LBT is coming to town

Sharon (missionary personnel supervisor for LBT) is here ... woohoo! We met with her for a few hours yesterday, gave her an update on how school is going, went over some logistics stuff. We talked a bit about future assignments as well, bounced around some more ideas for possible locations (all Africa at this point). Afterwards, we went to dinner at Colter's BBQ. I hadn't had Texas BBQ yet and I was curious as to what a Texas BBQ menu would look like. I had BBQed brisket, broccoli-rice casserole and black-eyed peas. I had no room for the pecan pie so I took it home for later.

We're having an LBT get-together at the Cowan apartments tonight. I may have a late one tonight, after the shindig: 2 Semantics projects due tomorrow. It's all about definitions. Funny, you'd think meanings would be evident but when you start really thinking about what words mean (and what they don't necessarily mean), it can make your brain go a little woogy. Spent 2 hours last night trying to decide what praise, commend and credit meant. Now, I need to write formal definitions in NSM metalanguage and give context to prove my inclusion of various definition components.

Went over the maps I've done in Biblical Backgrounds with classmates this afternoon. We've been mapping major O.T. events; drawing arrows to show paths taken by historical folks, highlighting major roads and locales, etc. Also read 1 and 2 Maccabees. Can't wait to see Alexander the Great when it comes out!