We’re going to make this wildly interesting. (Or your money back). (Or at least we’ll keep it short).

Elisa and I read this story from Mom in an old Parry Post from the spring of 1989:

I have started a Spanish course, and the children are working on the language also. (Even Jason is picking it up!) They were very impressed with Spencer at Christmas because he could say the Keebler’s commercial in Spanish. They’ve been telling their friends their cousin speaks Spanish “excellent”!

We were excited to see that even back then Jason had a knack for español. We hope the early exposure is paying off.

Elisa finished her month of German lessons. She has a certificate that says she speaks German now. Sort of. It really just shows what we went over in the course. But I’m sure I’ll be able to use it for some… exciting… something. I’m happy to have a break. Although I promised Chad I’ll get him up to speed. I’m planning to take the next class since this one went so well and will start right after our honeymoon.

We are going to have a really good break. Tomorrow we fly to Greece! Woohoo! We will be away until after Easter, 9 days away. We’ll be excited to tell you more in our next blog.

Elisa and I had lots of gospel discussions this week and I came up with a rule of thumb that I like. If there are two competing doctrines or interpretations, then the one that is true is probably the one that is the happier one. Sometimes it is hard to remember that this is a Plan of Happiness so I like Chad’s rule of thumb. It reminds me why we’re here and what’s in store for us even if I don’t understand it all.