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The revisions come always. The plans that are made are often changed, sometimes completely scrapped, sometimes just fine tuned, but they are revised. So now as we think of a business, we think of simplifying our task and reducing our overhead. I guess there is not necessarily a need to start big, to leave some room for growth and the chance to work out the business as we continue to work and have an income of some sort. I would really love to just jump and go, to lease a shop and get coffee and get started, but the reality is that we might be better off to start much smaller than I dream. We'll see what happens.

It has been crazy these last few days. Juancho has really had ups and downs as far as his health is concerned. We really have no idea what is going on in his little stomach, but we know that it has had an effect on his energy and his demeanor. It is sad to see him going through all of this. The others are doing okay, other than snotty noses and normal kid behavior. Andres has been having a bad stomach manifesting itself in other ways, but he has not lost his energy, and in fact was absolutely insane with energy for most of the day. I tried to wrestle with him for half an hour, but it did nothing to curb his boundless energy. He is still awake now, an hour after we put him into his bed. Crazy.

Another weekend has slipped by in which I feel very unrested and unrelaxed. It was just a busy weekend all around, one in which things just kept happening. Hopefully I will sleep well tonight and this week will go by quickly. I don't know, though. It wasn't a bad weekend at all, as we saw our buddy Sherri move into the house between Brad, Traci and Joel and us. It will be so nice to have another friend in the neighborhood. Right now we still wait to see/hear what Josiah and Jill are going to do, as far as the opportunity for them to move in, too. As someone stated today, our six-plex seems to be happening, just not in the way we had originally planned.

In so many ways I really love our community, the way we have been accepted and made friends in our church body, and yet I am often frustrated. It is difficult to really explain, and certainly this might not be the proper venue for it, but I feel very much like a propogator for change in our church community, but very impatient when I wait for it to become an actuality. In the meantime I am frustrated by what I see as an unwillingness to adapt, to become what our church vision and mission statement say. Old habits die hard, I guess, and those same old habits eat at me often. But then I am reassured of the goodness of God and His people when I am encouraged by a simple lunch with friends. I know there is growth, there is change, but it is not always spurred on in all circles, and the indifference to be enculturated often times leaves us speaking a different language, living very unintentionally obsolete lives, and that frustrates me. There are those for whom change is difficult, but they are still open to God working, and I commend them. But for those whose necks do not bend, whose stubbornness reigns supreme, I need patience, I need grace, and I need God to work much bigger than me. To those who read and offer your words of encouragement, in whatever venue you choose, thank you. Your words are helpful, to know that there are those who agree, who see more than the current status quo, and who feel that God is much more than all that we have done and who would like to pursue Him. That's awesome.

I should note that we had a good time over and Rich and Corina's house today. We got to go over this evening and eat some burgers and relax in the backyard while Shirley, Andres, Juan and Joel played in a kiddie pool for a while. The kids really seemed to love it, as it was a break from the heat and just a good time to play with each other. Even Juan, not feeling all that well and so afraid of swimming pools, had a lot of fun. All three boys got out shivering, teeth chattering, goose bumps, at different times, but they had fun. It is alway fun to see them all interact together and to learn to play together. There were many funny moments and funny faces for sure. Hopefully we will get to do that again sometime to fend off the ridiculous heat of the SLC summer.

The Flyers have been making some moves recently. They traded for and signed a couple of young players who show some promise, and then drafted a young defenseman for their defense starved team. I doubt he will suit up for them next year, but with how bad they were this year, you never know. I would like to make it out there for a couple of games this year, but I am not sure how feasible that is. I might see if they come through Denver or Phoenix this year and try to catch them there; it would be interesting to go to an arena as on opposing fan, even though I do it at every Utah sporting event I have ever been to(anti-Jazz, Grizzlies, Utes, BYU, etc.). I actually just despise hometown newspapers. Maybe because mine only put me in once, and that was as an innocent bystander in the background of a photo. Yeah. Go Flyers. Get Handzus back.

I am anxious about starting the business. If you can't tell. This is the second time I have written about it in this blog. Hopefully we will start getting things together and seeing if we can make it a reality soon. I would truly like to be selling stuff by the new year, but I have no idea how things will work out. Right now we need to formulate plans and brainstorm, but summer is not the best time to do such things, as we always seem to be going this way and that way. Someday we'll sit down and get it together. Probably with music playing in the background. And over good cups of coffee from www.groundsforchange.com if you know what I mean. Yeah. Buy from us. My cd should be on the market someday, too. Shop here. Buy from us. Shop here.