I was really surprised Tuesday when my phone rang during training.  I didn’t recognize the number so I thought I’d better answer it.  Guess what?  It was Jeremy.  I said, “Where are you?” thinking he must not be on his ship since he was calling my cell phone.  He said, “I’m on the pier.”
So began [...]

My Jeremy is the sweetest guy in the world.
Yesterday I received a box and inside was a present from him. It was an e-book reader, a device about the size of a paperback book, but thinner, that allows you to download books (e-books) onto it and read them. According to the box, depending on file [...]

It rained tonight!  Actual, honest-to-goodness water coming down from the sky!
I’ve been here since the end of June and this is the first time it has rained (that I know of).
It started as people were leaving church.  The kids were so excited.  They acted just like small children back home do when it snows for [...]