Chasing Rabbits

Have you ever chased a rabbit? I haven't. But I imagine that it would be very difficult to keep up.

I feel a bit like I have been chasing a rabbit recently. It (hopefully) will not be fruitless, but it is very exhausting. Starting a business of your own is a ton of work. Have I mentioned that I am in a foreign country? It is very rewarding, though.

Here are a few tidbits of news that have happened recently:

My congratulations to Patrick and Nyna: They are engaged! It all went down Sunday morning, and all are very happy about it.

The wedding does not have a firm date, as yet, but probably next year around the mid-year mark.

Patrick still had to go home that evening, but he will be back. Personally, having done that a couple times, I know what it feels like: Lame. Keep both of them in your prayers.

We had the occasion to celebrate our first wedding anniversary on Sunday. It has been a wonderful year, and I cannot imagine making it through such a year with a woman of lesser quality. Nádya is the best kind of person to have as a spouse, friend, and companion in life. There is no doubt in my mind that God put us together for a purpose, and that we are where we are for a purpose as well.

I am not sure how to segue to this, so let's just jump in (or not, depending on how literally you take that...): Here in this neighborhood of Teresina there is not a city sewer system, so a septic tank is “the way to go.” It seems the tank that has been outgrown or was not big enough in the first place, so to take care of the problem they are installing a much larger one.

The hole has been dug by hand over the last couple of days, and they are rolling the sleeves, (?) which are about 1 meter across by about half a meter, into it today. It seems considerably smaller than what I remember from when I saw one dug up when I was a kid.
One last thing of note. I was looking at the statistics from this site. This little map shows where people are that visit (the yellow dots). The bigger the dot, the more individuals from that city have visited. This goes back to May.

The Big Birthday

As I mentioned in my last entry, Patrick came. He had a birthday, and we celebrated by going to a restaurant and having pizza.
Of course, pizza here is different than in the US, so we introduced him to two new (to him) “flavors” of pizza. First we had chicken and catupiry (a creamy type of cheese) pizza, and finished up with a banana and cinnamon pizza. The second was exceptional in my mind, but both were good.

Afterward we had ice cream (!!). It was a very enjoyable evening.

Here are the photos from the evening. They include notes about some of what happened, as well.

I have gotten a few questions in the past weeks from people who have missed an entry, or two. If this was you, its great that you asked me, but I thought I would give a couple of tips on how this blog (and many others) works:

A blog is a web page that is meant to be updated frequently. So, the newest material is on top–if you want older entries, you have to go to another page. There are two ways to get to other pages; the first is to click on the entry title under “Previous Entries.”

The second way to find old entries is to find the “Archives” menu on the right, and click on a month. All the entries from that month will show on one page.

Have fun exploring!