I figured I'd better take some time and update my blog. We've just been so busy
lately! I'm on spring break this week, though, so I had a little extra time.
At the end of February we went ice skating with some friends for their
daughter's birthday party. We really enjoyed doing that. Jay went to Paoli Peaks
and went snow tubing with the youth group that same weekend. We started
practices for Anne of Green Gables about that time, too, and they are going
really well. We have a church reserved for it with a stage and a curtain, and
all sorts of people volunteering to help, including a professional hair dresser.
An antique store is going to be lending us furniture and props.
Jay
turned 13 on March 1st. He got a new bass amp for his birthday, and Erick gave
him the guitar I gave him for Christmas a couple of years ago. His best friend
gave him a much nicer one not long after, so Jay has been using the cheaper one
for quite some time anyway. Now it's his. Jay and Erick are both doing really
well on the bass and are working on learning guitar, too. Sarah has a natural
gift for the drums and plays at church on Sunday nights. Joy often helps lead
worship, and even Abby and Rachel sometimes help.
We got a PowerPoint
for the church, finally. We got a lot more back on our taxes then we thought we
would, so we donated the money for it. Our church is still financially tight,
but God is blessing. We were able to help out a single mother for the last few
months until she was able to get back on her feet. She just recently moved out
of state, and I'll miss her and her kids. Kids' Church will be a lot smaller now
for awhile!
This last weekend I went to a Minister's Wives retreat in
Indianapolis. I just got back from that yesterday. I drove the kids up to my mom
and dads' house because Erick needed to work during the day Monday and Tuesday.
While I was up there I borrowed costumes and props for Anne of Green Gables.
They also have some sets we can borrow, but I didn't take them with me. We'll
have to make an extra trip up there to get those.
The retreat was
wonderful. It was in a really nice hotel, and my room was on the 7th floor. I'm
a little afraid of heights, so I didn't go out on the balcony too much! It was
so beautiful, with fountains and walkways and a parrot that said "hello" to me.
There was also a swimming pool and a fitness room, both of which I spent some of
my free time in, and the meals were all served there at the hotel. The food was
really good, too, especially the chocolate cake and the key lime pie.
Marsha Wooley was the speaker
at the sessions, and she was so good. She was funny, too! She was raised in
Africa as a missionary's daughter, and she had some of the most amazing stories
to tell. It was such a blessing to hear her speak. The worship was awesome and
the presence of God was so powerful. Everyone was so blessed.
I stayed
up really late playing games on Monday night. I learned to play a card game
called "Ninety-Nine" and I won it, too. It was so much fun.
This week
Ellie-Mae and her family are coming over, and we're going to Kentucky to Mammoth
Cave with them. Then the rest of us are going to Tennessee to Cade's Cove as a
late birthday present for Jay. He was born near there, and I went hiking there
two days before he was born. He's eager to see his birthplace. Then the week
after that I'm being inducted into the honor society at our school. So we've got
a lot still on the calendar!
I've got a lot to do today still, though,
so I'd better wrap it up. I've got to unpack from yesterday and sometime I
really need to move clothes from winter to summer. It's so beautiful outside
now! I can't wait to plant flowers. But I'm also teaching the Bible Study
tonight at the church here in town since the pastor will be in Texas, so I need
to prepare for that. Busy days, but I just praise the Lord for all of the
blessings He's put into my life. I am blessed beyond measure.
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