alright everybody, sorry that i haven't updated in a while, i have good reason i assure you. i am going to do a shotgun update because that is about the manner in which each of these things has taken place.

several days ago my computer was was running exceptionally slow. so i decided to reformat it as to clear any problems if there were any. however, after the process, due to some corrupt system files i found myself with a laptop that was better off as a tray table for bringing someone breakfast in bed than a computer.

it's interesting the time and priority you set aside for the internet, it's only when you don't have it that you really realize how much you rely on it. but anyway, to start the shotgunning like i had promised:

my computer broke, our cell phones ran out of minutes, the internet went down, our pet rabbit that lived on our roof died, the two movies we rented didn't work, one had the wrong region code and the other was too scratched to play, the building next to us caught on fire, the only bread we had was moldy, and the door to our refrigerator fell off.

keep in mind, other than my computer which broke only a few days before all of this, everything i just mentioned took place within a single day. actually, more like a few hours. it was a monday naturally, and with every passing inconvenience/tragedy we only laughed more. an outlandish day for sure.

so a few days later i took my laptop to a bush-league little shop no bigger than a walk in closet and sat down with a geek who fixed my computer over a period of four to five hours. overall he only charged me twenty five american dollars [unbelievable]. to God give the praise.

recently there has been much discussion about how we feel things are playing out in the ministry here. we realize that the magnitude of what we are doing is much greater than we had initially thought and would take more time to accomplish than we initially planned. just a few days ago joel signed a year long lease on a five bed room apartment that will fit all of us. joel asked me if i wanted to stay here for the next year, and so far i have no reason not to. i've been praying for God to throw down an obvious road block if he doesn't want me here past the end of november, because as of now i see it fit for me to stay.

i've also been asked if i want to go home in december as my current plane ticket would suggest. and honestly i am torn, i want to see all of you, friends and family, but given the decision, i think i will choose to stay. i love you all, but i want to see what christmas is like here in bethlehem, i want to see how christians celebrate Jesus right where he was born. it's not certain that i will be able to stay for christmas, but time will tell.

as far as what we think we are going to do here for a years time, we are feeling more lead to make actual episodes with seasons rather than the online sourceflix.com mini videos that we've been working on as of late. currently joel is diligently trying to make contact with the guy who found the supposed "lost tomb of Jesus." we have a good case to refute the claim that those are actually Jesus' bones and that his tomb. we all would love to see this door open...though if it does, the israeli government, jewish as it is, might not like us much afterward.