great

Now, I got a speeding ticket. Granted, I was speeding but so was everyone else around me, I was just keeping with the flow ;)
My asthma is out of control bad. My throat is swollen and I can hardly sleep.

watch

NOpe!

There is a crack forming on our ceiling under the ac unit(different room from recent repair). This house is only 6 years old.
No. I declare this house to be whole in the name of Jesus! We are children of the living God, and we claim victory, now.

Ha ha, guess what's funny, I just mailed some support letters....
:)

looking up

So we think Josh got most, if not all, of the mold out; and he has put up new sheetrock. He also fixed the cause of the leak, so anything left should dry up and die. Our bank account hasn't closed as of today! And everyone seems to be feeling better. Jordan and I even managed to get in our run this morning. (Hannah had a nose bleed so she had to stay home)
Thank you for your prayers this weekend.

spiritual attack or a string of bad luck?

Ever since we returned home from vacation a couple of weeks ago, it has been a nightmare around here. We came home to a broken air conditioner during the hottest week of the year (100 degrees+). That was a miserable 3 days. My husband actually had to rewire the circuit board after replacing the melted fan motor, while in the blazing furnace of an attic we have. Then my husband and 2 kids got horribly sick and are still just finishing some antibiotics from a nasty cough following a nasty cold. Then being a total ditz I accidentally deposit a blank envelope into the ATM depository instead of the one with the check in it, but even after running inside and telling them of my error, and them making a note on my account, she said they may cancel my checking account when they receive my empty envelope. Then there's a whole string of little bad things that have happened, and now this. The other night I notice water droplets coming from the roof. It has not rained. The next day there are even more droplets and we are catching them with a water bucket now. We have a water leak. After much investigation in the still blazing hot attic my poor husband discovers that whoever installed our ac unit, failed to finish the condensation drain pipe. It has been just leaking onto the floor over our heads and accumulating for the last 6 years. It eventually got heavy enough and saturated enough to push through the drywall and spill out. So guess what that means? We have mold. And I am highly allergic to mold. I have asthma. I can't breathe. My asthma has gotten 99 percent worse since we have lived here. Now I know why. Josh is currently in there ripping apart our bedroom trying to get everything out. But we can't remove the studs that have mold on them, so I don't know what we're going to do. Those of you who live in Texas know you can't file a mold claim anymore or you'll never get insurance again. Please pray for us.

Mozambique, Africa

Just found out that while we're in Swaziland, we'll get to take a 2 day trip to Mozambique !!

waking up

Something inside of me seemed to wake up this year. I don't know if it's because I'm about to be 35 or whether I just got tired of waiting for my life to happen, or I'm just tired of being afraid of living, or what. I used to think I had to wait to start my "life" until my kids were gone and that responsibility was less, kinda like I have to give them 100% of me or something. But I want them to know the me who I want to be. Does that make any kind of sense? I don't want to squash who I am just to fit into being a suburban mom and wife. I don't fit in, never have, never really wanted to actually. I want to have a life that fits me. I want to share my passion with my kids, not save it for a later date. I want them to see the firecracker I was born to be. I want to set off flames all over this world. I want to encourage others to not be afraid to live like they've always wanted. Better to try and fail than to try to preserve your safety net. As for me , I want to do everything I can to improve the lives of people in horrible situations. I want to tell them about Jesus, and feed them and clothe them and shelter them. I want to give them hope. I want to make them smile. I want to share what I have been given. Because what I have been given is too big for just me.

surfing

Just got back from surfing at South Padre Island. Amazing. The girls and I had a 2 hour surf lesson from a full time islander/surfer. Hannah got up her first try and rode a wave all the way to shore. I got up the first time but took a nasty spill. I got the hang of it pretty quickly though. My other daughter did good also. It is alot harder than I thought it was going to be. I have always wanted to try surfing but thought I'd have to wait until we were somewhere like Hawaii. But I was in this surf shop down there and saw a flier and thought, no time like the present!

truth

"Only through love can we obtain communion with God". Albert Schweitzer