Routine & Rebates

'Tis good to be back in Central Texas, settling in again after our two month trip to the east and north. Still catching up with accounts, correspondence, doctor & dentist appointments. The 6:30 AM Men's Bible study today was great as Gary taught us the significance of Biblical adoption. Phil, Roy, Doyle, John and Bob are good friends who greeted me, wanting to know how it went on our 6,000 miles of driving in past two months. Went great, I explained, even as gasoline prices went up! Cost us 6.8 cents per mile first part of trip and 8.9 cents for second half to keep the Nelsons' 2000 Honda Civic glidding smoothly over the great roads of America. $3 a gallon is still less than the $4 plus that we will be paying in Brazil when we return in July. Maybe the $100 gas rabate proposal will become a reality by then! Even so, it's a long shot to imagine it actually reaching us there.