I got my hair cut yesterday.  It took 10 minutes (I don’t have that much hair left) and cost me $17.  That’s $102/hour.  And the truth is…I pretty much like my $1.50 hair cut from the lady in the market back in Bolivia better. 

Oh well…there’s not much I can do about it I guess.  It’s just a fact of life here.  Maybe it’s time to go back to getting mom to cut my hair.  I think she stopped when my brothers and I started getting too particular and…um…tense…when she didn’t cut it quite the way we wanted.  Now…I’m all about the price…not so much the quality.  And again…there’s not that much that can go wrong when you really don’t have much to work with. 

Speaking went fairly well in Asquith on Sunday, I think.  It was mostly just fun to see people and catch up a bit.  Asquith was the first church I ever youth pastored at.  Last week I had a BBQ with some of the kids who were in my youth group back then (and who now have a dozen or more kids between them all…).  We had a fun time reminiscing.  It’s probably best that most of those stories stay between them and me.  People from Asquith read this blog and they probably don’t want to know all the crazy things we did in and/or to the church.  After all…they still like me out there and it’d be nice to keep it that way.  Let’s just say I was young and leave it at that. 

We did have fun however…

Tonight I’m off to the Christian school for their Dinner Theatre.  I’m looking forward to it.  Again, it’s fun to see the kids and hang out.  As a side note, some of the kids who were down with us in Bolivia over Easter on this last trip, are talking about coming back with me in August for a month, to work with us some more.  I’m hoping it all works out…it’d be good to have them there.

I spoke with one of the guys from the house on Facebook, on Sunday afternoon.  He shared a bit about what’s happening in his life, and that he’d had to deal with some tempations at school the week before.  This young guy had a fairly serious drinking/drug problem in his past, and some of his friends at school were trying to get him to a party or something I think.  But he said he prayed about it, and God gave him the strength to say no.  =)  So that was good to hear.  We had a good conversation (well…as good as one can have on Facebook chat).  

Thanks for continuing to pray for myself and the guys.  We certainly need your prayers.  I’m officially approaching the halfway mark in my trip, and there are a few things that still need to happen in my life before I head back south.  So if you could please pray that I manage to accomplish what I need to do, that’d be great.  As another side note, some of you have been asking about my physio for my back.  I’ve started meeting with my physiotherapist and he’s excellent.  The owner of the physio place has taken a personal interest in my case and met with me on Saturday as well.  He said I did a pretty good number on my back in the accident, but thinks we should be able to have it fixed up before I head back to Bolivia in August.  So that was good to hear.  Everyone at this place has been amazing, so a big shout out to Bourassa and Associates.  They’re doing a good job.

I’ve still got lots of time for a coffee or a supper if anyone is interested!  =)  Just let me know…

Thanks everyone….