running again

I began to realize how good it feels to run in Texas. So, for the first time on foreign soil, I ran 2 miles!! I was expecting it to be a lot harder. I Finished and gained my breath surprisingly quick. I still had time to take a shower and to research for my talk on sunday on a topic of my choice. I'm thinking healing. It's a very uplifting topic and it has a lot of pertinence to any situation.
oh, and here are some pictures.

this was a sunrise on the mountains behind the Tower left from the Russian Invasion

this is a geezer doing what old people do best, driving really slow.

I'm still in love with these pictures I got from Litchfiel, IL

I felt really lucky to get these pictures

 This is a view of the Mississippi and the remains of the Old Capital of Illinois.  I was at Ft.Kaskaskia and the Pierre Menard Mansion near Chester IL. in the Steeleville area of my mission. I'd go visit that area again in a heartbeat.

This is me and John Wayne. He changed his name and went into hiding so he could become Mormon without people buying him beer every time they saw him.

I finally have enough pictures from long enough ago that I won't be violating opsec and lame stuff like that. so we'll see what I have here....
okay, so this is me Vopilov and McWilliams we're all crewchiefs on these helicopters behind me. This is Shindand. this is us waiting in a hangar at the utah Air Guard area of Salt Lake international This was the convoy leaving Brownwood, TX. that place wasn't too bad. Very beautiful mornings. this is a tent in hell...I mean Brady, TX

settling

Afghanistan is not to bad. I'm really surprised at how comfortable it is here. I figure it is because it is several thousand times less stressful than being a missionary. I now have my own helicopter. it flies relatively well compared to my last one. I'm getting a lot better at my job and I'm toying around with a new program called sketchbook express and the Bamboo pen tablet. I have a picture of an Afghani sunrise I drew in 15 min. the other was messing around as much as i could to make somethig fun to stare at.