So, the exciting/terrifying news is my dad is moving to....Kabul, Afghanestan! No, he's not in the military. He's going to start a new TV station. An Afgan TV station-all the programming will be in their language, not English. What language is that? Afgan? I don't know. The owner is from Pakestan, and the employees are Afghani (is that the right word?) with about 10 expatriots from other countries. They have everything ready to go and just need a manager to come and get things going. Dad did something similar in Istanbul, Turkey, and has been home looking for a job since January. He feels very good about this opportunity, and has been told that his security will be very tight-armored cars, compounds, body guards, etc. There is a military branch there in Kabul, so he will be able to attend church on Friday's, because that is the Sabbath over there. He will have a blog, or my mom will have one for him, so when they get it set up I'll let anyone who wants to know what the address is. He's supposed to leave sometime this week-probably Wednesday or Thursday. My mom will stay in Washington, and will go visit him in Dubai. He will also come home for Christmas. The contract is 6 months + 6 months. So after 6 months they will re-evaluate how it's going. We're all praying that he'll be safe, and trying, with varying degrees of success, depending on the day, :-) to be supportive!
Here's some pictures of our trip last weekend to New Orleans to the BYU football game. We're not going to talk about the game that Robby went to yesterday!
Here we are on the Riverwalk. Lily thought it was great fun.
Mom, Dad and Lily.
Robby with BYU's quarterback, Max Hall, at the fireside last Friday before the game.
The one picture of all of us together, at Dicky Brennen's, a fabulous steakhouse.
Here we are on the Riverwalk. Lily thought it was great fun.
Mom, Dad and Lily.
Robby with BYU's quarterback, Max Hall, at the fireside last Friday before the game.
The one picture of all of us together, at Dicky Brennen's, a fabulous steakhouse.
9 comments:
He took the job, huh? We talked to them last weekend for John's baby's blessing. Crazy, but we'll be praying with you that he'll be safe! I'd love to know about their blog and I'm assuming Jill will let us know via e-mail or something, but just in case she doesn't, let us know. I can't believe how big Lily is. She has grown a TON this summer. Her hair is getting really long!
I love that you're all decked out for the football games! Lily is adorable! Good luck to your Dad and his new job :)
What a fun trip! I can't believe your dad is going to Afghanistan! I will for sure add him to my list of people to pray for in far off countries :) I would love the blog address when they get it up and going. You are such a beauty and your little Lily is following right in your footsteps.
Wow! Good luck to him! You'll have to post a link to his blog, so that we can follow the experience, too!
Wow, that's quite the job. I know what it's like to have a loved one in a war zone. It's hard but there are many ways that you grow. There are many good experiences that come out of it. Good luck to you and your family.
I will definitely add your family to our prayers that they be safe.
Woah, Uncle Dave is always doing something amazing!
Your hair's looking fabulous, by the way.
Good luck to your Dad!
Camille, your hair looks great. I like it longer. Go BYU! Dan and I watch all the games on TV. Good luck to your dad. Let us know how he does over there.
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