he'sssss backkkkk

where to begin?  -- let's start all over again,


i know over the last few months and years i've expressed an intent to return to chile, in march of 2012 it would have been three years since i concluded my last visit.  the plan at the time was to come back to the states and visit family and friends, with the expectation that i would return to santiago to be with my friends prior to the november due date of their baby matteo.  most of you know that never happened, as i got caught up in a number of different activities; through church, extended visits with family, some courses online, other personal studies, and an amateur  recording project, in addition; a great deal of time was waisted.  there are many of you i could have spent more time writing too, socializing with, and just developing closer friendships with, i hope to improve drastically in that area.  restarting this blog is an attempt to do just that.  


you might ask, why not facebook?  (can i use that name without having to pay a licensing fee?) seems confining and impersonal to me.  i don't really know if this is much better, some of the positives i see: is that i'm not repeating myself, meaning my individual emails can be more personal;  i'm not limited in characters, so i can ramble on forever, and  you can choose to read or not; my names not popping up to your friends as a potential new friend,  i have a hard enough time giving those of you who are friends the appropriate attention a friend should.   so lets see how this goes, the hope is that i can spend a short amount of time reaching many with as much info as pertinent and then concentrate on language skills here and the advancement of the Gospel.