Just A Shoe Box

We are sittting in the examining room waiting to see the neurosurgeon. And all of a sudden I remembered that I hadn’t mentioned Samaritan’s Purse Shoe Boxes this year. I know there is only about a week left to fill one and get it turned in…so please, please, please consider filling one for an orphan…

Phoenix

I could tell people  were praying as we drove yesterday. the 450 miles flew by fairly quickly, all things considered. I hadn’t spilled the beans but my big brother Dan had flown in yesterday afternoon and Dw picked him uo and brought him to the house.   We were on speaker with my mom talking…

Sunday

We are off to church and in the midst of the first service Emma, Autumn and I are leaving for Phoenix.  Autumn has a long-awaited appointment with a neurosurgeon tomorrow morning.   He has reviewed her {large} file and will be talking about surgery to remove the tumor deep in her brain.  In the meantime…

yippee Jesus

Yesterday before leaving home we skyped with Abi. she was discouraged.  Everyone who had had their embassy appointment was headed home.  it would be at  least another week Last night we were sound asleep in our hotel and we awoke to my cell ringing.   Only thing was that we couldn’t figure out where we…

oh me, oh my

so here we are in a hotel in denver….tomorrow is Cherry Hills and I am so excited. we had dinner with some from the Homecomings group tonight…it was wonderful.  One sweet bloggy friend is evens here from Nebraska!  my computer is not working at all. does anyone out there realize how painful that is for…

My Countertop Test

I kind of feel that I should do a disclaimer to this post.   Life takes us all on different roads, around curves we didn’t anticipate and through swamps we couldn’t have guessed.  Sometimes we sense the Lord telling us something that just might not make sense to others.  This is one of those stories….

The Month of November

The month of November is Orphan Awareness Month {as most of you probably are aware}. I was thinking about all this and kind of pondering what it all means. And today, specifically, is Orphan Awareness Sunday.   We will be having our “Orphan Awareness Sunday” on a different Sunday because of a special guest already…