My Arabic Name

Names were written in the following order: first name, followed by the father’s name, then grandfather, then family name and last, the tribe’s name. Thus, my name tells people that I am Jeffrey, son of Carl, son of Hobart of the family Salyer.

The Arabic word bin means “son of” and the prefix al before the tribal name means “people of.”

In other words my arabic name is:

"Jeffrey bin Carl bin Hobart al Salyer"

Winding Down and Heading Home

Our project is ahead of schedule and so I get to come home early!
I will be home this Friday July 8th. The bad news that I will be unemployed again! This was only a contract job for 11 weeks. Celerant is interested in hiring me full time according to the VP of Celerant for Qatar, but nothing official yet. I also had a 2nd interview with Nationwide Insurance while I was home a couple of weeks ago. They were supposed to let me know last week if they interested in talking further, but I did not hear anything yet.

I know God is in control of my life. He provided a job when I needed one, in a place I had never heard of, doing something I always wanted to do. In addition, I was home with my Dad when his brother passed away, and will be home when Angela has her surgery. Skype has allowed Angela and I to see each other almost everyday, which has made the time pass so fast.

I have really been blessed to see this part of the world. It is an interesting place as all the pictures show. I can’t wait to everyone again, I have missed a lot of family things while gone, but there will be many more events this year, most notably the big wedding in October. I get the privilege of marrying Brandon and Julie this fall. That is one event I will not miss!! That’s all for now, hope you missed me as well! (If you didn’t, don’t tell me, LOL)

“I know who holds the future and I know who holds my hand!”

Jeff