well, after my trips to lubbock and to new orleans, i arrived here in salt lake city. wait a minute, new orleans.
new orleans was awesome. our hotel was two blocks from bourbon, and for two days brice, gabe and i stumbled around. at one point we were in an all black club (however we didn't notice til the next day) and we all tried to dance but were awfully undertalented.
then, thanks to gabe i was pulled onto a stage and forced to dance as a sea of new orleans chanted "go white boy go white boy go." a good time was had by all.
but on to training. today was our first day, we are staying at these awesome condos in a valley surrounded by snow capped towering mountains. our day started with a 15 mile bike ride down to a picnic and followed with several talks about how freaking awesome this company is that i work for.
in the next two weeks i'll be travelling to montana to take a mock camping trip in the teton park. after this intensive training i'll let y'all know where they send me.
adios
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Interesting. So, what is Backroads travel company? Just what it sounds like?
backroads is an outdoor active travel company that offers bicycle, walking, and multisport trips internationally. we basically do all of the planning that people don't want to do, and then provide the equipment and host them for the week.
What a great job. How much you have to pay them to work there?
I gotta ask, what did I and/or Jeff St do to merit a spot on your fine startup of a blog? (How'd you learn about us?)
haha, well to respond to your first question, believe it or not i actually get paid. as to your second, i found your blog after i searched google for "the beatitudes in aramaic." it pulled up a blog you posted back in december, and since then i've been hooked. i guess its been about 6 months now i've been reading both of your sites religiously, wishing that i lived in kentucky so i could go to a church that was more aligned with my own beliefs. until then though, i guess this'll have to do...
Do you speak aramaic?
no, although i wish i did. i was just learning a little about the language, and thought it was interesting that aramaic has no concept of time, everything is pretty much spoken of in the present. then i began thinking about how many of Jesus's words would be translated differently with that in mind. for instance, when he's talking about the Kingdom of God, he's literally referring to the here and now, and maybe not necessarily something that comes in the afterlife.
also, i think it would be cool to know how to say just a few phrases like, "love your enemy," so that i could really hear how it sounded.
just a sidenote, i couldn't find any phonetic translations of the beatitudes in aramaic, and as a matter of fact your blog didn't have any either, it was just a listing of them in english for Christmas i believe. but i was drawn to your blog by the comments that followed afterwards.
i still point my friends to that blog to see their opinions of the comments. personally, i couldn't believe that there was so much dissent over such a straightforward and simple message.
It's amazing what people will disagree over...
Hey, i was thinking about sending my resume into Backroads and I'm interested in what you think of the company and how it was/is working for them. Thanks!
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