After almost two years, we have been blessed with good health and safety. Even after visiting jungle and mountain villages, the orphanage where the water we showered in was murky with mud, and eating just about anything set before us, we have been free from any other-world maladies. We were feeling invincible to those things when Kevin came back from a trip in the Pacific jungle area. He wasn't actually in the jungle, but he was in a city surrounded by it. It is a place where contaminated mosquitoes frequently infect people with diseases like dengue, yellow fever or malaria. But little did we know that there were other evil unseen enemies lurking in and on numerous other exposed places!
 

There was a massive but no doubt beautiful snowfall this week in the state where our families reside. I called my brother and boasted about going swimming while they were holed up with 12 to 14 inches of snow outside their doors. My brother commented about how he loves the different seasons. Frankly, I was just a little jealous since I love the snow and I enjoy the changing seasons with the colors and smells that are distinct with each one. There is excited anticipation in the air as the fluctuation of the temperatures signal the change is coming. It is one of the things I miss the most about our stateside home.