Hello Again,

I found out that West Side has a new principle as of last night so I guess she will be interviewing soon for the library position. So wish me luck! I really hate interviews.

I had an interesting adventure in Second Life while doing research for my project. I visited Munich, Germany and chatted with a real life german fellow. He answered a lot of my questions and showed me some of the traditional costumes that they wear for Sundays and celebrations. It was the first person I met in Second Life that I found helpful so far. Since I am a "newbie" I have avoided chat with anyone I don't know for fear of embarrassing myself.

On Monday I read this Guidepost devotional and thought I would like to share it with all of you.

"Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it." - Micah 4:3-4

The following is written by Brian Doyle:

A young friend of mine is just back from Iraq. He was twenty-three years old when he left, and now he is a thousand times older than I. We sit in the sun and he talks awhile.

"I don't regret my service," he says. "I did a good thing, protecting my friends, trying to help the people there find a peaceful life where they can just work and pray and argue like normal people.

"I prayed, sure. You bet I prayed. I prayed all the time. And I tried to do everything with my fullest attention - that's a kind of prayer too. When I cleaned my weapon, I was intent on cleaning my weapon. When I helped build a shed for a family, I built the best shed there ever was.

"Someday I'll go back. I have to go back. Those poor people, they were just like us. The kids trying to get out of doing their homework, and somebody forgot to let the dog out, and whose turn is it to do the dishes? The prayer of every day. I bet I prayed that prayer more than any other when I was there: 'God, grant us the miracle of a normal day." I mean, really, what more powerful prayer could you ever pray?"

Then to finish Brian Doyle prayed: "Dear Lord, on my knees I beg You this: Grant us the miracle of a normal day. I know full well that every day is a miracle, but You know what I mean. And can You shove the world toward being a place where no child has to go to war?"

I feel that this entry helped me to remember why our service people need to go over to Iraq. They need to have a normal day where they can feel safe like we do here in a free America. Thank you to all our service men and women that have the compassion to do what is needed! And never forget that God puts us right where he needs us to be. Please do his work always.

Love you Steve!
Teri (MOM)