las águilas y un board meeting

posted by sharla

our board of directors are either here or on their way to austin as I write. kate, who is from new york, has been reminding me that austin is doing a good job of keeping it weird, which is the goal around here. good to know we're keeping our reputation intact. my 7 year old nephew is named austin, so i send him and his sister "keep austin weird" shirts a few years ago. i thought it was funny.

please pray for our board meeting that will begin tomorrow morning. we have a lot to cover and would really appreciate your prayers for wisdom. estamos aquí para la gloria de Dios.

last month in santiago, i was able to take a the taylor group to game one of the dominican baseball championship. we had front row seats a little past first base, which is where the pitchers warmed up (no bull pen), so we were able to meet a few of the players. one of them pitched for UT (oh texas, my texas) and is now with arizona, i think. his name is ryan hubele. we also saw santiago ramirez, a friend of mine who used to play for the round rock express, just north of austin. I met him here, but he also happened to play for the aguilas - my best dominican team! let's all sing "it's a small world after all..."

so friend Laurie starting calling him "Jim." his name is Santiago. where did this come from? Santiago means James in English, and sometimes guys named James go by Jim. So she calls him Jim. So here we are chatting before the baseball game.