OBX'n It

So I'm bonding with my family and the sun on the Outer Banks right now. Fun times. Before too long all of my extended family will arrive and the noise index will increase dramatically, and hopefully so will the fun. It's nice to be back for a family tradition. I haven't been down here in four years. It will be good to see people who I haven't seen in ages.

Update

I know I haven't posted in ages. Sorry about that. I've been pretty busy lately, which I think has been good for me. Since my last post I spent a couple of weeks on the side of a highway in Philadelphia helping my brother to run a fireworks tent, spent a couple of weeks out east bonding with my Egyptian family, did dramas and medical clinics in Nicaragua with a team from my church, taught children at an Arabic conference, and bonded with the whole extended Egyptian family at Ocean City. I haven't been home much at all, but I think that's been good for me. Tomorrow I leave to spend two weeks with my family on the OuterBanks of NC. I haven't spent too much time with my family since I've been back from overseas, so this will be fun. The second week the while extended family will join us. Some of them I haven't seen in four years or more. I'm kind of excited. After all of that is over though, real life hits. That's not so exciting, but it's about time I face it. So here goes...