Howdy

So we have been cheating a little the last two weeks on our letters to Joel. His emails come directly to my cell phone so we noticed that they came through at the same time every week for the last month. So, even though there was like a 5 minute delay we talked with him via email the last two weeks. I don't think we could have had more fun and been more up to date on Joel and his mission. How would it be, I remember getting letters in the Philippines and the information was already 3 weeks old. He is doing really well. They had a baptism this last week that he was really excited about. He has had a Japanese companion for a month now and his comp. seems to get a little frusterated sometimes with Joel's ability to communicate in Japanese but it sounds like Joel is progressing well. We'll just keep praying for him. He will eat pretty much anything now so I am excited to take him out to eat when he gets home. I won't have to worry about paying for a bowl of noodles with nothing on them.
AJ is doing great also. He is leaving on a cruise to the Bahama's with a friend today. Paula has been a little stressed because he has to take his birth certificate with him to board the cruise ship. Many of you may know why she has been nervous but for those of you who don't I will explain. Your little cousin AJ isn't really AJ. His name, as far as legality, is Timothy Jay Robbins. His birth certificate has never been changed. So Paula told him not to take any picture ID with him, he won't need it since he's not 16 anyway. I'm sure he'll be fine and have a blast.
Jan is Jan. Football is almost over and their last game is against their major rival, Ben Lomand. He is pretty excited. We love it because Jan has brought the boys over a couple of times to spend the night since they have late school on Wed.
Monica and I are doing good as well. We have spent the last few days staying at her Aunt Mary's house watching their kids. It's always a party with that family. Monica has not been feeling well again. For about 2 weeks now she has been having abdominal and back pain. They did a CT scan on her last Friday and didn't find anything wrong. The next step is a colonoscipy (spelling?). And if that fails she will have to have another test done checking all the functions of her gall bladder.
Anyways, other than that we are doing great and having fun with Harley and Eliza. They keep us on our toes at all times.
gotta go, cameron