But Jesus, I thought we were playing hide & seek...

Ever feel like you're playing hide & seek with Jesus? Blindfolded?

We've been spending a great deal of our time here finding Jesus. Notice we didn't say "trying to find Jesus." We know where He is - His Word tells us everything we need to know about Him. But oddly enough, that doesn't always reach our hearts. Interpreting His Word can get sticky, and people have all sorts of ideas about who He is exactly.

Thankfully we know who He's not, and sometimes seeing that reminds us that we might actually know a little bit about Him.

So, here's a glimpse of who Jesus isn't: Vintage 21. It's making our rainy Maltese days a whole lot more bearable . Click on the movie reel at the top left, then "videos." Page 2 has four videos that we think are hilarious. 1 and 3 are our favorites. Oh, and all props go to Missy for introducing us to this new world of hilarious quotes for everyday life.

"I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't be stumbling through the darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life." NLT John 8:12

The Future is Now!!

Soon every American home will connect their television, phone and computer.You will be able to visit the Louvré on one channel, or watch female mudwrestling on another.You can do your shopping at home, or play Mortal Kombat with a friend in Vietnam!There's no end to the possibilities!

We've got DSL!! Finally we have fast, convenient, and reliable internet access. We know we haven't blogged in a long time. We hope you can forgive us. We've been a little proccupied with life and learning. And finding the time (non-peak hours of course) to sign on and post something interesting at 32kbps really stinks. But now we have no more excuses. Since we can roll out of bed and check our e-mail in our underwear, you can be sure that we'll be bloggin' again as well. I realize we run the risk of becoming the couple that cried "we'll blog." But hey, we gotta try. For the next couple of weeks at least I'm sure you'll be interested since we've got a lot of material.

For now, an update: We've got DSL! (did I say that already?) So please, please, pretty please with a cherry on top, get in touch with us. We've got Yahoo! Messenger for IMing, and Skype for internet calls. Both are easy and free (and reliably connected now that we've got DSL!!)
Other developments since our last post include the settlement of our plans to return to Cali in the Spring. We don't have a return date or anything, but at least we're sure we'll come home then. If you didn't know, we came to Malta with an open-ended mindset as to how long we'll stay. But various things have led us to start thinking and praying, and we feel God has made it clear that our original one year committment will be just right. But don't ask what we're gonna do when we get home, 'cause we don't know yet.

Ah! Winter is settling in here in Malta. The sun is actually obstructed by some puffy grey things every now and then, and they drop water a couple times a week too. And that red stuff in the thermometer isn't at the top anymore. They say this'll last for a couple of months and then things'll be back to normal.

Oh yeah! Happy Thanksgiving! We really missed all our family, but we distracted ourselves successfully by cooking a full Thanksgiving dinner for 20 Maltese people. We did a pretty good job, we suppose. Everybody loved it, but then again they've never had a Thanksgiving dinner to compare it with. The turkey was a little dry, but the flavor was good. And that was actually the first Thanksgiving dinner we've ever made, so we kinda threw ourselves in the deep end with this one. It was a blast, and helped us not to be too homesick.

Well, we'll leave you with that for now. We've got more notes about life in Malta and pictures coming up too. So give us another shot and check in next week.

(And for all those who could identify the opening movie quote - give yourself 3 extra points.)