Good Morning!

Hello everyone!

This morning I was woken up TWICE before my alarm by one of my guys yelling at his computer because he was outbid by $1 on EBay! Go figure! Anyways, I appreciate all the letters and stuff from people! I'm a little excited this morning. If you couldn't tell by all the exclamation points so far! 'Why' Your asking? Well, I rediscovered ChristianRock.net! It is a Christian Rock radio station that is online! So now, since there is no REAL radio over here that plays Christian music, I can get my fill of my style of Christian music whenever I'm in my room!

Well, some of you might already know this, most of you might not. I've had some interaction with the Iraqi kids. Which means that I have been 'driving around'. But, I'm having a hard time dealing with the kids. They are extremely selfish and deceiving in nature. I can't even begin to explain how many children I told that 'no, you can't have my pen, I need that.', and I told each kid that at least 10 times in a row! The only reason they stopped asking for my pen was either they started asking for something else, or I walked to an area where they were not allowed to go, or got back in the vehicle! Even if I got in the vehicle, they would chase after them like it is some sort of parade. We haven't been told we CAN'T give these kids anything, but you really can't because you would just get mobbed! It is also very hard to figure out how to deal with them the way that Jesus would deal with them, especially since these kids are not my mission, and I'm not there to teach them how to be respectful and give them something without worrying about them getting beaten up by the bigger kids who will then steal it from them. So yeah, that is the newest difficulties presenting themselves.

Otherwise everything is going pretty well. Today is my last day off for... almost 2 weeks? Yeah, kinda bites, but I won't need to work 12 hour days! At least for a little while. It has been getting pretty cold here; lower 60's! I know it is nowhere NEAR how cold it has been in Minnesota (or Iowa), I mean, lower 60's might even be a warm day for you peeps! But my mom told me that the weather thingy she looked at said that Baghdad would only get in the 80's for 3 days! Yikes! Winter is coming! HA! I never though that I would say that about 80 degrees, or even 60 degrees. But I guess when your body is acclimated to a different climate, weird things happen...

Well, I hope everyone stays warm!

Brandon