It's hard to believe that we're just about at the end of another semester, but after checking our calendars, we've been able to confirm that yes - Christmas is just around the corner! Despite Mel's desire to send Christmas cards out this year, we've come to realize that we just don't have the time to make that become a reality, so this posting is going to serve as our virtual Christmas card....
This Fall semester has been incredibly busy for both of us. Mel has successfully balanced her two jobs (at CAC and CSA). Her CSA responsibilities are going to be scaled down somewhat in 2009, and Mel is happy about this change. She and a good friend, Priscilla (pictured below) have recently begun a First Aid and CPR training venture. Their first few community classes have gone well, and they are looking forward to fine tuning it in 2009.
(Mel and Priscilla)
Marc survived his first semester as the head of the counseling department, and also made it through volleyball season. Things should be a bit more balanced in the second semester, whatever that means....
During the last couple days of the Eid break last week, we went to the Fayoum Oasis (a couple hours south of here) with our friends Andy and Carmen. We spent the night at a nice hotel on the lake, and got to visit both Whale Bone Valley and an ancient Temple of the Greek Pharaohs, which we only found with the help of some security guards following us along the way. They weren't very impressed with our adventure, but they joined us in wandering through the ruins, which made us to believe that they were happy to actually get to visit the site for their first time....
(Marc thinks UNESCO has played a joke on everyone by placing these bones in the desert)
(a view of Whale Bone Valley)
(the four of us at the hard-to-find Temple)
We also visited the Pyramid of Medium on the way back home. This is one of the oldest pyramids, and it was constructed before they got all the engineering and angles right....
(As Father Bob Roggenbuck would say, "just another pile of rocks....")
Guys - thanks again for all of your thoughts and prayers over the months. We love you all and hope that you have a blessed Christmas with family and friends wherever you are. We're looking forward to reconnecting and catching up with our Australian family and we hope to hear from you soon. Merry Christmas!
This Fall semester has been incredibly busy for both of us. Mel has successfully balanced her two jobs (at CAC and CSA). Her CSA responsibilities are going to be scaled down somewhat in 2009, and Mel is happy about this change. She and a good friend, Priscilla (pictured below) have recently begun a First Aid and CPR training venture. Their first few community classes have gone well, and they are looking forward to fine tuning it in 2009.
(Mel and Priscilla)Marc survived his first semester as the head of the counseling department, and also made it through volleyball season. Things should be a bit more balanced in the second semester, whatever that means....
During the last couple days of the Eid break last week, we went to the Fayoum Oasis (a couple hours south of here) with our friends Andy and Carmen. We spent the night at a nice hotel on the lake, and got to visit both Whale Bone Valley and an ancient Temple of the Greek Pharaohs, which we only found with the help of some security guards following us along the way. They weren't very impressed with our adventure, but they joined us in wandering through the ruins, which made us to believe that they were happy to actually get to visit the site for their first time....
(Marc thinks UNESCO has played a joke on everyone by placing these bones in the desert)
(a view of Whale Bone Valley)
(the four of us at the hard-to-find Temple)We also visited the Pyramid of Medium on the way back home. This is one of the oldest pyramids, and it was constructed before they got all the engineering and angles right....
(As Father Bob Roggenbuck would say, "just another pile of rocks....")
posted by Marc and Melanie at 1:59 PM
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