Hello Everyone,
I hope this post finds you all well. This post finds us going about the usual business of life. Trying to stay warm and dry, at times cool and dry depending on what day it is. My hubby continues to work weird hours with almost no time off. I miss him terribly and he misses us as well. He hasn't had any time to continue his studies but he has his Associates Degree and when he can continue, he will eventually have his Bachelor's Degree. David turned 42 on February 28th. We had cake for him and a few gifts, then off to work he went. He preached this morning and this afternoon with going to work in between. I'm proud of him. Even though it would have been easy to say he couldn't preach because he couldn't get off, he stepped forward and did it anyway. I think he did a good job. Our pastor is out of town visiting family and asked him to preach in his absence. We were a little worried about Bro. Sam and his wife Mrs. Betty as they were in the Alabama/Georgia area where all the tornado outbreaks were these past few days. Luckily they were ahead of the storms.
Heather went to Baton Rouge for two days this week to take her GED test along with Chris Bilbao, a homeschool friend of hers. While they were taking their tests Chris' mom Carole and her daughter Claudia and I went to different stores and did some really good window shopping while we killed time. It wouldn't have been cost effective for us to go home and return to pick them up. I enjoyed my afternoons with them. We won't have the results of the tests until about 3 weeks from now. I pray she passed them so she can close the door on that chapter of her life and move on with other things. The only thing I asked is for her to do her best and she feels she did that. Heather now has a promise ring from her David. I am very happy for them. Please keep him in your prayers as he is in training to eventually be sent to Iraq. Heather also has been asked to walk in our friend Summer's wedding so she has gone to get fitted for her bridesmaid's dress.
Tiffany has been doing well with her schoolwork. She has been working hard and should be finished with her schoolwork the last day of this month. She has all A's and will begin GED hopefully in August. She has been spending most of her spare time reading, babysitting, or hanging out with her sisters and friends. She and Heather are pretty much in demand for babysitting. Tiffany and Rochelle planted some bushes in the yard in January that the church removed and gave to us. The bushes seem to be doing well. We are still waiting to see if they will completely take or not.
Rochelle is still working on her schooling as well but her grades are A, A, B, B and C. She has worked at a slower pace and will school into the summer. She will be the only one homeschooling this coming year. It will feel so odd. I have never had only one homeschooling, I'm not sure how to handle it. They are all growing up so fast. She spends her time surfing all the southern Gospel (Gaither etc.) related youtube clips. She especially likes listening to testimonies in addition to the music and some Christian comedy. She has also spent time babysitting and hanging out with the friends who come here.
I have been busy trying to keep up with everyone. I also have found a new boldness in praying for others. I felt the Lord leading me to put even greater emphasis on my prayer life. I was thinking about it one day, we always tell people we are praying for them and don't get me wrong, I do pray, but how do they know that? I haven't given them any indication that I remember to pray for them. I realized that I was hurting my Christian witness by not praying with them. God doesn't want us to just pacify people, He wants us to lift one another up. How better to do that than pray with someone who is in need. I never realized what difference this would make to people until I started stepping forward to pray with them. You would be surprised the doors that open when you ask someone "Can I pray for you?" It seems to give them so much more peace than when you just say you will pray for them. I've even seen some people cry or just hold on to my hand after the prayer is over. Knowing how much this means I don't ever want to go back to just saying I am praying. My hubby's grandmother is in the hospital (she had a problem with her meds), and a friend of ours, Ms. Mary, from church is in another hospital. Ms. Mary will be having open heart surgery in the morning. I felt it a privilege to be able to pray with these sweet ladies. I ask that you pray for them as well. I will update you all in my next post on how they are doing.
Well, I think this post is long enough to have updated you all. I will try to post again soon.
Take care and God bless.
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