meanwhile, back at the ranch...

posted by sharla

all kinds of exciting stuff is happening in the DR, and here I am in austin. now austin is a great place to be, but let's be honest - the summer staffers are having more fun than all of us. i'll get down there for a week at the end of the month, so they'll have to save some excitement for me.

we're in the process of opening up a coffee shop in austin that will help support makarios. it's called dominican joe and it should be about the coolest coffee shop ever. the plan is to open in mid-august, but you know how construction goes. never on schedule. our guys say they're on schedule, but frankly, I don't believe them and I don't think you should either. there's a very good chance that we won't even have a front door in time to open. we consider that an important part of any functioning coffee shop.

i've also been working with an agency in Haiti on the adoption of jacob and isaac. the boys are doing well, and will probably have to be in our "foster care" for about a year until the adoption is complete. here's a picture of the first day that jacob came on the scene. can someone please tell me what he's wearing as a diaper? i know he's crying but he looks so cute and you should know that brian is very good with babies. 5 pesos says he and bethany will end up adopting a whole bunch of haitian kids.