uganda...

The study is designed to result in discovery.

We finish off with dessert and more visiting.

I'm So Glad!!!

One of the first students I had live with me got in my face one day and said, "I'm so glad, I'm so glad, I'm so glad!!!! That's all you ever say! How can you Always be So  Glad???!!! "

She was actually annoyed with me (!) I truly didn't realize I was saying it so much...  Now I notice I do say it all the time! I always think of her, and pray for her...

Now I'm going to find out what the Bible has to say about being glad!

(This note will grow and change over time...)

Psalms 32:11 NKJV 8/29/14
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice,
you righteous;
And shout for joy,
all you upright in heart!

Psalm 90:14 ESV 9/1/14
Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Psalms 97:10-12 NKJV 8/29/14
You who love the Lord , hate evil!
He preserves the souls of His saints;
He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Light is sown for the righteous,
And gladness for the upright in heart. Rejoice in the Lord , you righteous,
And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

Psalm 32:11
Psalm 90:14
Psalm 97:10-12

Tidbits - Jet Lag

This  is it a tidbit I've picked up... Does anyone know of any research to support it? Or anything else to add to it? (One of our girls still isn't sleeping at night yet, and a friend is flying to a new place today with about a total of a 22 hour trip...)

Jet Lag... They say you'll transition better if you stay up in the new place until at least 8 pm.  And if you get sunshine on your skin every day until you're sleeping right again(!!!) Hmm...  And if you're drinking lots of water.

Paleo Diet Funnies

8/12/14

Last night's menu on this Paleo diet for my back: 

(We haven't gone shopping - not many choices!)

Spaghetti sauce - no noodles (lol!)

3 raw carrots

baked sweet potato (later!  did some digging and found it!)

Breakfast:

Pastrami lunch meat

2 raw carrots

sunflower seeds

almonds

311 calories!

(LoL!)

To the store we go today!

Back/Pool (!!!)

8/11/14

My back went out...

Traveling too much to San Francisco and back to help my cousin

I've been doing this since July 7.

I was actually in Reno last week for the whole week.  But did a lot of driving then, too.

A doctor in our church helped me.

Many supplements, diet regimen for 30 days and exercises...

Please pray that I heal quickly.

He even thinks he can help my foot.

:)

It's a fallen world.

We all have problems sooner or later.

But I haven't been taking care of the temple He gave me.

I'd rather my problems come later, rather than sooner!

One wonderful thing about being here is the pool we have...

It's huge

beautiful

and the water is very warm!

So now I will swim every day I'm here.

I'll be taking SM from India back this weekend. (I'm only about 30 minutes from San Jose.)

I need to ask LS from China if she wants to come too...

Then hopefully next week will be our last week here.

But that's 10 days in the pool...