Isaiah Is Back!

Early this morning at around 5: 45am I drove to the International Taoyuan Airport to pick up Isaiah. Yes, he's back.

I took him directly to the National Taiwan University as he is taking one elective there -- three weeks, three hours a day and counts for three credits! It was difficult to find the building where the class was held... so he ended up being a little late. He later told me that it was not a problem.

I drove back to Neihu, in rush hour traffic! I finally came back by around 9:15! I had to get busy with class prep! And the washing machine was acting up again... It was stuck on the last spin cycle and the door wouldn't open because the water was not completely drained out!

Isaiah called at around 12:20, saying he was already at the MRT station! What?!?!?!

So, off I went to pick him up.

I had no time for breakfast or lunch, so I made myself a smoothie and drank three large glasses of that. I also have not had the time to walk or run or bike... and unfortunately, Abby has not had time either! (We have got to start back on that! We were doing so well... )

I went to teach and Isaiah got on the computer to facetime his girlfriend in Australia!

We met up with Angel and her daughters for dinner tonight... Delicious pork chops but I think they put way too much MSG... The rest of the evening I had to keep drinking lots and lots of water!

We came back and worked on getting the house in order... It was not an easy task! I'll have to work on it some more tomorrow.

Unfortunately, as I look down this week... it will be the same... each day is packed with things to do!

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A Horrifying Experience!

Now... most of you will laugh... but I had a horrifying experience this evening...

After picking Abby up, I was about to walk into the kitchen when to my utter horror... the biggest ugliest cockroach crawls across my kitchen. I stood in shock. What to do? Options swam through my mind --
1. Throw my slipper at IT. NO... you'd miss and then you'd be without slipper.
2. Ignore IT. NO... it's in my house... I won't be able to sleep.
3. Get the bug spray. NO... it's in the back balcony. IT will get away and I would have to walk past IT to get to the back balcony.
Finally... another option...
GET THE BATHROOM CLEANSER!

I sprayed that thing clean... I then went and got the Fabreeze Fabric Spray and then the Clorox Bleach Spray. That IT became the cleanness best smelling cockroach in all of Asia! I then laid at least 10 pieces of Bounty Paper Towel on top of it before I could even step on IT. Even now as I write about this experience, my heart is pounding... and my mind is swimming with thoughts... are there more? is IT still alive? how am I going to pick up those 10 pieces of paper towels?

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Short Summary

Alan and Isaiah and all from the cruise to Mexico are safely back home... They had a great time.

I helped cleaned up a friend's place... and it was a lot of work... I told her I'd help and the Lord gave me the time to do it!

I spoke at HOP today... Luke 1. I pray that the word of God will stir people to know with absolutely certainty that the Gospel is TRUE! And Jesus is REAL!

No time to exercise...

Many churches cancelled their worship service for today, but it was an absolutely beautiful day! No rain... No wind...

I can write more... but I'm absolutely exhausted.

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Special Gathering & Stronger Typhoon!

The day started early... as usual...

I had a conference to go to where I helped to translate. It was a blessed morning. I met so many wonderful people! And there was no sign of the approaching typhoon...

By early afternoon, it started to sprinkle...

By late this evening, the wind started... two weak typhoons had culminated and became a much stronger than expected typhoon... The wind was blowing... trees were down!  We spend the evening at our neighbor's house, eating instant noodles and watching a Christian movie!

What a fun way to end the day...

Oh, Abby and I were planning to go to the gym tonight... but they closed at 6pm because of the typhoon...

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By the Strength of God!

Today was a day that Jesus carried me through...

From the moment I finished my time with Jesus, there wasn't a free moment... each meeting rolled from one to another... I barely had time to eat!

Counseling... Training... Helping... Translating...

It was by the strength of God...

This will be a short post...

I must go to bed...

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A Work Day!

Yes, I might be retired, but today was a real work day!

I organized my talk notes, checking to see how many I've finished. I then worked on a new talk but I was not able to finish that.

I had to teach this evening. And it was so nice to be in an air conditioned room for two hours...

There is a typhoon looming on the horizon... and it's suppose to hit on Saturday. I think the rain will help to cool off this heat... Overall, I don't think it's going to be that bad. We will see...

Abby was at school the whole day and cram school this evening!

Looking ahead... this weekend is going to be a busy one!

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The Heat Continues!

I went for a short walk this morning as Abby and I hit the public pool this afternoon. And I was glad that it was a short walk as the heat was already quite intense at 7:20.

I had set the day to correct some of my students' essays and clean the house. Plus a friend is leaving Taiwan, so I wanted to have time to help her out, if she needed help!

Abby was at school all day, so I scootered over and met up with her at 5:30. We stayed at the pool for two hours. I don't really swim but just jog back and forth in the water! Abby swam 3000 meters!

We had a relaxing evening at home, enjoying homemade smoothies and watching TV!

There were clouds in the sky, but it never rained... I was hoping for some rain to cool off the day... maybe tomorrow!

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