During this month, we’ve crossed the Atlantic 6 times. Thanks to Ironman (Chester Van) and Justin(case) for hanging out with me.
The purpose of our visitations was to “visit, attend, observe, and explore a possible relationship” with other “youth conferences” around the globe. We visited New Zealand, Korea, and Australia, and we’re finally home for a while now…at least until the baby comes and I learn a few things on how to be a father.
The baby is not born. And I promise that I will not notify most of you when he (if “he” really is a “he” according to the ultrasound) is born. But don’t worry, Daniel and Kerri, we’ll call you since you are always nice to me…and constantly hook me up with the cashew cheese sauce. 😛
I’ll end with a story, since it’s good practice for sermonizing…don’t worry, people, no altar call this time…
Justin(case) and I are in Australia, hit really hard by jetlag. We eat some REALLY good Thai food…and since we are health reformers, we eat it with enough time to digest before going to sleep. However, when night came, nightMARES came with it. I woke up several times in the night being kind of weirded out. So I wake up in the morning, kind of out of it and I call Judy. I remember that the time difference is four hours forward and the opposite side of the next day 🙂
I figure that it’s 10 p.m. Judy time so I call home and pay a million dollars a minute. I wait for that caller privacy ID thing to kick in at home in MI and I hope to hear Judy come on…but no answer…no that’s not what happend. The machine says “the person you are looking for is not available.” So I’m like hmmm…Judy doesn’t want to talk.
So I call her cell phone…straight to voicemail. Now I know how all you feel when you try to call me 🙂
I freak out…she’s about to…you know…(deliver…she’s in the hospital, she’s having the baby, she’s had the baby…)
I talk to JK (Justin Kim, not just kidding) and ask for advice…he doesn’t say anything comforting. And then I get desperate so I HAVE TO CALL JUSTIN NAMM! I call him up and ask him what’s going on with Judy and he says that he thinks that all is well. I hang up and tell Justin Kim. And I’m expecting some words of assurance. And JK says, yeah, but can you really trust Justin anyway? So I freak out again and get mad that I just may have wasted half this month’s paycheck talking to JN.
After consulting with myself, I realize that it’s not 10 pm…it’s 2 PM and Judy’s at school teaching!
When I realize that, Justin says, “yeah, I knew that” — but he didn’t tell me before!
So, there’s the story.
Goodbye.
IR
P.S. All you gamblers on Steph’s xanga, I mean “guessers” who guessed Feb…you are not right. Sorry. (But you are all winners in OUR books.)
Welcome home, Israel.I heard that story from Judy’s perspective. I think it’s equally funny from both sides. :)Did you guys go to the Aveda salon yesterday?Didn’t you just love it?Oh, and thanks for considering me a winner in YOUR book. That makes me feel special (har har).
hey man…nice story, good to have you back
Aw, that’s going to be some mean payback for JustinCase someday. He best sleep with one eye open.
I was waiting for you, Israel, to say, “And then I got so nervous that I went into labor.” I think that I am still in the potential winner’s bracket, but it’s true that we are all winners, what with a New! Ramosito! Soon to be in our midst!!
yeah, did she tell you how she almost made me assume she was going into labor?? I assure you that she was the only one laughing at that moment… I caught on a little later. re Kendra’s comment… yeah, JK should sleep with one eye open… justinCase… hahahahaha….
PS. regarding your questions about homechurching… From what I understand, homechurches do not have pastors. They’re lay run and maintained, which makes them different from cell churches which recognize a pastoral figure. Most homechurches don’t agree with the concept of a pastor, and relatedly, they’re also mostly non-denominational (which I assume means they have already “broken off” from their ‘mother’ church.) I think the point of it is to stay small, since in the article the one group which became 40+ broke into 5 smaller groups or something like that. This leads to why there is a fear of offshooting and weird theologies, considering there is always one who is more charismatic or outspoken than the others…
I’ve updated, Israel–check it out 🙂 My guess for baby Ramos is tomorrow morning!!! Praying he comes!
Hey, happy belated! 🙂 It was your golden year, right? Okay, I don’t really know what that means exactly, but it’s when your age is the same as the date of your birth. 😛
No news yet, eh? Well, glad you made it back in time.
hahahaha…. your xanga entries never fail to give me a laugh or two =) happy belated birthday btw. =) i hope judy doesn’t have her baby til i get back! =D
That was a funny story. Maybe the baby will be born while we’re supposed to be having our ECom meeting this Sunday. Wouldn’t THAT be interesting.
i’m in michigan
Whooo, hooo, Jude! pfy.
congrats you two…and welcome to the world Emmanuel Alexander. =)
CONGRATS!!!!! *^^* i had to find out through random ppl that EAR was born ^^CAN”T WAIT TO SEE HIM!!!!!! POST PIX SOON for us! ok? *^^*
WOW. YAY. Congrats on Emmanuel. Do we get to call him Manny for short?
Congratulations!!!
yes, I was wrong, Imanuel with an I, and no double m. Apologies…
EAR is a much cooler init. than IAR but … I s’pose Imanuel will have to do.
Congrats. maybe someday i’ll get to see him:)