The Jazzola Spaceship

So this afternoon, me and my Arlington kid--we'll call her Ashley for the sake of this public domain--we went to the "Hot Spot Coffee Shop" espresso stand by the highway (as I said we would)...and it was beyond even our wildest dreams of how wonderful it could be! First of all, the ten-foot tall stainless steel coffee pot really does look like it could sprout rockets and take off into space...it really resembles one of those module pods that the astronauts are in when they land in the ocean...and it had a Washington State License Plate that read "Jazzola," which makes me think that secretly the "Hot Spot Coffee Shop" is supposed to be my new home. And, to make it even better, the man who owns the "Hot Spot Coffee Shop" has a mohawk and was wearing red pajama pants. He not only made us our trendy blended fruity drinks, he brought us ice water and extra mints at our spot in the hot sun an hour later. Way to go mohawk pajama man! Our drinks were amazingly wonderful, complete with technicolor sprinkles. And the point of this little meeting is that Ashley is really excited about doing a girl's Bible Study. She just accepted the Lord on the Owyhee River trip, and she's been reading her Bible since we returned and has lots of questions. Today we talked about geneologies, because she seems fascinated by the fact that Matthew starts out with a list of names, and she asked me what "Son of Judah" meant, so we had a basic lesson in Old Testament history. Finally, she asked, after I drew a family tree of the Patriarchs, "How do you know this stuff?!" I was like, "Um, I don't know...I guess I've just been learning about it my whole life, especially the last ten years." She seems overwhelmed by the amount of stuff she doesn't know, while I'm already overwhelmed with the amount of stuff she asks questions about. She and I are going to try out a new church together next Sunday, and I'm excited that she wants to go to church. Today, she asked, "What do I wear?" And Monday, she and I and her cousin are going on a picnic to visit our River Guide friend...right now, I just so enjoy my time with these girls, and it's so awesome when she asks, "So what's your job?" as we're sipping our Raspberry Cream blended drinks, and I can say, "This is!"