Never Let a Missionary Cut Your Hair

So this last week has been pretty sweet as I have been preparing to return to the States. I've had to teach Wesley three classes without the videos so I have done a lot of refreshing and reviewing of proofs, the Scarlet Letter, and the quantum numbers. The good news is that his videos have finally arrived and just in time. The boys will have school next week while I am gone and thier parents will fill in for me. Tuesday I went into the city with Val to play the bodyguard role and we ended up in the city for around 12 hours. It was a long day but I enjoyed seeing the kids of Casa de Luz one last time before Christmas. they are having a Christmas party the day I fly out and unfortunately I will not be able to be there. We also had a lot of errands to run in the city and Val had a board meeting at 7 pm so we got home around 10. Thursday I went to the ministry and played soccer with the young men of the community and it was fun. I didn't score any goals this week but I enjoyed running around and sweating with the Hondurans. This week I also received a haircut from Val. It started out as just an inch or so off. It was a little uneven so she cut some more. after round two I had some racing stripes on the side of my head and a mullet in training. She claimed I looked very latino and i kindly reminded her that I was a gringo. So I kept my mini-mullet for a day but after all my complaining I sat down for round 3. This time the haircut turned out decent and now I look more like a human being rather than the cromagnon hairy beast that I was. Val insists that I put gel in my hair becuase it looks better but I dont know if I will be able to do all that. Im sure it will be a big suprise to everyone in the States becuase it has been a while since my hair was this short but it will grow back soon enough. Well on Sunday I fly out of Honduras in the afternoon and will be traveling all day, arriving in atlanta at midnight. I will stay overnight in Atlanta and fly to Chicago Monday morning. My lovely sister Heather will be picking me up and we are going to visit my grandma Shirly Paoli in the hosital. Please be praying for my grandma and the rest of my family during this time as well as for me during the days of travel. I can't wait to be back in the States to see my family and friends. God Bless.