On Sunday, April 2 our new nephew, Benjamin Klein was born. Yay! He was four weeks premature so they are keeping him in the hospital for a few days. Currently he’s on a feeding tube. As soon as he can start taking a bottle consistently he’ll be able to go home. Please pray for little Benjamin as he gains strength. Please pray also for his parents Jon and Sara and his big brother Troy as they are all eager to take him home and start loving on him.
Upon returning to Austria, Tricia and I discovered that the Billa had indeed squeezed the Charmin… off of their shelves! Tragic! Saddened by this discovery, we reluctantly set out on a quest to find a new brand of Klopapier.
We quickly ruled out the cheapest option, Clever. Now, Clever brand is great when you need a giant tub of ice cream or some cheap frozen pizza, but I’ve unfortunately been on the wrong end of some Clever toilet paper before. Not a good experience.
We made a decision to give Cosy a try for a few reasons:
1. It was on sale
2. It has a cuddly pink lion/tiger/cat thing as its mascot
3. Its logo is: “So weich, dass man es blind erkennt.” I’m not exactly sure what that means, but if I had to guess. “So soft, one would have to be blind not to know.” Yeah, that doesn’t really make sense. Oh well. I guess my German still needs some work.
In any case the verdict around here is a definitive thumbs down for Cosy. It looks soft and cuddly, but isn’t so much soft and cuddly where it counts.
Wish us luck as our Klopapierquest continues…
Not really, actually, because feet can be kind of gross. However, since the theme at I Heart Faces this week is “Feet,” I have a photo to share. 🙂 This week has been kind of fun for me because I don’t have a lot of pictures of feet, so I spent a lot of time playing with the few photos that I do have. It’s amazing how a little cropping and filtering can change a photo. I ended up liking a lot of the photos, but I had to pick one. You can look at all the photos I edited (Photos of Feet) and tell me if you think I made the right choice. Here’s what I chose:
You can also check out the rest of the feet here:
Well, we’ve been back in Austria for nine days. I think we might actually be over the jet-lag. Whew! While we were in the States we had such a great time with family and friends. We got to meet with a few groups and share more about our ministry here in Vienna. One of the things we were able to share was the video below. It’s kind of a quick overview of what we do here. We hope you enjoy it!