Check out these blogs:
Doug's blog
Doug Phillips (of Vision Forum fame) has posted many beautiful and inspiring photos from the celebration of Jamestown's 4ooth birthday.

Duty in the desert
I know I've posted links to these blogs several times before, but I just really appreciate what they have to say. So I'll post them again! This blog also has a link to a BBC video about the Afghan woman, eight months pregnant, who was shot through the stomach. U.S. Soldiers saved her life and the life of her son. I posted a link in the past to another blog that mentioned this; go back and see what he has to say.

My desert adventure has more photos and stories of life over there.

The flower police came by today. Every year the chamber of commerce in our town plops big buckets with various flowers planted in it right by the door of businesses up and down main street. Their goal is to make our town look good, I assume. The businesses are responsible for watering these plants and thus keep them alive. Well, we often forget to water our plant, and I am sure it would languish if it were not for the reminders of the flower police, doing their civic duty by keeping an eye out for the welfare of the flowers.

Our renters are moving out this week. This is both good and bad.
Good: we have the chance to get a better renter, one who actually pays rent and doesn't lie to us, and they made me nervous because of their obvious bad character and shady friends.
Bad: It will be a wonder if we get half of what they owe us from them before they leave.
We really hope our next renter will be a honest, upright, clean sort of person!

Jen called home on Sunday; she is in Mississippi dancing hard, and we probably won't hear from her for a few more days. We hope she is not getting too many blisters and that dancing all day isn't too exhausting!

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