News about our old house, Betty Snellenberger, volunteer fire department, and church play.

I really should be doing schoolwork right now, but I'm tired of reading about the respiratory system of insects. Besides, if I don't ever catch up on my blog I will get much further behind than I already am.

The biggest news is that we rented out our old house in Jasonville. After having it on the market with Hunley for six months and he only showed it one time, we finally listed it on Craiglist for rent or sale. We had so many calls in the first two days that Erick was getting overwhelmed. We took down the ad two days later because we couldn't keep up with the inquiries. The people who are rent it may also be interested in purchasing it, which would be really great. Erick drove back to Indiana last week to show it and sign the rental agreement with the tenants.

In other news, the treasurer of our old church, Betty Snellenberger, passed away a couple of days ago. She has a massive stroke and died a few days later. She was the mover and shaker of that church--the one who kept it going all of these years. She singlehandedly raised $10,000 for a new church roof a couple of years ago. It doesn't seem real that she could be gone and I honestly don't know if the church can survive without her, especially since they still don't have a pastor. They had voted a new one in and then he wasn't able to come after all because of financial reasons. Betty made the best meatloaf in the world, too.

Another thing that's been going on is that Erick joined the volunteer fire department as chaplain. He's going to be going through firefighter and EMT training, too. He has a two-way radio that gets the dispatcher signals, so sometimes that wakes me up in the middle of the night. So far he's only been on one call, though, and I guess it was a false alarm or something.

I've also been working on our church's Christmas play. It is going to be really good this year. It's exciting having people to work with instead of just doing it all ourselves. Everyone does such a great job. It's a Skit Guys play and so its funny and profound. It's called Casting Call and the idea is that it's a tryout for a living nativity. The actors in each role are really, really good. Also, we are going to put a special between each scene, such as an angel dance, a violin solo, a children's choir, and a few songs. I can't wait!