I have my own concerns about the dollar's decline in value with a kid serving a mission overseas.

you can't be totally prepared for every eventuality.

this is the part where we were told we'd need faith and trust. . .

I'm trying to have both. honest.

yep, they could take a literal wheelbarrow full of money and not even come home with a whole loaf of bread.

same thing happened to confederate money after the 'late, great unpleasantness'.

funny thing is, a few years back, these homeowners here were moving a plantation home from it's location in our town to a huge farm out by the river and they discovered underneath YEARS of wallpaper that the original owners had papered the walls with confederate money just to keep the wind out in the winter.

needless to say, the current owners are rolling in money now since they were able to remove enough of the intact bills to sell to collectors who not only had the money, but some hard and fast provenance that added to the value of the bills.

all I have to ask is, which wall has my money papered on it?

Even though I'm benefiting from your falling dollar (I never thought I'd see the day when ebay says $30.00 American - $28.00 Canadian), it makes me feel nervous.

Our economies are too closely tied together for this to be a good thing in the long run.

And I'm the Duke's friend so when I'm poverty stricken, I'll go be an illegal hired hand on his farm...