Avery's and Henry's Donation

Over the last couple of months the kids and I have been working on spending their donation to CLD and the school. A year or so ago the kids raised money for Uganda. Many of you reading this blog may have either bought something or donated something for the garage sale. Thank you! But I'll leave the story to Avery and Henry.

Ideas (Avery)

Well, it's been a journey to get the playground equipment but it all worked out at the end. Pretty much the last 6 weeks of school us and student council were working on thinking of what to do with the money me and Henry fundraised. They came up with lots of ideas like a lawnmower, soccer goals, drums and playground equipment.

First we thought we should not do the lawnmower because we wanted something the kids could enjoy and play on. We could not do the soccer goals including a real soccer pitch because we didn't have enough money but we still thought drums and playground would be fun. So we starting looking at playground ideas. Then someone told us about playground equipment in town. So one day we took most of the student council members to help us pick out playground equipment. We found the playground equipment and ended up that day getting 3 swings, a slide, monkey bars, a little carousel, and a climbing thing. Then that same day we got a set of 4 drums. The kids love everything a lot.

Last Wednesday at school during chapel they played the drums they sounded GREAT!! It took like 5 days to make the playground area ready and just today we saw them playing on it. it made me so happy to see so many smiles and so much laughter while playing on it. It brightened my day up so much! I hope they enjoy it super much!!!!!!!!!!! - Avery

Playground (Henry)

I was so excited when we picked out the stuff for the playground.

When they loaded it up on the truck, it was amazing how it all fit.

The next day I wanted to help so that it wouldn't get bored.

Today, June 7th. A week later the playground was done and it looked amazing. I could barely control myself not to get on it.

Then we came back from lunch and my mom said "I hope the kids will play on it". When we got close to the school we heard a bunch of screaming it was almost the whole school playing on the playground. Then I said to mom "I do not think we will have to worry about that." -- Henry

The family gets a turn.

We just want to thank all for your love and support of our very large Ugandan family. God Bless.

The Greenwoods

 

Pictures Worth a Thousand Words

Since January a main focus of my time has been helping develop and implement a plan for Thread of Life to be able to sustain its monthly operating budget.  Prior to the beginning of this year TOL has been supported by monthly revenue earned by one of Come Let's Dance taxis.  Unfortunately this taxi seemed to always have maintenance issues and it got to the point where the costs being incurred no longer made sense and the taxi needed to be retired.  

So, Thread of Life found itself facing an unavoidable and immediate push towards sustainability.  Our team worked on a proposal in January to detail how Thread of Life could achieve full sustainability by May 2013 using the funds from the sale of the taxi as seed money.  The main idea was to capitalize on the large amount of unused space at the property.  Our challenge was to analyze the cost of constructing rental units at the property, and evaluate TOL's current business/ministry practices and costs to determine if the return on investment in these rental units would be able to support future operations.  As a team we developed a plan that proved this could work, knowing that it would take many hands, talents and a lot of prayer along the way, now and in the future.  

It has been an amazing four months being part of this process.  I have been able to tap into my business background and have a visible 50 page proposal as an end result, but by far the best part has been working with some really incredible people in the process, seeing people be empowered through change and opportunities, investing sweat equity, and seeing how God provides through so many people in so many ways.   

The movie below gives you a glimpse of the physical changes that have been amazing to be a part of.  I only wish I could share the emotional and spiritual journey as well that I've been blessed to experience as part of this process.    While our proposal could not ignore the profit and loss projections for Thread of Life in the months ahead, my prayer as our family begins nearing the end of this visit is more about how the Spirit will continue impacting and changing lives through this great ministry. 

~Heather

Update on Uganda by Avery

Uganda has been good.  School is fun and home (base camp) is good as always. Yesterday was April 7,2013 and it was hard to believe it was exactly 2 months before we leave. I have liked it here in Uganda. I have met new friends, learned new things, done things that are awesome. I personally think it hasn't been a year. Sometimes I think it was too short other times I think it was long. My brain is just confused.

I've read the bible a lot more. I never really read it at home, I have learned a lot of new things from it.  Something else that has changed me is we do Devotions every morning. Devotions is where sing, praise and worship God and pray. That usually starts out my day good. Sometimes I'm even singing the songs while doing other things. So I praise and worship him pretty much all the time.

School is almost over for the term. Terms are 12 weeks then they call it "holiday". School is great, there is a lot of kids in my class for here. I think that there's 19 including me.  Our teachers are good. I am excited to be on holiday but dad said he's going to pile us up with math. BUMMER!!! I guess I do need to be good in school. Mom is our spelling, reading and writing teacher.  She doesn't do so well we hardly learnt any last holiday.:)  She said she's going to improve this holiday, hopefully. As much as I love Uganda I have really been missing Colorado. I miss my dog, friends, family and house. I try not to think about it so much. But, I know I'm back really soon!!!!!!!!!!! :)

HUGS TO ALL I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE MISS YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!

Avery

Ask the Audience

Not doing that great with keeping up with blogging lately.  I also felt like my posts might be starting to sound a bit repetitive, so I posted a request on my FB page for any questions that people might have about our time here that I haven't yet answered.  

Thanks to those of you that threw some out there!  There were some good ones.  Here they are with my responses.  

We'll start with the fun one.  

Question 1:  Who is your favorite CLD American staff member besides me (submitted by none other than Cody Goings)?

That one is easy Cody - your super fabulous fiancee Leigh.  Maybe if you had stayed longer in Uganda after we arrived you could have won this honor.......or maybe not?  :)  You know we love you both!  Seriously, wish everyone back home could have an opportunity to work with this great team that is CLD America.  Oh, wait a minute - everyone does!  If you ever have the wild idea to go to Africa to serve CLD is the way to go.  They welcomed us with open arms even though they didn't really have a model for families coming over for this amount of time.   They were really the only organization we were able to find that did this and wow, has it changed our lives being able to serve with them.  

Question 2:  Eric Smith had some good ones.  His are the next four.  
What feature of Ugandan culture will you continue to practice back in the States?  

I hope several, but I do worry that American life can easily distract me from these, so I will need to be very intentional in trying to continue these things once I get back home.  

-To be joyful and thankful in life no matter what I have
-To make people feel welcome and loved in my life even if it is my first time meeting them
-To make room in my life for God on a daily basis, love him outwardly, and anchor my life in prayer 

Question 3:
What food will you eat first upon return?  

-Such a hard choice, but think it will have to be a perfectly grilled steak.  Eating meat (other than the minced meat which is like ground beef) has been a challenge for me here.  Seeing it just hang out all day in the open air butcher shops is something I just can't get used to.  Other things I really miss are turkey sandwiches and chips and salsa.  Overall I just really miss having a variety of foods and more of a choice of non-fried foods.  

I'm adding a related question of my own here (hope you don't mind Eric).  

What are some foods that I will miss from here when I get back home?  

The amazing fresh fruits:  truckloads of pineapples everywhere you look for around 75 cents a piece and they'll even skin it and slice it for you, mini bananas, the unique experience of jackfruit, and "breathtaking" mangoes, as Henry is famous for describing them.    The avocadoes are also amazing, they are just a bit lower on my personal favorite foods list.  But, if you love them, you will never taste any as good and see any as beautiful as you do here for an unbelievable 40 cents or so.  

And the incredible vegetables:  the tomatoes and carrots taste like you just picked them that day.  

And, also I can get any of these by walking outside our gate just a few steps.........

Question 4:  
How do you think Facebook has impacted your experience?  

I will admit that I was not a FB user until about a month before our family left for Uganda.  I didn't get on board earlier I think because I was mostly fearful that it was one more thing that would distract me and I would find myself spending way too much time on it when I have other more important and valuable things I should be doing with that time.  I felt like I already spent way too much time on email and that FB would only be a bigger time suck.  

But, I finally gave in because I was even more fearful of losing touch with everyone when I was leaving to move halfway around the world.  I am really glad I did.  I've found FB to actually be a time saver since we've been here compared to email.  I feel like I can post pictures and a few quick updates every week to keep people in touch with our lives here rather than emailing all our friends on a regular basis.  It sounds silly, but every time someone "likes" a picture or post on my FB page, it's like I was a little part of their lives that day and I wasn't so far away.   I also love staying in touch via FB with what is happening in their lives back home as well.  

With that said, there are a few realizations/regrets I've had in regards to using FB.  It's all just too much for me to keep up with and the one thing I've given up and used FB as a substitute for instead is journaling.  I am sad to say that I have one entry in my journal I bought for my time here.  It is an entry I wrote on our plane ride over.  I wish I was more of a journaler and I have always wanted to be, but I have never found it something I can do consistently.  I think it may be related to my tendency to be long winded.  I have never been someone who is able to just write in little blurbs or short thoughts.  I end up writing a book each time and with all the adjustments and emotional transitions, I just was too overwhelmed to open a blank page in a journal knowing it could be an hour affair each time I did.  So, still need to try again in life to change my perception of what journaling has to look like.  But for now, I have tried to keep a journal of sorts on my FB page and blog. 

The other disappointing realization I had when my parents visited is that even though I have tried really hard to capture our experience here mainly via pictures on FB, it just isn't really possible.  They said after seeing it first hand that you just can't really "get it" unless you see it in person.  But, I just have to accept that and I'll still keep posting pictures, but at the same extend the invitation to anyone that really wants to "see" Africa that you should just come!

Question 5:
How are you going to fill First Plymouth (our home church) in on all the adventures?  

-Funny you ask this question.  I was processing this in one of our morning devotions just last week.  I'm not sure my exact answer to this, but this is what I am thinking thus far.  What I don't want this to look like is Troy and I conducting an informational series of Sunday CE hours about our experience.  I know people will have many questions about what life is like here and not that I won't be willing to answer these or probably have hundreds of stories I could tell, but us just describing our time in Africa to a big group of people is not going to be an agent of change in people's lives.  

I would rather invite people into a challenge or discussion about doing God's work and "being the church" in whatever way that looks like for them in their own lives.  While we are here, the spring team is doing a group study on three books.  I'd love to do something more along those lines within our church back home.  If you're curious about these books in the meantime, they are:  Crazy Love, Hole in the Gospel, and Radical.  But, a warning comes along with these.  I had already read two of the three before coming here and I would say they were very instrumental in us making the decision to come here, so I can't guarantee they won't change your heart, but in a really great way!  Hole in the Gospel was my favorite.  

I don't want this to sound negative, like I won't answer any questions or share any pictures when we return.  Being able to talk and share our experiences with people back home will definitely help us in our attempt to transition.    I just fear that people won't be able to really understand the experience without being here themselves, but that doesn't mean I can't try to share it.  We are totally willing to do this, I guess I'm just saying that I want it to go beyond this and have the conversation continue on and on.  Not just about Africa, but about what in life are we being called to do?  

And I would so much more enjoy having these conversations in a small group in someone's home over a good meal. :)  

Question 6:  
Thoughts on living in community.

Wow, this one has been really interesting for me.  It's been a bit of a roller coaster of sorts.  We were living pretty solo in the house here up until mid January and had our own groove and routine going and then our world changed.  The spring intern team arrived, my parents, and various visiting groups started coming in and out and that will continue until we leave.  

I always thought of myself as someone who loved being in community with others and I still do, but I have realized that I also am challenged when the community is 24/7 and in larger numbers.  I have always been more of an observer and an introvert and therefore really large groups can be overwhelming for me.  I also have realized that I need and enjoy quiet time to myself to just decompress after the day.  Living in community has also helped me realize how much you need to learn to try and appreciate everyone's different personalities even if they have traits that you find annoying.  To have an open heart to engage in conversation with someone that you might not have much in common with or feel very comfortable with is a hard but good challenge.  Like we've been talking about in our book studies - God says it pretty simply.  Love God and love your neighbor.  Easy to say, hard to do sometimes.

With that said, I am starting to hit a groove now living in community.  I'll never be really great at it, but I'm getting better.  It begins to feel like a family.  Sometimes you really like your family, sometimes you'd like to have a different family. But, some of the joys of living in community are seeing the kids really thrive in the environment.  While she is still shy, Avery is beginning to warm up to people more quickly and show them her personality.  And, she is becoming quite the little babysitter thanks to adorable Saylah who is living with us in the house.  She is always disappointed now in the house whenever it's just our family around and is just waiting for her
"other family" to come home.  The kids are also learning how different people are from each other and how to adapt to these different personalities.  It has been a challenge though for me also with people coming and going all the time out of the community.  You don't want to avoid getting "attached" because you know they're leaving, but yet it's hard each time someone leaves that you've connected with.  And lately when people leave it's made me miss home a bit more.  

My heart must be opening more to living in community as I mentioned to Troy in a conversation we were having last week that I thought when we return we should consider opening our home to invite someone to live with us in our finished basement. I'm still not ready to live permanently with 20 people, but maybe just 1 more wouldn't be so hard?  We shall see......We've realized we have to be very careful with these "what if" conversations around Avery as we were joking around about maybe just keeping our house rented out and living in a different house and that really impacted her.  I'm realizing that while she has done incredible adjusting to this experience, knowing we are returning to our home and life as she knows it is one of those anchors for her that has enabled her to handle this adjustment.  So, think we'll be calling 3197 E. Otero Circle home still when we return.  I just had to type that out as the other day I actually blanked out on our address as I hadn't written it in so long.  Funny.  


Question 7:  
What is still on your "must do" list while you are still there.  

Good question.  As I'm realizing how quickly time has been passing since the new year, I've started to be more conscious of this and trying to think of these things.  

Here are some that I can think of right now.  

1.  Go to Rwanda.  We have sponsored children there through our church for quite a few years now and we would love to try and visit this village.  

2.  Would like to get in one more short family getaway to an island on Lake Victoria. 

3.  Still wanting to attend an Introduction (like an engagement party) or a wedding, but not sure this one is going to happen......can't rush anyone into marriage.  :)

4.  Go to the village - I wasn't up for the trip to the village that everyone went on a couple of weeks ago so I stayed back with Avery, but we're leaving tomorrow morning to go to the village of a good friend here so am excited to have this experience.  Usually no running water or electricity in these areas, but their families are so excited to have us and sure we will be shown grace beyond what we can even imagine.  

5.  Still wanting to get two photo series' yet:  all the different fruit trees and the amazing things they carry on bicycles and bodas. 

6.  Try to make pineapple samosas.

7.  Just try to keep pouring into this experience and the people we're surrounded with on a daily basis and not get overwhelmed or completely distracted by thoughts of what life looks like when we return home.  

Sure there are more, but it's getting late and need to sign off. 

Hope I answered everyone's questions.  Thanks for asking them!

~Love Heather

Harvesting and Creativity

Before we came to Uganda people used to ask us what we will do. At the time I didn't have answers so today I thought I would share two things I have done recently: Boy's Harvest Week and Create! class.

Boy's Harvest Week

Back in January had the opportunity to implement a week where six boys went to the Double Portion Farm to help with harvest (starts in late January). The boys from WCIA were on two month holiday with potentiality of not having all meals and not a lot to do.

The boys had a great week: full of stories, harvesting, shelling maize, good meals, new friends and knowledge about farming. They even made a little money for their work!!! The boys would have easily stayed longer and all wanted to do it again. Here is what they said they liked best:

"I liked the farm so much. Liked the people so much. Liked the food very much."

"Farming was the best. I enjoyed praying. I enjoyed harvesting."

"Good meals. Love for us. The people. The work."

"I liked the food our Freddy cooked and we didn't work for free."

I so enjoyed this work and making this great week happen for these six boys.

Create!

The second example is teaching a class of 1st thru 7th graders about creativity -- I believe one of our greatest gifts. Interesting how I feel compelled lately to teach. It is definitely a strange, foreign and scary place the spirit is taken me. Not sure where it leads but I'm enjoying it. Back to the class, in the first class we discussed our Class Rules:

• there is no wrong or right answer only not trying
• "And it was good". From Genesis 1, Pastor Ben preached on it and I used his wisdom. Basically when you look back at what you have done should be proud, know that you did your best and say it was good
• Takes trying new things and hardwork
• Listen
• Have FUN!!!!

Then we brainstormed what the word create means, I told a dramatic version (with silly voices) of the three little pigs, discussed being original, did crayon rubbings of an item from nature and ended up with game (describe an object).

The Second class was today and again it was a lot of fun. We brainstormed and word mapped about stories and parts of a story. We then started a creative writing project I found on the Internet called circle stories. I gave each student a paper with 10 circles on it and asked them to make a picture from the circles. The next step that we will do later is to write stories about our circle pictures.

I'm gonna keep trying new things in this class to hopefully get them to see the world they are used to in new ways. It's more than just art I'm trying to teach. I'm just not sure what it will all look like but I think that is part of the fun.

So these are just two recent examples of the type of work I do here. It is new, challenging and I hope makes a difference to these great Ugandan kids and Come Let's Dance. I do know this work is making a difference in me and my family.

And for all of it I am extremely grateful.


Troy

 

Halfway

Troy and I try to take turns blogging to share different perspectives and we obviously have different styles - his short and sweet and mine, well, ........exactly the opposite.  We had some time to catch up talking over different things this weekend while we were on a weekend getaway to Jinja and blogging came up. He said that some people had commented that they liked both our blogs, but they preferred his short and sweet style.  So, it seems that living in Africa for a while now has not yet eliminated my prideful, competitive side as of yet and I just couldn't believe this could be true; that his short updates (with grammatical errors that I love to point out) could compare with my eloquent, very grammatically correct writings that I take great pride in.  But, if I'm honest, I know he is absolutely correct.  We all have such busy lives - who has time to read all my ramblings?  

Now I write this all with a sense of humor, but I am going to try his style this time and see if I can do it.  Obviously, not going too well so far as I've taken this long to even intro my topic!  When I comment to Troy I am going to try and write my blog that day he always asks me, "What is your topic?"  I think I need to realize it's just not going to be possible to write anything very concisely or coherently when my answer is usually, "I have no idea."  So, here we go.  Trying to stick to a topic and be concise this time.  You can be the judge after reading.  

TOPIC:  Halfway 

We are officially more than halfway through our planned time here in Uganda.  Out flight home is the first week in June.  So, this milestone seems like it requires some reflection on what we've already experienced and some thoughts on what is to come in our remaining months.  Thought I would break these down into a few Top Five lists (my attempt to force myself to be concise!) 

Part 1:  From Our Experiences So Far  

*note that lists aren't in priority order, just as they came to my mind

Top 5 Lessons I've Learned

1.  My children are more amazing than I realized.

2.  How to be more honest, open and engaged in a relationship with God and what it can add to your life.  And also, instead of just reading the Bible, let it speak to you, challenge you and comfort you wherever you are at in your life.  

3.  That welcoming people into your life and loving them is so much easier than we often make it.  

4.  That things that seem so little can really mean so much.

5.  That there is so much more disparity in this world than I ever realized.

Top 5 Surprises

1.  That things that seem so obvious to many of us are not at all obvious to many people in the world.  

2.  That Troy and I can work together and also spend not a single day away from our children and we are all still speaking.

3.  That so many people are open to keep learning more and more, even though their traditional system of learning would have burned me out a long time ago.

4.  That life is so fragile and people are dying every day at a rate of which I was very naive.

5.  That people can be so grateful even though in our eyes they have almost nothing.  

Top 5 Frustrations

1.  I still struggle with patience and pridefulness, which results in me not always treating people that I love the way they deserve to be treated.

2.  That Ugandans live in such a beautiful place, but that so many do not understand or realize how to take care of its beauty by keeping it clean.

3.  That sometimes there seems no solution as the problem is too big you just don't know where to start.

4.  When you work really hard to honor your commitments to people and they do not do the same in return.

5.  Lack of good communication 

Top 5 Moments of Happiness

1.  Experiencing the amazing beauty of God's creation in places I'd never guess I would have the opportunity to see:  On Safari in Tanzania, at Sipi Falls, the Nile River, and at CLD Double Portion Farm

2.  Successful baking in a charcoal oven

3.  Completing saving circle training and having a committed group of members (up to limit of what we can take at 30) that are now saving each week for their futures.

4.  Making so many new friends, hopefully for a lifetime. And also seeing Avery and Henry do the same.

5.  All the time I have gotten to spend teaching and learning alongside people that are so appreciative and eager to learn.  

Part 2:  Yet to Come

Top 5 Fun Things Yet to Do

1.  Welcome my parents and sister to Africa!!!

2.  Visit Rwanda & Ssee Islands

3.  Meet more family members of our friends here

4.  Work on my photo series of amazing feats on bodas and bicycles

5.  Attend a Ugandan Introduction ceremony and/or wedding 

Top 5 Hopes

1.  That our relationships with our new friends and colleagues here continue to grow and strengthen, both for Troy and I, as well as our children.

2.  That we leave each CLD project a little further ahead in professionalism, sustainability, and reaching their goals than when we arrived.

3. That before we leave I will be able to see the new direction of Thread of Life begin to take shape and that at least one of the women I have had the privilege of getting to know will be able to start to begin taking real steps toward supporting themselves and their family.

4. That the teachers at WCIA continue to challenge themselves in small steps to teach in new and exciting ways and see positive responses and results from their students.

5. That discussion and education around financial literacy can continue to happen within CLD's programs.   

Top 5 Fears

1.  How to translate our experience here to our life back home 

2.  That the changes we are trying to help make here in people's lives and the programs will not last

3. That we will feel out of place when we return home

4. That our kids will lose touch with their friends here after we leave 

5. That I am going to have to figure out how we can own and take care of a goat to help make Avery's new dream come true

Okay, since I've already failed at my goal of staying short and sweet, I might as well throw in a few fun ones:

Most Useful Donation Item we Brought Over:  Cash bags from a local bank - every program loves them as everything happens in cash here so you need a way to store and manage it
Most Useful Item I've Purchased Here:  A small wash basin (very multipurpose) and mini bibles for the kids
My Biggest Temptation to Purchase Here:  Jewelry and fabric
My Favorite Snack:  G-nuts
Kid's Favorite Snack:  Samosas
Troy's New Addiction:  Krest soda
New Favorite Drink:  African Tea (I always hated tea and called it dirty water)
Most Missed Item:  Hot water
Pet Peeves:  Fruit flies and mosquito bites
Most Scary:  Being on the roads here (Troy is a master driver, but I still cringe at least once a day as a passenger)
Items I Can't Find:  Pretzels, Tortilla Chips, Yellow Cake Mix

Thanks again for reading.  I surrender and give up.  I cannot be short and sweet. I know that you will all still love me anyway.  :)  

Hope your year is off to a great start.  We'll try to continue writing about our continuing adventures.  Both his and her styles.  

~Heather 

Ramblings

Thought I would reflect or maybe it's closer to ramble about some of the things that have happened and I have been pondering...

Christmas. Although we have been missing our friends and family; it has been wonderful here in Uganda. We have felt so welcomed by our Ugandan friends including an invitation for a Christmas-day meal. It was amazing, there were 23 dishes of food, Henry counted, on the table. I was stuffed and so satisfied. Gift giving is not a big part of Christmas here, worship is though. I'm thinking this is another thing Ugandan's have figured out. By gift standards this was a "poor" Christmas, but it seemed so "rich" to our family. The kids made gifts for us and were so excited for their presents. A great memory.


How is it that over 3 billion of the world's population make less than $2/day? I have now met people like this, they were not at all like I expected. They are wonderfully caring, loving, gracious, giving, want to do better, hardworking believers. When I read of this "Fiscal Cliff" in the US news it seems so strange, foreign and hard to grasp from where I sit today. By US news definition these people fell off the cliff years ago but there is something incredible down here, below that cliff. But what are we supposed to do about this ever-growing income disparity? This is something I have been reading and pondering.

I'm still struck by the belief and faith here. You can see it, well almost. It is something that doesn't happen where I'm from except in the safety of a Sunday morning in a church that you often don't tell people you even go to. Why did I feel that way? Will I feel this way when we come back?

In a recent conversation with a Ugandan here, he asked "everyone wants to go to United States even Europeans and Australians but why would you ever want to come here?" We talked for a long time and it was one of those great conversations here that you just get surprised by. It was a wonderful reminder to me of why we are here.

Homeschooling. With the school schedule here being different than the US the kids need about 1/3 a year of homeschooling. I am the math teacher. This has been a lesson in patience for me. My kids are so smart but it is frustrating trying to teach something that seems so obvious to me and so foreign to them. My respect goes to all teachers. This is a hard job and I only have two students, one subject. Teachers amaze me! The first test was well personally devastating and I almost fired the math teacher -- me. But test scores and teaching are getting better. Still the whole thing has been so much harder than I ever imagined, but I praise God for the opportunity to learn from and teach these beautiful amazing children of ours.

I'm so proud of my kids and family. Things are good. Our work is going so well. It can sometimes be hard, frustrating and confusing. But most of the time we are doing the things Heather and I dreamed of when we came here.

So there are some of my ramblings with more questions than answers. I believe that one of the characteristics of leadership is not about having answers but rather about asking positive questions. For some reason I thought this only applied to work, turns out this applies to a lot more than I ever imagined...

God Bless. Troy