Break Time!

Hello from Florida...

This is the best time of year for being a student at MFL. It's cool outside and you don't have any classes. Maybe you are even at home with your family! Guess what? Your teachers are thinking the same thing. We (teachers) were always happy when exams were over, graded and we could relax.

BUT, that's soon over and you'll be starting all over again. You 4th year guys are off to Bangkok and beyond and some even to America. Wow, are you stressing out? Don't worry--I never had a 4th year student die at their internship. Some wanted to die when they had to take the exit exam, but you needn't worry about that--yet.

For you under classmen, perhaps you looked at your grades and decided that you need to play less computer games and study more. If you are going to attend school, you might as well graduate with a 3.5 grade average, don't you think? Think of it this way: In a few years you will graduate with a 3.5 (or better) grade average or with a 2.0 (maybe less). Those with the high average will get the better jobs. Those with the lower scores--maybe not so good. Either way, you have to go to school every day so you might as well get good scores instead of poor ones.

Us? We are fine. We're still in Florida and still working and I'm still going to the beach in my off time to go surfing. It would be so much fun to have you along with me. Don't you think it would be fun to learn how to surf from your old teacher?

HERE'S ZACK, OUR OLDEST GRANDSON, NUMBER 11
Our grandsons are just finishing up their American football seasons and they had lots of good times.
We went to some games and it was fun for us too.



Another exciting event for us was the baptism of our daughter and 2 of our grandsons. Here's their photo. Leah, their mom and our daughter, is on the left with Elijah, the youngest next to her and Jake next to him. Jake is also a football player. It really made us happy to see our daughter and grandkids following after God.



Jackie and I had some fun last weekend. A bunch of our friends invited us to join them on a motorcycle ride to a restaurant about 100 KM from our house. We have a small Honda and they all had Harley Davidson super bikes.




We had a difficult time going fast enough but we made it to the restaurant and had a great meal. It reminded me of Thailand except no one spoke Thai; the food wasn't spicy; it didn't rain on us; we drove on the right side of the road and no one ran through red lights. Hmm, maybe it wasn't like Thailand! 55.


JACKIE TOOK THE PHOTOS.


I enjoy going to the beach in the early morning to watch the sun come up, to pray and to find shells. Here's one of those mornings. I pray for ALL of you every day and miss you lots. I pray this coming semester will be one of the best you ever have--until the next one and I'll pray it'll be even better. Write. Send photos. I love hearing and SEEING you. With love...

Bob and Jackie

SEPTEMBER IN FLORIDA

Hello dear MFL students. I thought I'd take a few minutes to share with you some of the photos I've taken the last few weeks. We are getting near the end of summer over here. We don't have a rainy season like you do, though it does rain a few times a week. For us, it's just hot from May until the end of September. I'll be glad when it begins to cool off a little bit.


Here's our son's band doing a concert at a church. My son is the drummer.


Here's my kids and grandkids and of course my wife, Jackie. I sure wish I had you guys here with us!



Jackie and I were walking by the water and happened to see this dolphin jumping around. I couldn't believe I got a photo of him in the air. Cool, eh?




I like to go for bike rides on the beach early in the morning. I walked for a little and then looked back and noticed the only footsteps around were my own. It's nice to be in a place where you can be by yourself, sit down and just talk with God about your life.



I wasn't totally alone. I had all these birds around chirping at me.

I'm still waiting for you guys to start sending me some photos or maybe even start your own ENGLISH blog. I miss you all so much and would love "seeing" you again even if it's just pictures. You guys were awesome students and friends and made my time at MFL a very wonderful memory.

As part of your speaking assignment for this month, I would like for each of you to go by and see Aj Charles and give him a message from me. You should say to him, "Yo, Aj Charles you crusty dude, what's up with your ugly self." I promise, he won't be upset with you. He will laugh and laugh and laugh. He's feeling lonely--go and make him smile!

Finally dear friends, do well on your finals. For some of you, this is the end of MFL and the beginning of the next phase of your lives--you will have to get jobs! Ugh. For the next few weeks, turn off the computer games; put MSN chat on a timer so you don't spend too much time on it and study a lot and get yourselves some A's! Wouldn't that be nice. Know this, your old teacher misses you and prays for you everyday. It's my desire that you would all get to know the love of God as I have come to know it. God is awesome--love HIM! Talk to you later.

MISSING MFL

Hello Dear Students and Friends of MFL?



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Wow, it?s been a long time since I?ve seen you
guys and I want you to know that I miss you all. How sad to not be there seeing you do
translation classes and homework. You
must be having so much fun. I pray for
all of you often that God blesses you a lot and keeps you safe and in good
health.

Jackie and I are now living in Saint Augustine, Florida,
and enjoying our kids and grandkids that we hadn?t seen or spent any time with
for a long time. Our weekends are spent
at the ocean (I only live 10 minutes from the beach by walking or 5 minutes if I
ride my bike. It has been great fun paddling my surfboard
out and riding waves again.

I would love to hear from you all and to know what?s going
on at school and in your lives. I might
even ?check grammar? if you e-mail something to me.



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Here?s a few photos from around here. Do take care of yourselves and get to class
on time! With much love and good
memories of you all, your handsome and intelligent teacher and friend.



Bob

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