As June is drawing to a close, I thought it would be meet to write a little ditty about Jack and Diane, two American kids growing up in the heart land; or one American kid and one not-so-American kid, Emily and Drew. Here’s what’s up with us this summer:

I’m taking three summer classes this summer: Greek I, Greek II, and Greek Syntax & Exegesis. I’m now in Greek II, which ends next Friday. The class runs from 9:00AM to 12:00PM 12 noon, Monday thru Friday. We’re learning the vocabulary and grammar of New Testament Greek (Koine Greek, “common Greek”) and learning to translate passages from all the books in the New Testament. It’s fascinating, but difficult. However, to borrow from McDonald’s: I’m lovin’ it; especially as I would like to one day translate the Bible for peoples that don’t yet have the Scriptures (there’s a lot). After my class ends at noon, I make my way to The Olde English Tea Room where I’ve been washing dishes for the summer. Hey, I get to hang out with Emily everyday! And I’d wash dishes for that…I mean her. Which leads us to “her”…Peanut

As you may know Emily has started her prerequisites for Nursing School this summer. She has currently has class Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:00 until 10:00. That makes a long evening/day for her, especially when she’s worked at the day right before running off to Durham for classes. She loves it though and she waxes more and more studious everyday. I’ll cheer her on as she pursues her dream to be a nurse. Go, Peanut!

Well, that’s pretty much the summer for us: class and the Tea Room. Since the ocean’s only about 2.5 hours away we may try to runaway to the beach one upcoming weekend with some friends.

Tell us what you’re up to for the summer, so we can know to be jealous or feel sorry.