Ouch!

Bethany had surgery on her thumb to remove a piece of glass she got stuck in it from work. She was wiping a tray that someone had used to get rid of a glass they had broken but neglected to tell anyone. So when you eat somewhere be sure to tip your waiters and waitresses and don't leave shards of glass for people who clean up after you! Everything went fine and she'll be able to use that part of her hand again a couple of weeks from the day of the surgery. Her doctor, Tsu-Min Tsai, was an expert in his field and one of the better hand doctors in the country from what I've been told. As you can probably tell he's not from Kentucky and his accent showed it. We tried to keep a straight face every time he would refer to the "grass" stuck down in her finger. You probably just had to be there but it did lighten the day a bit. Anyway, her job opportunity didn't work out and we're exploring other options and with the time she has off we're looking quickly so we appreciate your continued prayers there as well.

Gimme Five!

On May 19th, Bethany and I celebrated our five year anniversary. It's hard to believe that five years have passed so quickly. I'll take an opportunity to share with you all what you already know... I have a wonderful wife. She has been caring and supportive beyond what I deserve. I thank God for her every day and am grateful we get to share in this journey through life together.

New E-mail

Et tu technology? To quote the infamous Charles Brown: "Good grief!" I've experienced several problems with anything technological this past week, from ordering online, e-mails, and even our toaster. I'm not really on here to gripe about it (ok maybe a little) but there is one change I need to fill everyone in on. My e-mail is currently having several problems so I've opened another one at g-mail which is probably an upgrade anyway. So until I get the other one fixed or maybe for good my new e-mail is JasonSalyer@gmail.com. I'm trying to retrieve some of my old addresses but it would really help out if you could send me an e-mail at this new address so I can be sure to have yours. This may help clean out old and unused e-mail addresses as well (I'm looking at the technology glass as half full here). So if you read this please take a moment and drop me a note on that e-mail so I can have your address in the future, thanks!!

We still haven't heard anything about Bethany's job opportunity yet but hopefully we will tomorrow. Our five year anniversary is this Friday. I hope you all have a good week and stay in touch!

So long spring semester...

... and hasta la vista Hebrew! I took my last final Tuesday so another semester is now history. With four more classes in the books I find myself already picking up more books for the summer J-term. The nice part is being done with languagues and getting to focus on some other areas in the summer and fall terms. Graduation is in December assuming all goes well with classes between now and then. I'll be packing in three summer classes in order to do that but I think it will all be worth it in the end. Bethany has a potential job move in the hospital which, if she gets it, would be a huge help for us in a number of ways so we appreciate your prayers on that end as well. We'll try to keep you posted on that later this week. Also, my e-mail is having some issues and has been down for the last week so my apologies if you have sent something only to wonder why we don't talk to anyone now. Hopefully it will be up soon but you can always get in touch with me through here or the ever faithful phone call. Check back this weekend for an update and have a great week!