Well I have written, I am sure, about my friend and colleague Josh from Hawaii.  We were both interns for a number of years at the same time.  Josh serves in Czech about 3 hours from me.  After Thanksgiving I went to visit him and his roommate Jonathan.  So at the beginning of this month I invited them to come visit me. Jonathan ended up being sick and could not come, so it was just Josh and I.  We went skiing and to the pool and just spent a good time encouraging each other and talking about our different ministries and how God had been encouraging us and even about the hard parts of serving over seas.  It is good to have some one close to your age from your own country to be able to connect with and ‘relax’ in your own culture.  Josh has a big part in the summer camp ministry in Czech republic.  If you think about it, you can lift up some prayers for him as he plans the summer!