Going a bit further than Winnipeg.

I am going on a missions trip to China in February. Our team will be doing two things while there. Half of us will be building a playground for an orphanage. The other half will be running the orphanage for a week to give the regular workers some time off. I guess they haven't had a vacation in five years. The orphanage is called Seth House and is "a home for children with major limitations (physical and mental)". So kids with down syndrome or cleft palates or things of that nature. Basically they are children that were not perfect and so were not wanted by the parents (who, I believe, are only allowed one child under Chinese law). Rather than let the kids be killed, Seth House takes them in and cares for them and trains parents who want to adopt how to care for the children. They have helped place many children in homes over the past five years. I can't remember an exact count, but I think it is something like thirty.
Anyway, I will be sending out a letter to about it in the near future. The cost is around $2500 including flight and I will need a little help with that. I am quite excited to go.
On an unrelated note, my hands are really dry today.
Also, I updated Grasp the Nettle.
Oh yeah, we will be in Jinghong Banna in China. I think it might be here. But I am not really sure.

Thanksgiving Photos

I spent the Thanksgiving weekend up at my brother's place. Here are some pictures.Avery 'posing' for the camera

Cayden is happy

They're adorable when they're sleeping

What big hands you have

Avery peeks at the camera

Open Wide!

He's way too cheerful in the morning

My morning wake up call

What a cutie!

Y'arr!

I think he's about to sing...

Happy Cayden!

Halloo

After a two week hiatus, Grasp the Nettle has returned. It was not a deliberate break, life just got in the way. Last week, I was going to update and my computer stopped working for most of a day. Technically it was just the internet that stopped working, but it is hard to load something up on the internet when you can't access the internet. So I didn't.
Today, it is being weird and freezing every once in a while for a few seconds. I think that is because I ran the battery down and it is recharging, but is still pretty low in power. It's not really a big deal.
Finally, an announcement about Thunderfunk the Superchicken. I am going to wrap up that story in the next few weeks. It has been fun to create, but I am busier now than I was before, and it is hard to come up with a new part to one story every week, let alone two, and I have a more concrete plot line for Fools of us All laid out (I know, hard to tell), so I figured I would spend more time finishing that one.
Anyway, that's all I have for now. I will try to update about my Thanksgiving tomorrow or Wednesday (it was good).

I am in shock. Or at least mildly surprised.

We may have the coolest prime minister ever. Okay, he's still a bit of a dork, but he can sing not bad, and apparently play the piano...