weekend

all-in-all my first full weekend back in texas was a success. friday night was spent hanging out with co-workers and then chilling with some of my favorite people. on saturday night lindsey, jayme, and i went to the house of blues (i got a ticket since maria had to go to her boyfriend's birthday party...thanks!).




justin nozuka


here is his google pic:





missy higgins (really good):

today i ate lunch with nate, ry, and the boys. i have REALLY missed brock and brax, so their smiles and hugs made my day!

then, mom and i went shopping. and i shopped. and shopped.

i got three new pairs of heels:

a new shirt:

two new suits (i have to wear one everyday)

this one is dark grey with pink pin striping:

and this one is a brownish/greyish depending on the light:

and a new hair straightner (expensive but amazing)... please ignore the nasty counter. i have no cupboards:

these are the three things that make living in a hotel for eight weeks tolerable:

PLEASE PRAY

To all our family and friends,
Just a quick note requesting your prayers.
Please keep us and all the people of Mexico in your prayers as these drug wars are totally out of control. We feel that we are blessed to be here in this place at this time. This truly is a dark time in Mexico with all that is going on but we know that we have the light that is so desperately needed. We do not live in fear even though it has permeated all around us with different situations. We are looked upon as religious crazy people. We are here for evangelism and discipleship purposes. We are not here to take on a personal battle with the drug cartels. We preach Jesus Christ, repentance, new life and victory through what He has done for us. We are in the streets, at the hospitals, in the prison every week. We praise God for the freedom that He has given us.We have not written anything specific to you prior because we did not feel any eniment danger; however, today the situation has taken a turn for the worse. Let us explain that the on-going war between the four drug cartelsseems to cycle. Something will errupt and then it seems to quiet down for a period of time. The military is present with us at all times. They man the skies with helicopters and the streets with armed trucks. We feel that this is helpful. Last week we had a group from Kansas. All was quiet and we had a tremendous week. Today, everything errupted. The cartel or perhaps more than one, we do not know, stagged war against the military. The fighting broke out in five different areas of the city at one time. They blocked all the major highways in and out of Reynosa with transport trailers and staged their activity with high-powered rifles and grenades. We do not have statistics at this time; however, we know that at this writing, it is still on-going. Right now the border bridges are closed. No one is allowed to enter or leave this area.

Just today a huge protest was staged at the President's office downtown Reynosa with hundreds of people holding signs demanding that the military be sent back to Mexico City. All of this is a lie. The people have been bought off with food and money to protest so that the cartels will have full control of the northern border. Thank You for your prayers. Blessings. We love you. Bob & Donna

perot in the news

in the business section of the dallas morning news on sunday there was an interesting article that the head honchos at perot (whom i've met) were interviewed for:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/techtelecom/stories/DN-medicalrecords_15bus.ART0.State.Edition1.4c3f33a.html

Texas

i landed in texas at 10:00 on saturday night and the first stop on the way to the hotel was a #3 from taco bueno. yum! sunday involved seeing mom and dad and having a cranberry limeade from sonic.
for the next eight weeks, i will be staying in an extended stay in plano. today was the second day of the health care academy and i got assigned my first project. out of 23 associates i was picked as the team lead/project manager. this will be my first chance to impress the big boys, so i'm pretty excited. i don't have all the details yet, but the project involves work flow processes for uta's nursing school.
here is my last picture in boston:
**i bought a new hair straightner today so that nastiness should hopefully be remedied

if you are at all interested in healthcare...

things within the healthcare industry are going to be changing pretty rapidly, so these are a couple of blogs that i read daily:



http://geekdoctor.blogspot.com/



http://news.avancehealth.com/

one month

i admit i've been somewhat lax with the updates but that is because nothing much is really going on here besides working. monday was my one month anniversary in boston... the time has flown. i fly back to texas on saturday and am excited because texas has:
1. family
2. friends
3. sonic, bueno, chick-fil-a
4. warm weather

speaking of weather, it has warmed up here. we got up to fifty on sunday before dropping back down into the twenties. since the snow has started melted pretty much everything is brown and slushy.

allison and i have gone jogging the last couple of weekends. it is nice to have someone to run with... especially because i probably wouldn't go running in the cold by myself. mostly we are doing P90X, which is kicking my rear.

the church i'm attending here is doing a thing called the essential 100 challenge, so i've been reading a passage daily on the train and enjoying it. i would definitely recommend it:
E100.AmericanBible.org

sans snowsuits

Megan requested pics of the girls without their snowsuits and what Megan wants, Megan gets. Allison got her digital camera back yesterday and took a couple of pictures and I stole them.

Whitney showing off her two teeth:


Malarie playing: