Breakfast anyone?

Thanks to the help of our friend, Laurance, who came to watch J&L, I got to share some worship and fellowship with some Christians in Ainahoue (yee-nah-way) this morning. It’s enjoyable to show up unannounced and not only get a generous welcome, but to find such good attendance (a small group is still coming from Djoumahoue, GB, and I heard today that in 3 weeks, the church at Ainahoue is going to walk to their village and have the first church service in Djoumahoue (joo-mah-hoo)…at the least the first one in a LONG, LONG time!) They also announced about a ½ dozen baptisms that will be in a couple of weeks (from either Ainahoue, Djoumahoue or Kpoba). Praise God!

Jonathan and Lael are doing great, although they both have runny noses. Other than that, they’re having fun together. It’s hysterical to watch these two together. Jonathan acts like the big bully and takes away anything Lael has in her hand. Lael either grunts back in frustration or slaps at him. Baby Boot Camp at its finest! Jonathan walks around the house when he gets up in the morning, obviously looking for Mommy, Tori and Timo. I know he misses them a lot…Lael and I do, too!

We had a fun afternoon together, eating an early dinner of corn and scrambled eggs (A Daddy Sunday Night Special). Plus banana/papaya smoothies for dessert! Then we played outside for a little bit. Jonathan got a big kick out of me lifting him up so he could slam dunk the small ball (of course we had lowered the basketball goal a long time ago for Tori and Timothy). Then Lael wanted her turn, but I stood there for a minute holding her above the rim but she wouldn’t let go of the ball. With that cute Lael grin, she just kept looking down at me like, “what’s all the fun?”

Once everyone was in bed (I admit to not wasting any time tonight), I ran to the computer to get dialed up so I could catch the Cowboy game. By the time I was able to get the game on my FoxSports GameTrax, it was already into the 3rd Quarter and it was already a big win for the ‘Boys! (Final 45-14!!) Saw TO was in the line-up (hadn’t heard)…don’t understand why we hold on to him. Perhaps my brother can fill me in. Seems like a loser to me. Too much baggage for a team that may be headed somewhere this year! Even when you click on the link above, it's TO's picture with Bledsoe, even though it was Terry Glenn who scored 2 touchdowns (none for TO). At least in the media, TO steals the show, but not with any performance ON the field, it's the scandals/hassles OFF the field. Is that what we want when they are recapping a great Super Bowl year for the Dallas Cowboys...is it going to be all about Terrell Owens? Julius Jones had another great 100+ yard game, too!

Kelly called yesterday and reported everyone was doing well in Texas…hopefully she’ll get to blog with some photos next week. She said walking into Super Wal-Mart was overwhelming…kept gawking at the choices of salads-in-a-bag! When you live life on this side where most every meal is made from scratch (unless of course some dear friends and family have mailed you convenience foods from home)…well, the familiar “just add water” tag line so often found on the full-meal-in-a-box in stores all over America can almost bring tears to your eyes! (

OK, here’s a silly question to see if we might shamelessly generate a few more comments:

If you had to choose tonight what you would have for breakfast, every day from here on out, the same thing day after day, what would it be (starting tomorrow, it’s what you’ll eat for breakfast every day for the rest of your life)? You don’t have to worry about cost (perhaps your thinking of some gourmet pancakes you had at the Four Seasons Resort), preparation (let’s say the world’s premier chef will make it for you), nor even think about its nutritional value (I’m sure there are a few of you protein bar junkies who cringe at that idea!) For some it’ll be one item, for some it’ll be a full breakfast spread. I’ll wait and see a few comments before I reveal my choice(s). Anyone want to go first?

- Randy