A Time For Every Season....

August 27, 2006 The chaos from the wedding has ended, but our lives are still too fast for my liking. John just had bunion surgery on his left foot, he is feeling horrible and is really considering not returning to work this Wednesday. His doctor's appointment is this coming Monday so hopefully John can get onto some new pain medications that are less "mind numbing." I feel so bad for John, he is in such pain and hates being cooped up in bed all day. Thank goodness for Mothers! John's mother has been here helping out this week; I don't know how I would have managed without her! I have been trying to pass the time for John by reading to him. We are reading a great book called Facing Terror, written by Carrie McDonnall. The book describes the lives of missionaries serving the Arab Muslim's in Iraq . It is an awesome book that goes into great detail about the culture and history of Iraq and other countries such as Sudan , Israel , Palestine , and Jordan . Drew h...

I read this on another site, I can't wait for John to come home tonight so we can discuss whether or not we should do this as a family. I thought I would post it incase anyone else wanted to participate. Melissa 30 Days of Nothing http://intent.squarespace.com/journal/2006/8/20/30-days-of-nothing.html We're out of touch. Let's just be honest about that right up front. Today, across the world, 1.3 billion people live on less than one dollar a day; 3 billion live on under two dollars a day; 1.3 billion have no access to clean water; 3 billion have no access to sanitation; 2 billion have no access to electricity. 1 Think about your children; about the hard work you put into raising them. Now imagine doing it with no electricity. No bathroom. No garbage service. No clean water. On $2 a day. Is it any wonder that 30,000 children under the age of 5 die every day from poverty-related issues? That's 210,000 a week or over 10 million a year, if you're counting. 2 I hav...

August 16, 2006 We are on vacation and the wedding is upon us. I finished work yesterday, today Drew and I went to visit relatives and I am now relaxing by updating the web page. Drew is in heaven with all the people around, yesterday he played so hard with his second cousins that he didn't want to wake up this morning. Drew slept in until 9:30 and then napped from 12:20-5:00 - Wow! He sure was exhausted. Tonight we are having about 25 people over for dinner. It will be so fun to visit with everyone. Ruben's parents will be her cooking their famous rice & beans to go along with a Texas Brisket and a Pork Loin. I baked a German Chocolate cake today for desert. I will take a lot of pictures so those of you who aren't here can view the madness! On to the other happenings in our life - last week I picked Drew up and threw out my back. I was in so much pain that I couldn't walk or move for 2 days. I finally went to a back specialist and they gave me some pain killers and...

August 6th, 2006 Greetings! Only two more weeks until Ruben and & Julie's wedding! We can't wait to see everyone who is coming to the wedding. It is sure to be hot, but we have some fun air-conditioned events planned. That also means that John's surgery is only a few weeks away too - he can't wait for his foot to feel better. John only has 2 1/2 more weeks of this term so he is very busy preparing for finals. He also has a few last minute projects to complete before the wedding - like clean up the guest room and the garage. This weekend Drew moved up into a new class at church. He was so excited to go into a room with tables and chairs his size. He didn't even care that I left! His teacher said that he told everyone "hi" the whole hour. Drew has a lot of new words too; his vocabulary is exploding. Today I was reading him a book and he pointed to the red car and said "car" just like that. I am so excited that he can communicate with us! Some ...