I'm Off

Hey Guys! I'm off for Mexico this morning (5:27am). Two jobs pending, one in Mexico one in Texas. We are praying that the one in Texas opens up. Pray for my safety, for I slept little last night from anticipation. Love you guys!

Signing off,
Brian

Job Interview, IN TEXAS!

The Lord has shown his favor once again. He acted miraculously several times yesterday and the day before. But the exciting event today is that I have a JOB INTERVIEW at a junior high school in Comanche, Texas! They called me yesterday and are interested in having me teach Spanish at their school. Let's see if God opens this door.

The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord show you his favor and give you peace.

Eye-Witness Interpretations

Hey guys, thanks for your posts. They have been very revealing. My eyes provoke a variety of responses. To one they seam brown with green surroundings. To another it provokes a whiplash-like Monty Python moment: "They're green, no, they're brown!" This one will have to have therapy :P My favorite was from Joel in Taiwan. He wrote us beautiful words in Chinese...
您的眼睛是象婴孩莲花蟋蟀跳跃在金鱼春天小河发光象月亮在我的豆腐是软和湿软的黏米饭 Just heart warming. OK, here's what he really said. Enjoy...

Your eye is likely the baby lotus flower cricket jumps in the goldfish spring the creek launches the optical phenomena moon is soft and is wet softly in mine bean curd mounts the rice

Tell Me About My Eyes!

Well, what color are my eyes. They have been in a process of changing color since I went to college in 1999. I'll let you give me your input after checking out this photo.

Presidential Rally

It is election time in Mexico, and one of the cantidates had a rally right down the street from Leslie's house. I hiked out through the thousands of people to get a closer look, and I climbed up on a bridge to steal a look over the crowds. Here's a peak for you...No traffic was coming into this side of the city because it was all cut off.

¡¡¡Moving to México!!!

I have more good news! I am moving to Torreón in July to begin teaching at a university. They have asked me to come teach English for a year. It is called the "Universidad Autónoma de la Laguna" or (la UAL). I never imagined teaching at the wall (pronunciation of UAL), but here I go. Leslie and I plan to marry after the first semester on December 15. Exciting things are in store!

Health Developments

Hey Guys,

Well, I'm back again from México, and things are in the change process again. I was in Torreón for the last two-and-a-half weeks doing some medical exams to find out what is the problem with my health that has been plaguing me all my life, but has been worsening in recent months.

Ever since I was a child eating has been a problem for me because I tire and get light-headed before I can finish eating, and later my heart races. In recent months I have all but fainted several times after eating, and I have come to while driving to many times for comfort.

I went to Mexico to see a specialist because I don't have insurance here, and it was much more affordable than here. When the internist heard that my heart races in those times, he did an electro-cardiogram immediately and found that I have a Cardiac arrhythmia that had to be treated.

The doctor send me to a cardiologist to have an echocardiogram (video of my heart) done and a twenty-four hour holter heart monitor at home while I recorded my activities. The echo showed that I have a little hole in the septum between the two ventricles of my heart, but that is not the presenting problem.

I saw another cardiologist a few days later, and he surmized that I have a defect in the pacemaker of my heart. It does not regulate the beating to keep it steady, so he has given me medicine to regulate that.

I also found out that I had Typhoid, but that is treated now, and hopefully gone.

I praise God that I was given the gift of seeing the head cardiologists in Northern Mexico for free to get a third opinion. She is a Christian lady and wanted to help knowing that I had already spent all of my money. Praise our Father, the great physician!!!