Letter to Erin 20150926

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Hi Erin!  Hi Sweetie!  How are you feeling today?  I pray you are feeling great.  I'm sitting here writing this letter while waiting for them to call the sunset prayer.  I had one steak left, so I just cooked it up and now it's sitting, waiting for me to cut it up after I finish prayer, to be eaten with a tortilla and some of my Mom's "rendang" sauce.  I chopped down some trees over at your house inshaAllah, so I have to burn them down not just to get them out of the way, but also to generate soil.  So I saved all the soil that was in the fire pit, so tomorrow I can burn all that stuff down.  It takes a lot of organic matter to make soil.  I have been generating soil since May, and I got 20 gallons of dirt.  That's 40 young mangoes.

Well, I'm sure you are doing well with your career, so praise be to Allah.  I want you to know that I love you, and I need you.  Please take good, loving care of yourself in my absence.