these last few months have dispersed rin's family around the globe. rin doesn't like change. in her own words:

"i don't like change."

her parents and the youngest of siblings are in india as missionaries. rin and i were blessed to be able to go and work with them in the field and spread the gospel. their stories are interesting to read which are available here, if he ever decides to post again (wink, wink ts)

her sister is now on the east coast living in florida, enjoying the humidity and heat. on christmas, it was 85°f there while we were freezing here. and what does she do? she locks herself in her apartment and cranks the air to pretend that it's cold outside. peshaw! why not go to the beach and enjoy it?

today, rin's brother will be starting his new career (at least four years) as a marine. his flight leaves today at around 1 o'clock and he'll be spending his boot at camp pendleton for the next 13 weeks. the last i've heard, he wants to be stationed in cuba at guantanamo. it'll be interesting to see what happens to him and how he comes out of the military.