The Alpha

Hello Out There,

I hear it's a worthy goal to try one new thing a day. So, this is mine. I'm blogging! I anticipate this being a 'no frills' blog. The obvious reason for this is, "Gee, I've never done this before." The less obvioius reason and perhaps the primary one is, I'm confronted with just too many choices in designing this site. At present, the world appears to be overflowing with options. You may select this, that, the other or son of the other. Variety is a good thing but sometimes it exhausts me. I was raised on white bread, black phones and coffee that was a combination of the two. So, clean and simple is my wish for this site albeit boring to some. We've named our site 'Trailmix' because we're such travelers and because we really do want you to have a taste of where we go and what we see. I anticipate photographs finding their way here. How, I don't know yet. We also like the name, 'Trailmix', because frankly, we often feel like nuts. We're constantly thrown in with a variety of fruits (spiritual and otherwise) and thoroughly enjoy being tossed about with God's tangy pineapples, rich raisens and sweet coconut curls. We're also hoping this site will give you a quick handful of thoughts to nibble on and prayers to carry into your day. At present, we are doing the needful aspects of our job: writing emails (one of which you are reading) making calls, reserving flights, packing suitcases, looking after visiting friends and generally doing the hum drum of daily life. Monday we fly to Jordan and then on to Israel. It seems as though we just made trips to these locations and that is because, we did. I believe those travels were the gist of our last newsletter. This time, we'll be joining others for a retreat outside Jerusalem. I understand we'll be staying on a kibbutz. My concept of a kibbutz involves my predawn milking of a cow. I hope I am wrong. I do believe it is a collective of sorts. As a former quasi-hippie of the 60's, I think I can enter into anything resembling a commune. I'm hoping that during our upcoming travels, we can keep you current through this blog. Perhaps, I'll try posting a photo of us boarding a plane, 'Dave and Sara in their natural habitat'. Well, I'm signing off for now which means Dave has the unenviable job of showing me on how to do just that. You will not be seeing my awkward exit but it is now in progress. Much love, from Sara and Dave too