Recap: Jesus...everywhere!

Jesus in the Township:

Before the boys went into Masi one afternoon, they were praying to ask the Lord for direction on who to share the Gospel with. One of the guys got a picture of a guy dribbling a soccer ball and shared it with the group. When they went in, Jason and Brin went to pray for someone, and sure enough, Tommy and Lennell saw a young guy dribbling a soccer ball across the street. After looking at one another, chuckling and shaking their heads, they headed across the street. They asked him if they could pray for him and you better believe he said yes! They asked if he knew Jesus and of course, he said no. They proceeded to share the Gospel with him and as God knew, he gave his life to Christ! Thank you, God for speaking to us and letting us be obedient to you and your agenda!!

A few members of our team went in to Masi and met a woman, who after sharing the Gospel with her gave her life to Jesus! Afterwards, our team got to follow up with her to go through some discipleship lessons to teach her more about following Christ. Brooks and Arian spent time sitting down with her teaching her about the Holy Sprit. As we went through the lesson, we asked her, “So, who is the Holy Spirit?” She responded with hope, joy and excitement, “JESUS!?!” Our hearts just melted as our hearts were filled with joy and honestly a little shock as we realized how happy she was as she recognized Jesus as her Helper and the power & authority she carried with the Holy Spirit living inside of her. It was unbelievable. J

Jesus at the University of Cape Town:

Background and Vision: UCT is the top university in the continent of Africa. So many students come from all over to attend. The vision for UCT is to share the Gospel, teach them about community and Jesus, and bring them with us to townships, then send them back home to their countries in love with Jesus with a vision of changing their families, communities, cities, countries, etc.

A few members of our team were wandering the campus at UCT. One of the teammates decided to go up to a student sitting on a bench to talk to her about racial diversity on campus, college student’s receptivity to religion, new ideas and theology, etc. She explained she was with a team from the states who are interested in coming long term and starting a ministry. The student asked about the ministry and she continued to explain, “I love Jesus. He’s changed my life, and I want to tell people about it because He brings so much freedom.” She looked at our teammate in SHOCK and then said, “I just posted on my status update, ‘I feel like I’m sitting here, waiting for someone to walk by and save me.’” Hahaha!! As our teammate continued talking to her, she felt like the Holy Spirit said she was creative and had such creative dreams that may not look “churchy”, but to not be afraid and go for them, that God wanted to use her mightily and she literally started tearing up and was like, “How do you know that?!?” She was so excited/emotional and said, “I’m so weirded out. in a good way. But this is so weird.” Our teammate was able to share how much God LOVES her and CLEARLY wants her to know that! She continued pouring out the dreams she has and our teammate got to affirm those dreams in her! It’s incredible how much our God loves His children and loves to blow our minds with just how intimate He is!!

Jesus in the Work World:

As you all know, a few of us on the team, had internships 3x/week in downtown Cape Town. Not only did we get to learn more about what it looks like to share the Gospel in the working world, but guess what?! That’s right, we gained another brother! After sharing the Gospel with a co-worker at the Human Rights Commission in Cape Town, a man came to know Jesus and Jason got the opportunity to disciple him as well. He also got to share with a leader in the office and teach her how to disciple while in the working world. It was just another example and learning experience of how to live our daily lives while pursuing Jesus in the midst of it! He is everywhere!!

"If I only touch His garment, I will be made well."

(changed the names...clearly...)

As we were leaving Suzie’s house, we met up with her neighbor Betty Jo, and her daughter and her daughter’s friend who were sitting on the curb outside of Suzie's house drinking. As we were leaving, we told them we were going around praying for people, and asked if there was anything they needed prayer for. Betty Jo said she loved Jesus and would like prayer. Each of the women had pain in their bodies. Betty Jo had chest pains and tightness in her chest, Suzie's daughter has had back pain ever since she gave birth, and her friend had stomach pain. We had all of them place their hands on the parts of the body where there was pain. Lennell prayed for healing. During this time, people were walking around, screaming, talking, and Lennell kept praying. After he finished, Betty Jo's pains and tightness was gone. She got up and began dancing in the street. Suzie's daughter said her back was better, but not completely gone, so we prayed again and the pain left. The friend said the pain in her stomach was gone. Boom. 

home away from home.

A dream come true!!

Background Info: All Nations is an organization here in Cape Town all about Jesus. They have different ministries within their organization -- one of which is called Vulnerable Children (VC). VC targets children who live in Masi (township our team has been pouring into) between the ages of newborn-18 who have no parents, one parent or kids that have an even tougher home life than a normal child in a township. People within VC basically just love, care for, build relationship with and as a result disciple these kids!

This year, for the first time, VC put on a camp for the kids!! Talk about the way to our hearts! They managed to find a location about an hour away from Masi, got the funding for the lodging, then brought a team in from Oklahoma (hometown, what what!!?) to be the staff for the week. Approximately 50 kids showed up to get rocked by Jesus! They were so excited they showed up at the spot where the VC staff picked them up 30 minutes early!! That's literally UNHEARD of here! hahaa! They were so ready to start the most fun, maybe most life-changing, week of their lives!!

Some of our team got to spend the day there on Wednesday. It was perfect. We helped serve lunch, cleaned the kitchen, hiked with the kids, played games, shared Jesus, and gazed on His beauty. It seriously felt like camp including, but not limited to, the following:

Jesus. candy. talent show. hiking. afternoon at the beach. games. even a specific word call that got all the kids attention!! (oh hey, pine cove!! haha!!) human knot. team building activities. lots of eating. cheers. yelling in general. cluster competitions. counselors breaking up any hint of flirting. encounter service. Bible studies. pit and palace (aka cleaning their cabins). and most rewarding...kids choosing to follow Jesus. learning what it means to be in relationship with Him. hearing His heart for them. looking these kids in the eyes and speaking the truth that they are not overlooked, forgotten or worthless but in fact hold such value. so much value that He sent His Son to die on the cross for them. the God of the universe adores them and has an overflowing amount of love to drown them in. His heart is for them. He's the God of hope. He's the God of redemption and restoration. there is no unforgivable sin. the old is gone and the new has come. Yes and Amen. SO FUN!

It truly touched our hearts to look around at these kids who were in the midst of sharing an experience, creating fond memories, becoming an even closer community than they already are, and seeing a glimpse of how God sees them and the dreams He has for them away from the responsibilities they carry at home. Kids being kids. Beautiful. So thankful to be a part. Home away from home. :)

surf's up!!

You better believe it...we did it...although...I'm still not sure if I can say I've been surfing. hahaha! I went. I got the wet suit. I got the board. I went in the water. I rode a wave on my stomach. I rode a wave on my knees. But I did NOT ride a wave on my feet. As a matter of fact, every time I made it to my feet, I felt myself losing control so instead of trying to figure it out, I just screamed and voluntarily leaped off the board only to be reminded EVERY time that my ankle is actually strapped to the board. whoops!!

Tommy, on the other hand, immediately went into instructor mode for the rest of us who had never been! it was so so helpful!! He's such a surfer!! Are we surprised?? no way. He was even teaching me the simple things like how to win a battle between you and the wave. hahaha. (I was having problems fighting the waves just to get OUT to the waves...hahaha!) We did the whole...practice on the sand bit and everything. haha! 

Even though we couldn't feel our feet AT ALL by the end, it was so so fun! We had a blast and hope to get one more run in before we head home! 

braai.

“Braai” is Afrikaans for barbecue!! And they are obsessed with them here! Don’t worry…they still call BBQ sauce BBQ sauce…but don’t know what a BBQ is. That’s fine. J Except it is different. How, you ask? No gas!! Hahaha! They make fun of our BBQs because we use gas! Even charcoal is made fun of as taking the easy way out. Haha! Oh, the differences. Pretty sure pops gets a hard time back home for busting out the charcoal every now and then because it’s so old school. Haha! Honestly though, straight wood fire in the fire pit and grill. It’s so fun!!

Brief South African Culture Lesson!!

It’s customary to host someone new in town or new anywhere with a South African Braai! How fun is that?! So…we’ve enjoyed them to say the least…let’s just count them all, why don’t we?

#1 - when we first got here, Joe and Sarah (the people taking care of the house we’re in for the summer), hosted a braai for us at our house, invited friends here and we had a blast!

#2 – Lennell and I’s work had one for us our first week as well! On the rooftop of our building (pics to come)!

#3 – We had one for the Waco team when they came to visit!

#4 – Justin, a friend here, and his wife had a fish braai for us! It was yummy!! Borderline the best one we had…no, no…I think for sure it was the best.

#5 – 4^th of July!! You better believe we invited over all our American friends here in the Cape and had a good ol` Braai and listened to a whole lot of patriotic music. Duh!!

#6 – We had one for a couple of my favorites at work a few days ago – Christine and Dannese.

We’ve had more, but those are the ones we can think of off the top of our heads. J As you can see, we’ve definitely had way more guests than we ever imagined. We’ve just had more events than we ever assumed having to be quite honest. I mean…we’re in South Africa…we thought we’d be in our own little world for 9 weeks. WRONG. Haha!! Thank goodness b/c it’s been so fun meeting so many wonderful people and just sharing life, laughs and food with them!

Fearfully and wonderfully made.

We’re all so fearfully and wonderfully made…not only does that apply to our physical beauty, but how our inner beings are made…what skills we have to offer the world…what things, people, surroundings, etc spark our interest…how our brains work…so uniquely and differently from one another in order to truly come together, support one another and show Christ’s heart to the world.

Here’s one OF MANY examples…

A member of our team is an occupational therapist and has had the wonderful opportunity to come in contact with many children in Masi with disabilities, survey them, and help them! She has also had the chance to meet with their parents and talk to them about their child’s disability and offer advice and simple suggestions to their daily schedule in order to make life much easier for the child and the family as a whole! Not only has she had the chance to meet families as we’ve gone to houses within Masi, but she also got in contact with “Baby Safe.” Baby Safe is a ministry through All Nations who reaches out to families in these circumstances. Brooks actually got to go to a meeting and present some material for these people – including Baby Safe staff that could share with families they come in contact with as they are there for months and years to come as well as the parents of the children. I mean…what are the daggum chances? We just happen to have brought an OT on our team?! NO!! Not by chance!! Not only do we get to share God’s heart with them, but also God’s mind! It was such a practical experience, but totally ordained by God!! So many families have now been given knowledge that could transform their lives by our team simply sharing the education we’ve been given. Incredible. Life changing. Forever grateful. 

testimony time.

We met a man in the street. He initially seemed disinterested in what we were talking about. However, as we spoke to him, he became more interested in what we were saying. We asked him if he knew God, and he began talking about how God sometimes told him to stop drinking. We asked if we could pray for God to touch him and speak to him, and he said yes. As we began praying, God began pouring out truth to him. He is a good man, he is a leader in the community, he is not defined by guilt, he is a good spouse and father. After we finished praying, we asked him what God said, and he said God said to “stop the beer.” We talked to him about why this was important. We then asked him about having a relationship with Jesus and if he would like to do this. He said yes. He prayed to receive Christ. After he prayed, he said he felt calm and that God said “one wife is good.” 

Our Father is so kind and simple! He's full of truth to share with his children all over the world. come on! :)

seals. whales. sharks. dolphins. AND a man over board. really? okay, maybe not the man over board, but everything else, yup.

oh man...this was wild for sure. The seal island tour was LEGIT. basically...you get on a motorized raft boat and hit the water towards seal island. they warned us that it's not often that you see much else besides the seals, but keep your eyes out anyway. hahaha. WRONG.

on the way out, we kept mistaking kelp as anything really. once we got past that...all of a sudden this HUGE, SLIMY grayish, blueish color start submerging from the water and sure enough water shoots out of the now in vision, blow hole!!! WHAT?!?!?! clearly, that's when the freaking out began. i wish i had a picture of it...but it was literally over before i could realize what had happened.

next stop...seal island. omg...it smelled RANK. just foul. it literally sounded like we pulled up to a herd of sheep!??! crazy. they were so daggum cute though!! some were just playing -- sliding down the rock into the water over and over again!! haha! (jenny, if you were a seal...you'd be one of those...) before we started to head back to shore, there was a boat conducting what we've all seen on shark week. people cage diving!! so...clearly, we had to stop to see if we'd see anything since they were throwing chum right by them!! hahaha. AND WE DID!! just barely. just a fin. but it was terrifying enough for us!! we broke out in screams like a 4 year old at a haunted house. it was AWESOME.

now, for the trek back to shore...my favorite part. we were just minding our own business, taking our turns at trying to be THE whale whisperer and all of sudden we're in the midst of a POD OF DOLPHINS. it was incredible!! we're not talking like 10 or 20...we're talking HUNDREDS. (some people on our team say thousands...but I'm just not sure I can type that out with full confidence. hahaha.) i, of course, was so focused on trying to get a picture of one that by the time i looked up (away from the camera) and saw all of them, i almost lost all ability to breathe from sheer joy, excitement and confusion all coming to pass. hahahaha. they were EVERYWHERE. just soaring through the air, swimming under the boat, having the time of their lives, not at all disturbed by our 2 boats full of people FREAKING out. beautiful! they were BEAUTIFUL! as if that wasn't enough...God decided to give us one last surprise. after the excitement/panic of being in the midst of a pod of dolphins subsided...we commenced on our path to see another whale and andrew was rightfully deemed THE Whale Whisperer.

Andrew: Oh, I think I saw something!!

We all stand up, hold our breath, trying to see what he's talking about.

Torree: Are you sure? Was it a seal? or kelp?

Andrew: NO!! It was (motions hands to the size of a whale) THIS BIG!! Seriously!!

EVERYONE: OMG!!!!!! THERE IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!

The whale (aka submarine look alike) breached the top of the water and did its thing (aka blew out of its blow hole). It's like they move in slow motion, yet it goes by so quickly all at the same time. Crazy!!

All in all...we look back on it as quite the success and clearly, God's hand was all over it. It was so fun and a memory we'll remember forever!! laskdjf;adkljsf!!

streetfootballworld.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was coming up around the corner (2008) in sweet, sweet South Africa. They had a dream (not sure if it was actually a dream...but it's a great project, so I'm going to go ahead and say it was their dream...).

FIFA calls streetfootballworld and says, "Hey, here's our dream. Want to be a part?"

SFW: "Yeah, alright. We could do that."

FIFA: "Great, how does "Football for Hope" sound as the movement and "20 Centres in 2010" as the project within the movement?"

SFW: "Perfect. It's your dream. We'll just run with it."

streetfootballworld is an organization based in Berlin that uses football (aka soccer) to promote social issues all around the world. The Cape Town office was created for one purpose; that purpose being to fully own and see the “20 Centres in 2010” project to completion. The project's mission is basically to create 20 Football for Hope centres all across Africa -- 5 in South Africa, 15 around the rest of the continent. Each hope centre has two elements to it -- a pitch (aka a soccer field) and some type of infrastructure. The pitch is used to attract the kids whether via a soccer tournament or camp or even just as a place where everyone can meet after school to play, as everyone here loves the game of football!! The infrastructure is used to host different education opportunities. Each centre has a different focus, but most educate students about HIV/AIDS prevention, protection, causes and dangers. Some centres are geared towards kids with disabilities and others may focus on educating kids about technology in order that they may be given the chance to thrive outside the doors of their neighborhood and go on to further education. Regardless of the focus, the purpose of all the hope centres is to use soccer as an avenue to bring kids in to a community where they are given something that will benefit their lives forever that they normally wouldn't have had the chance to gain.  

How’d I get here??

Well, after the door of staying with my old job closed, I began to pursue an opportunity Lenny brought up to me MONTHS ago. When Lennell and Jason came to Cape Town in January, Jason got on board with an internship at the Human Rights Commission here in town and Lennell got hooked up with an architecture internship at Architecture for Humanity. AfH is all over the world, doing a multitude of projects and designs for communities that are in desperate need of improvement and opportunity. Naturally, the Cape Town AfH office’s only purpose is to design all the centres for the project. Once Lenny was offered an internship for the summer, he proceeded to look into SFW since he knew it sounded right up my alley. Long story short, I got an internship with SFW during my time here on M-W and have absolutely loved it!!

It's been so fun to see a new side of the business world. A side that intrigues me even more than before. The side that has a bigger purpose than just making money. It's incredible. I mean...there's no doubt I'm an intern as I've been given the grueling tasks of organizing the JACKED UP server, writing the quarterly newsletter, and other random, mini-projects. One day I put together a package and addressed it to STRAIGHT UP FIFA. FIFA?!?!?! hahahahaha. Then I laughed OUT LOUD when I realized I was freaking out about addressing a package. hahahaha. God knows our hearts so well. But seriously, even though my daily tasks aren't directly going towards the creation and sustaining of the hope centres, knowing I'm a part of something bigger...is so encouraging. SO FUN. I am literally a part of something that will change the lives of people forever.

On another note, God has been teaching me so much about what life looks like with Him in every realm. The phrase, "what do I have to lose" is on replay at all times. I literally have nothing to lose. There's so much freedom in that. It's absolutely beautiful. It's been so fun to go to work and talk to people about Jesus. It's so fun to see people's reactions when we tell them what we're doing here. "You quit your job?!?!" "You're here because God told you to come??" "That's wild..." "No offense, but don't you think America needs missionaries more than Africa?" hahaha. That was a good one. And it's so freeing because we have nothing to carry. Yeah, maybe America needs some help, but the world needs help. We all need Truth. The most effective thing we can do is be obedient. We carry nothing else, but to be obedient to what God says. That's why we're here. We know we miss it. We know we will miss it in the future, but as best and as quick as we can, we want to be obedient to what He says for us. “There is room in God’s heart for failure.” Let us not let fear of missing Him stop us! He has enough grace. He is grace. He cares so intimately about us that He has a specific plan and route He wants us to take. He has dreams beyond dreams for us. His children. His precious children. Let us step in and follow.

HERE'S TO A LIFE OF FOLLOWING HIS WORD!! HOLLA!! oh yeah...in the words of our fellow friends here in SA...CHEERS!!

                                          

                   Here I am at work!! haha! Check out downtown Cape Town in the back! :)

Cape Town…Where life is backwards, but BEAUTIFUL!!

Please...let us enlighten you with a few examples we've come across...from the most obvious to a few surprises...

It's June and it's winter -- Hello, Southern hemisphere!!

The steering wheel is on the right side of the car.

We drive on the left side of the road.

The outside lines on the road are yellow and the center line with spaces in between are white. 

The safe place to go for a run is on a highway. 

There are pedestrian crosswalk signs accompanied by horse crosswalk road signs as well.

Baboons cross the road. HA!

Vans are combis. (That's right..we've been cruising in the "green machine" aka...a green VW microbus!)

Trucks are bakkies.

Yielding to pedestrians is not an option.

You pay for plastic bags at the grocery store. (Not to worry...we've invested in the "go green" bags...we just forget to take them to the store EVERY time.)

Places close EARLY. 

We live in the mountains and I ran for 25 minutes ending up at the beach.

An item on a menu at a restaurant included monkey gland. (vom)

"Take Away" is the same as "To Go".

Fries are chips. (South Africa was once a Dutch colony, then the British invaded...can you tell?)

Welcome to the metric system!! 1 kg = 2.2 lbs -- Thank you, 9th grade physical science. I'm forever grateful.

No central heating!! 

The normal "nice to meet you" handshake isn't a firm shake, hold and release. It's more of a loose shake, move your fingers up over the hand, then back to the normal shake and release. (3 step process. hahaha!)

The rugby world cup packs out the bars like OU playing in the national championship.

                                  (the green machine!! and trying to capture the backwards road...)

              (Oh hey, South Africa!!! If this doesn't make you want to come visit, I'm not sure what will...)

These are just a few things we've noticed so far...we'll keep you posted of new findings as we continue on our journey here this summer (aka winter)!! Our first two weeks here was spent with the EQUIP team. We partnered with an organization called All Nations, here in Cape Town, shared the gospel in multiple townships and at the University of Cape Town. We had anywhere from 15-19 adults, 6 kids, a microbus, and God's voice directing us where to go. Here are two, of many, testimonies from our time here…

We met a woman in Red Hill (township we’ve been pouring into) who had a very swollen ankle with a very significant scar.  She told us she had fallen four years ago, and had a metal screw in it, and when we looked closer, you could see the metal pushing against the inside of her skin on both sides of the ankle. When we put our hands on her to pray, we felt movement in her knee, and felt the screw shrink. By the end of our praying, our teammate couldn’t feel the screw touching the skin anymore. When we asked her how she felt, she starting rolling her ankle and said, “I can move it!!”  She was overjoyed by the goodness of God.  We shared the good news of Jesus with her, which she stated she already believed. When we went to Red Hill the next day, we saw her out and about. We asked how her ankle was and she assured us by her words and actions (as she was doing laundry) that she had no pain and had work to catch up on! Haha! We can’t wait to meet with her again and see God not only transform her life, but her whole household!

Our team went to a township called Ocean View, split up into teams as usual, waited on what the Lord had for us during our time and went after it. Tommy got a picture of a specific type of tree, so naturally when we looked up across the street, there was an open park type area with the same tree God gave him a picture of. So, off to the park we went. There was only one man at the park, so we went for it. We told him we loved Jesus and asked if he knew Jesus or needed any prayer for anything. Talk about the right kind of soil! This man (we'll call him Bill) and another man (we'll call him Bob – he came out of nowhere when he saw us talking to Bill) were HUNGRY. Desperate, really. Bob started with, “Well…to be honest…there is.” You know it’s going to be good when anyone starts with that! We were so excited! Yes, please be honest! As it turns out, Bob currently smuggles drugs and Bill used to. Bob had just gotten out of jail two days prior and just wants out of the drug world. He used to desire it, but now he just wants out and is, for various reasons, tied to it. Bill got out of jail two months ago, but has promised himself he’d never go back and hasn’t up until this point, but is obviously feeling weary and struggling as he can’t find a job to provide for himself. It was incredible how open and honest these two men were and how God was speaking His love for these men through us. We shared the gospel with these men, explained how the Holy Spirit wants to talk to them, shared some of the character of God so they can distinguish the voice of God from the voice of the enemy. We got to share pictures, scriptures and words for how God sees them. We got to share with them that God looks down on all of us the same way!! We’re all His children!! No matter how the world treats us, that is the truth. They are valued sons of their heavenly Father. Ahhhhh!! It was so fun!! God is after their hearts. He deposited so much hope in us for them! They were so grateful for us and we actually got both of their information as they’re both open to a discipleship relationship this winter! Pray for transformation in their hearts and that they would open their ears and eyes to what God has for them! Jesus sets the captives FREE!!

We live in community, spend time in His presence every day, worship together, eat together, pray together, serve one another, share Jesus everywhere He tells us to, and through it we've seen people come to know Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, baptized, encouraged, and healed!! It's literally a backwards life from what we’re used to, but absolutely beautiful and the way God intended it to be. It’s been incredible so far and we have big hopes for what God has in store for the next seven weeks!!

Tommy & Arian 

Traveling with the Perrys -- always an adventure...

A recap of our adventure getting to Cape Town...


OKC to Dallas -- success. No problems.


Dallas to London -- not so much.


We ate dinner at terminal A and planned to take the skylink to terminal D where our gate was. Naturally...the skylink went down right before we got to it. Awesome. So, we go catch a bus that drives approximately 2 mph and gets us to our terminal. Jason had gone to the terminal early (leaving his phone with us and taking all of his family's flight stuff -- passports and boarding passes). Since we took the bus (aka exited the airport), we had to go through security again to get in! (oh yeah...and while we were on the bus, we heard an announcement, "the skylink is back up" hahahahaaha I HATE YOU, SKYLINK!!) So...we all go through security as fast as we can. Ashley and the kids go frantically talk to the lady that checks you in, explaining what has happened and she just reissues their boarding passes (without their passports or driver's license!!). The kids are just crying because we took their suitcases so we could sprint. (This is where I should note...the kids were insanely attached to those suitcases.) Finally, when we get to the gate, Jason is like OMG?!?!?! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!??!!? Everyone had already boarded the plane and he was using his lawyer skills (aka just making crap up!!) to procrastinate the plane from leaving! bahhahaha. So, needless to say, it was QUITE eventful...which is why we didn't go out into London even though we had a 7 hour layover...didn't want a repeat. :)


London to Cape Town -- success.


Nonetheless, we made it!! We're here!! It's beautiful!! More updates to come...


Arian and Tommy

Leavin' on a Jet plane....

Hey Everybody!

  Well, the time has come.  We take off from OKC at 6:25pm and head to Cape Town, South Africa! We are truly blessed to have the opportunity to call Cape Town our home for the next nine weeks.  It is going to be so amazing!  Arian will have the chance (hopefully) to work with an organization that provides the children in the townships with the chance to play soccer.  I will be going into the township and just trying to see where we can help out the most.  We are both excited and nervous all at the same time. Well, I'm sure Arian will want to say something before we head out, so I'm going to sign off of here. Take luck. 

 Tommy