Mini Updates

We're learning that Alabama weather changes quickly. Yesterday there were tornado watches, and today it snowed. It didn't stick, but it was really coming down - that's a first for us since being here.

Matt moved a tree yesterday -- it was blocking one of the roads on post after the wind/rain, and he and another guy moved it aside. I reminded Matt that it wasn't his first time moving a tree -- Ross/Amber, you remember our camping adventure, right? :)

My excitement for the day was finding out that Chaz passed obedience class. I was surprised -- he has consistently been the trouble-maker of the class. He barks / whines nervously, and is the only "student" that gets told to be quiet by our instructor. I'd never been in those shoes before, and it was kind of enlightening. I think deep down teachers kind of like the trouble-makers, right?

Matt and I are reading The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne as a part of our small group. We've only read the first 3 chapters, but it's pretty good so far -- talks about what it would look like to really love like Jesus. We've been reading it on the way to and from church since it's a half hour drive. Matt also likes to read it before he goes to sleep -- one of the only things that gets him to stop thinking about chapters 5 & 9 from the TH-67 Operator's Supplement. That, and it helps him stop spinning and feeling like he's still flying.

I'm surprised that I haven't learned my EP's (Emergency Procedures) and Limits by now. I quiz Matt a lot, so I'm glad it's sticking for one of us! Friday he told me he found the "hover" button on the helicopter (there is no button -- that's what the pilot's for...). Sounds like he is learning fast and loving it!