Jerusalem Update and a puppy

Here is a little update on Jerusalem. I have 20 days before my final payment for the Jerusalem Center is due. My loan has finally come through, but unfortunately it is not as much as I was hoping for and not even as much as I need. So, that leaves me in a sticky predicament. However, I am very grateful for those who have been able to help me out. With your help, I have only 74% left to pay and with the first half of my loan, only 32% left to go! That is less than half!
So, somehow it is working out.
Now that I have shared that, today was an interesting day. I went to West Jordan for my aunt's birthday. She has been obsessing about this puppy that she found online. The puppy's name is Ammi and is an AKC cross-breed (I don't remember of which ones). Well, she has been wanting this puppy but they decided to wait until next spring to get a new puppy and then my aunt was really disappointed when she discovered that Ammi had been put on hold, meaning that she had been sold. What she didn't realize was that her husband and son were the ones who purchased the Ammi. She arrived in Salt Lake today and my uncle picked her up from the airport. Then we all drove to my aunt's work to pick her up. She was so surprised when she saw Ammi! She kept saying, "Are you serious?" She was really excited and I'm glad that it was such a nice surprise for her. (Above -Ammi in my aunt's arms, my cousin to the right and my uncle closest to the camera)
For her birthday, my cousin also got some Mexican food and my sister baked a cake. It was a nice evening spent with family. I'm really glad I was able to be there.

Currently Reading:
Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language among the Western Apache
by Keith H. Basso