still got game!

if you know who C.J. Mahaney and Dr. John MacArthur are, you might enjoy this. if you don't know who they are, i would encourage you to google them and find out!

p.s. i know a few guys who'd love to "have next." ...and thanks john, i did enjoy this!

more "sandi on t.v."

here are some pictures that i took concerning sandi's t.v. appearance. enjoy!

this is the write up in thursday's paper...


here is sandi at home, all set to go!


at the studio...with her coffee!

the three South Africa travelers: Sandi, Dr. Brigandi, and Missy...

enjoying a relaxing moment before the show...

Dr. Radosh briefs the crew...

missy says she's nervous (but she did GREAT!)...

getting situated...

checking the mics...

ready and waiting...

ACTION!!

30 minutes later...all pau! the relief and the recap...

it went very well...sandi, missy, and Dr. Brigandi spoke well and clearly about the HIV situation in South Africa. i think the overall feeling at the end was that 30 minutes was just too short to do any justice to their most informative findings in South Africa. i'm glad that i was able to be there and hear more of what went on. it was a neat opportunity for sandi and the others. we hope those who viewed it will, at least, become aware of the many great needs in South Africa and perhaps become actively involved somehow.

FLASHBACK...

just got caught in a daydream... the Ross family {from Wellspring Covenant Church back home} gave this photograph to me and sandi upon our departure for PA. (THANK YOU, again!!) it's hanging on the wall in our home, and is one of my most favorite veiws in the world. ...just yesterday, C.B., Ben and i were talking about being in hawaii together and surfing. i would love for them--and everyone else for that matter--to experience the weightlessness and effortless speed of wave-riding just once. ...it's so amazing to think that God creates these waves that travel thousands of miles accross oceans, in order to scrape against the bottom of a shallow reef and form a crystal clear cavern of water...and we can ride and enjoy them!! it maybe some time before i find myself physically inside one of these God-made wonders. but until i do, i have wonderful memories that remind me of God's wondrous goodness and his great glory!

Sandi on T.V.!!

just to let you know... tonight sandi and the two other doctor's that traveled with her to South Africa are going to be interviewed on a 30 min. television show. i get to tag along. (i hope there's food!) the segment is entitled, "HIV in Africa: Reflections from a Trip." from what i understand they will be using pictures to share about their various experiences there. i'm pretty sure that i'll learn a lot about what they did as well.

if you'd like to tune in (and you live in Berks county), they'll be on BCTV from 8:00pm - 8:30pm this evening. until next time...

...4-6? ...6-8+?!!?

no...this is not a surf report. at least not that i'm aware of. this is how much snow they're expecting to fall on us. yesterday the prediction was 4-6...as in inches of snow fall. however, after it snowed and "frozen rain-ed" on us all day today, it has since been adjusted...to 6-8+ inches of expected snow-fall. it's coming down heavy right now...big fluffy snow flakes. it's supposed to snow through the night and into the early hours of the morning. feels like January all over again...

it felt just like home...

yesterday as i left work at 7:00pm, the sun had just set and the cloud-streaked sky was a faint orange-red faded into deep blue (not quite like sunsets back home...but beautiful nontheless). when i gazed up at the sky high enough to loose the Reading skyline in my view, it seemed as though it could have been just about any Oahu-winter evening. it was in the mid 70's yesterday and very comfortable outside. i drove home with my window down, my arm out the window and a smile on my face. that was yesterday...

today it went from the mid 50's in the morning to the mid 40's in the afternoon/evening. and tomorrow, we're supposed to get 4-6 inches of SNOW!! ...what in the world?? a lot of folks (including me) sure thought spring was here to stay. ...oh well, at least i didn't store the shovels away yet!

9 months...

today sandi and i celebrate 9 months of being married to each other! it was a wonderful day of rest (after a long week), and recounting God's gracious presence and great provision in our lives. as we noted before, the past nine months have seemed to pass both quickly and slowly at the same time...but more quickly than slowly. it's hard to believe that soon we will have been married and living in Reading, PA for one year.

here we are outside our home, right after church...



of course, no anniversary celebration would be complete without an enjoyable meal. we decided on sushi. it was a good choice!

and desert: tempura fried ice cream (with azuki ice cream!!) ...was ono!!

we thank God for sustaining and faithfully building our marriage on the wonderful foundation of his truth. we know we are stronger because of him! thank you for the part you have played and continue to play in caring for us through your encouragement, wisdom, prayers, cards and letters, friendship, care packages, and counsel. we are better because of you.

may you have a blessed week!

Mahalo...

did i REALLY need to know ALL that??

i've been leaving my work shoes in the entry-way outside our door. they're pretty filthy from all the undercoating (tar-like black goo that we coat the underside of the truck bodies with), paint and other junk that get stuck to my shoes at work. i just didn't want to bring them into our house. all the other footwear is brought inside.

one day last week, as sandi arrived home from work, she said, "hmmmmm...maybe i should leave my shoes outside too, huh??"

"why?" i asked, wondering how dirty hospital floors could be.

"they get covered in blood and placenta all day," she calmly replied. "...there are explosions of blood...and it's all over the floor."

"yikes!" i thought to myself...she could have just said, "they get some blood on them while i'm delivering the babies." but not my wonderful wife!!=)

yes, dear...i think it might be a good idea to leave them outisde!