Proud to be an American?

It's July 4, the day we celebrate declaring independence from England, barbeque, set off fireworks, hang out with family and friends, and watch grown men try to inhale as many hot dogs as possible in 10 minutes. It’s also a day where millions of people are living in poverty, without food and clean drinking water, around 6000 will die from HIV and…

Before I go on, show of hands, who thinks its too soon for another angry post? Ok you win, maybe I’ll write a book later.

Highlights of the week:

1.Spending time with Son-son

2. Everyone's pained reaction to Brazil's loss to the Netherlands

3. Playing guitar and singing with Shane from the LLU OT team.

4. Talking to friends ALL OVER the world.

Lowlights (other than the current state of Haiti and many other places in the world):

Deaths of a 5-month-old and Albert's mom.

On the lighter side of lowlights, after traveling to 4 countries (Haiti, South Africa, Malawi, and Turkey) in 2 years of service I'm officially retiring my black OP flip-flops. The right one has a hole in the sole. I'm not throwing them away yet, they might come out of retirement but I'm not gonna be wearing them daily.

Happy Independence Day! Be thankful, be safe, have fun.