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ICSV Cross Country Update

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Cross Country 2011ICSV’s Cross Country season is well underway. I have two dedicated runners this year, and we’ve been having a lot of fun! Since there really isn’t an opportunity to run against other schools here, we enter races around the city where they can compete within their age group.

Our first 5K race resulted in one of my runners placing 3rd in her age group, earning a nice little trophy.

Our second race was a bit of an adventure. It was supposed to be 6.6km long, but it turned out that people ended up running different distances. Due to an error on the course, the fastest runners were pointed the wrong direction and only ran 3.6 km. Some others knew the course and ran the correct distance. And then there were the rest of us who ended up running 7.3km. Oops. Despite all this, the team did well, and would have won an award or two if there wasn’t so much confusion about the results.

Stay tuned for more updates and results!

Unveiling of Our New Webpage!

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Matt and Tricia KleinSo I finally got around to updating our main website. Hopefully you like it. And if you don’t, just don’t tell us.

Check it out! We’ll still be maintaining this blog and Tricia’s photo blog, but we’ve consolidated both those into this one page.

Also, we’ve started a Facebook group where we can share quick ministry updates, prayer requests, and other such things. We tried to do this with Twitter last year, but I think this will be a better fit. It’s a private group, so you’ll have to request membership. Don’t be offended if it takes a day or two to approve you.  🙂

Also, we listed some other ways you can support us beyond dropping a check in the mail.

We do appreciate all of you who support us in so many ways and look forward to continuing to partner with you in ministry.

Highlights From America: Week 1

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  • While watching the Green Hornet on the flight over, we spent the first half of the movie wondering when and how Seth Rogan would transform into Ryan Reynolds. Oops. Apparently Green Hornet ≠ Green Lantern.
  • IN-N-OUT Burger = Yum!
  • Meeting our cute new nephew, Silas.
  • Seeing the whole Zimmerman clan again.
  • Juicy, thick, American steak – Delicious!
  • Discovered that running up hills at high altitude is a little more difficult than running flat in Vienna. Ugh!
  • Coke and Cherry Slurpee.
  • Watching 60-70 year olds play softball.
  • Shopping for new clothes!! My favorite! After something like 10 hours in the dressing room, I have some nice new clothes. I guess one benefit is that I now know my dress shirt size: 15 1/2, 32-33. Hopefully I’ll still remember that the next time I go shopping.
  • Tricia got a really cute new purse for only $5.80! She’s really excited about this. It’s red and shiny. Did I mention that it’s super cute? And it only cost $5.80?

We’re on to Philly tonight. I’m sure we’ll be adding some pictures soon. Stay tuned for more highlights!

On The Menu

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I went to Vapiano last night with some of last year’s seniors. One of whom pointed out that I was on the menu.

“Look it’s Mista Klein!”

I don’t know what it says about me that the actual menu item is a small salad with cherry tomatoes and carrots, but I’m just glad to be on the menu.

Where Klein Always Shines

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So one of my classes was getting tired of the old Stroodle banner(above), and decided to come up with a new one in the 20 minutes they had at the end of class one day.

For those of you(probably all of you) who need definitions:

  • Stroodle is Moodle combined with Apple Strudel, a Viennese treat.
  • Moodle is a Course Management System.
  • A course management system is a web site where I can post class materials and assignments, and students can complete and upload assignments online. Kind of like a virtual classroom.