Tomorrow morning, we leave before any human being should be out of bed. We’ll be heading off to Florida. Janell will be there for a while, but I’ll only be in Florida for 2 days before I go out of town to teach a class for a week. I’m looking forward to being with my students, but I do not at all feel very prepared for this class. I still have a lot of “on the fly” adjustments to my notes and other things. We’re also praying that we get our visas in time. I leave on Saturday, but we still do not have clearance to go. Maybe, I’ll have to wait until Tuesday to go. That would not be very good financially. Just another one of those waiting games. We’ll see how it works out. This time tomorrow, I should know if I’m going on Saturday or Tuesday. Hopefully, it will be Saturday.
Okay, so one thing that is a theme for missions is, “Always be prepared for changes,” AKA, be flexible. That’s really easy to do when you are on a mission trip for a week or two, but to live that way everyday can be, at times, very frustrating. Today, I was scheduled to give a workshop/conference about youth ministry at the alumni week at the seminary. This workshop was supposed to start after lunch (around 3:30). Due to the fact that we are leaving the country tomorrow, I really should have said no. But it was a good way to get together with some pastors and talk youth ministry with them. Here it is 2:45, and I just found out that my time slot has been changed to 5:30. Now, I will be finished around 7 pm, which wouldn’t be SO bad except for I still have to pack for tomorrow’s trip (we leave early AM).
I just checked out epassportphoto.com. It’s a site where you can upload your own photos, and it will make a 4×6 photo page with a bunch of passport sized photos on it. It’s pretty cool because now you won’t have to go to the store to get your passport photos taken and printed, etc. I’m sure there are also many other uses for passport sized photos.
(via: Steve Garfield)
So, today, we finally broke down and took Nathan to get his hair cut. We had only cut his bangs a little at home because they were constantly getting in his eyes. Here in Mexico, we have tons of “baby style” places where you can take kids to get their hair cut. We went to one of the places in Mundo E, a really nice mall near our home, and Nathan got to sit in the firetruck while the lady cut his hair.
I’ll have to admit, a little part of me didn’t want to get his hair cut. Isn’t that weird? I think part of it was that I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to explain how to cut it to the lady. Ever thought of how to say, “Take a little off the ears,” in Spanish? Well, we must have communicated something right because she did a fantastic job. We gave her a really good tip (BTW, it cost 100 pesos…like 10 bucks)
Of course, Nathan was sooooo good. He didn’t cry at all, and he even laughed a little when the shaver tickled him. I wonder if they thought I was weird for taking pictures and video of his first cut. Oh well, who cares. I guess I’ll be a crazy dad for a little while longer. We had to celebrate, so we went to Rainforest Cafe for a light lunch. That place is almost better than the zoo.
