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Hangin’ Out in the USA

So we made the trip to Texas about a week and a half ago, and life has been relatively quiet since then. We toured my future school and got set up there; Sarah got an accompanist job; we spent time with extended family for the 4^th of July; we saw a touring team from our alma mater perform; we scoured the internet for nice apartments in great locations for low prices. On the Dallas apartment front, we have made one trip to the city to tour potential living situations and will do the same this weekend. We also purchased cell phones somewhere in there. In short, we’re doing those things needed to turn us back into Americans again. Which, being consumerist America, requires money. Or plastic. So we’re learning to deal with that too.

Here’s a couple notes on the past week:

• Television shows have too many commercials. Having watched DVD television series while in China, this has quickly become obvious.
• Freedom is nice. While in China, as many as half of the hyperlinks on my igoogle page were inaccessible. I still have to remind myself that it is not necessary to take additional steps to see the webpage I want to.
• On that note, it has been enlightening to read posts of late from friends like Josh, Denise, and Laura, as well as Frank and others.
• In my internet wanderings over the past week, I also found a Pastor for sale on Ebay.
• One political note: the media has focused recently on evangelicals “enlarging their horizons” and becoming more than one-issue candidates, turning to such issues as the environment and social justice. I really liked what Joel Belz has to say on the subject. Here’s a snippet:

  …if some argue that the rising generation of younger evangelicals is a bit embarrassed by what they think is an out-of-balance focus by their elders, and thinks it’s time to get equally exercised over issues like racism, economic justice, and the environment—well, if that’s the case with our twentysomethings and our teenagers, then maybe we need to go to work and do a better job of explaining to them why we’ve put the emphasis where we have for the last generation and why we believe that it’s time not to lower our voices.

So that is the scoop in our corner of the world. You can see some updated contact info for us on the contact page. We felt it prudent to omit our new phone numbers, so email me if you want them.

Happy summer!

HT: World on the Web