My church has two simultaneous missions departing this week. One is to Mexico to the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) indigenous group in the state of Chihuahua in Northern Mexico. This is one of the most remote groups in North America and a group from our church has gone there for decades, building wells, providing medical needs and ministering to the kids there. https://youtu.be/ZRRNv-kJ6QY?is=wduK9gonZ2g5q6nx Simultaneously we have another group headed to New Mexico to the McCurdy Mission where the Church has also annually sent folks to help for decades. I have several friends, heading here - one couple includes a lady who grew up there on the adjacent reservation. https://www.mccurdy.org/ So for my Wednesday men’s group which includes several guys leaving this week on thes mission trips, I chose to support them with my OOTD Royal Blue MTM blazer Red bandanna silk P square CT red tattersall shirt Hopi silver Bolo Black bead belt Levi’s black button up 501’s Pendleton black w red socks Clarke’s woven Derbies. I also have relatives at my parents 3 miles away who came in from Santa Fe to sit with my step mom recovering from knee surgery. Felt like this would be a good WFH and visit them OOTD as well

Took the day off for my birthday, just to stay home & hang with my oldest. Cheers Gentlemen!!

Today I had another job interview whilst at Sea between Hiroshima and Busan, this one as a Senior Scheduler with the Australian Submarine Agency. I missed out on the last role as they were looking for a Master Scheduler with experience to come in and set it all up. I don’t have the Master experience but I am a senior scheduler. Today’s outfit consists of : M.J. Bale Sinatra Chore Suit in Empire Green crafted from 100% Egyptian cotton, OTAA Bellamy Cornflour Heather Twill Shirt, Anson Ox Blood Strap On a traditional gunmetal buckle, Footsie geometric colour pattern socks, Ivassi 1973 Cap toe Oxford SOTD - Tom Ford Noir Extreme, followed later by a squirt of TF Rose Cafe to test. WOTD - Kyoto Kuoe Old Smith 90-007 With exclusive Brown/Bronze Sunburst dial

With @Jeffrey Plotka as my most recent inspiration, I have completed my first attempt at restoring a pair of Allen Edmond Strand Oxford dress shoes that I thrifted last week. I cleaned them thoroughly with Safir Renovateur, then let them dry over night. I then rubbed in Safire shoe cream in a light brown. After allowing that to dry, I applied Safire medium brown cream to the toe and heel area. It didn’t seem to darken the leather as much as I liked, so I applied Kiwi brown wax polish. I may eventually darken the whole shoe slightly. Regardless, I am very happy with them! Oh, and did I mention I got the shoes with cedar shoe trees for $5.00? I got a second set of AE branded shoe trees for $3.00. That makes me love my new AE’s even more!

Another thrift store score. Not my size, but should be able to make quite a few bucks off this one. Found an XL RRL Ralph Lauren first generation Denim chore jacket with the tan corduroy collar. In excellent shape with only very minor wear at the hem, which apparently actually makes them more favorable to buyers. Guess they prefer the already lived in look. May start looking for one of these for myself, its made exceptionally well.