Salsa-dancing-hobbits !!!!!!

I don't think I have ever laughed so hard before in my life! I'm staying with a great couple who's names are Jackie and Allan Holst. Well tonight we had a barbie (BBQ). Jackie's brother Les, his wife Jan, their daughter Sara, Jackie's friend Lorraine, and Jackie & Allan's friends Chris and his wife V (Veronica) were all here. After we all had a great meal Jackie was showing us a work out video that she, V and Jan are all going to start working out to. It's Salsa dancing!

A little background info before I get to the really funny part. Not including me and V, everyone at the BBQ was around 5'-5'2. They make me feel like I'm in the Lord of the Rings. I'm man and they're Hobbits. It's great! Cause you can't not like Hobbit sized people they're just to cute. But the Hobbits that were here tonight are not like normal Hobbits, no, they're like a bunch of Pippen and Merrys running around.

Ok now for the funny part. We'd finished tea (supper to you americans) and Jackie puts in the Salsa tape to show everybody. Well, Lorraine starts doing a little Salsa dance with the video. Then Jackie, V and Jan join in. Now you have to keep in mind that the living room is about the size of the BCM's downstairs back classroom if you take away the hall (that's really small for you non-BCMers). I start chuckling just a bit, then in walks Chris. Mr. IReallyLookLikeAHobbit, himself. He starts asking all kinds of questions about what the ladies are doing. Then he asks how they're going to lose weight doing that when it's so slow.

Jackie tells him to hang on and she FF to the real workout part of the video. (It's set up like a Taebo tape- you know they teach you all the moves then you really start the workout.) When she hits play Chris starts trying to do what the group on the tele are doing. To the absolute joy and entertainment of the entire room Chris has the classic white-man-can't-dance-cause-he-ain't-got-NO-rhythm disease. I hope you all have seen someone Salsa before, cause if you have you've got the picture in your head. Hobbit doing Salsa/Aerobics workout without any rhythm.

I thought we were all going to die, we were laughing so hard. Between me and Allan we decided that: We should film Chris with me doing the commentary on the "moves." Then we should sell them all around the world. I'm telling you we could make a fortune. The entire world would lose weight just from laughing. We were all crying!

If I stay for the year, during Christmas I'll be back with Jackie and Allan. Right now I'll only be with them for another week, then I'll go to another members house for a couple of months. Every couple of months me and Robert will go to stay with another of our church's members. Don't worry about where to mail stuff to us. The addresses we gave you are the Pastor's and I gave you Allan's (he's the church secretary- here that's the person in the role of head deacon), so if you mail us something we are sure to get it, cause we'll be in constant contact with them both.

Pray for Robert, he's not feeling to good. I'm not real sure why, it might just be that he's not quite yet used to the time. Also pray for this next week, we start our classes and ministry this week. Pray for Morgan as well, she didn't get in the country they sent her back to the US. I've heard that she's going to try again. Either she's not suppose to be here at all, or God's going to do something really BIG thru her when she gets here.

To the BCM I thank you so much for the hand written letters that you sent us in an email. That really meant a lot to me. There's just something about a hand written letter even if it's scanned onto the computer and emailed it has the same effect. I love you all so much. God has blessed me with REAL friends.

To FBC of Dadeville thank you to your continued giving. Because of your donations I will be able to stay another month. Because of this I am going to start applying for my VISA to stay the full ten months. I have felt at home since arriving in this country and I can't miss this opportunity to witness to the nations for/with God. He has given me a peace about staying, so I'm going to stay. I know that because of this peace the money needed for me to stay will continue to show up. God's just that AWESOME! I love you all! Keep praying!

~Stella