Our Family Circus

Last Sunday, we arrived at church during a long and spirit filled prayer.   We waited outside of the door until the prayer was over.  As we waited, we saw a white family.   This never happens!   Not only were they white but the man was bald....perks!   When service was over, My Dear called the man by name.   I thought, "Does he know him?"   But of course, he just saw his name on his Bible when we stood and decided to use it to mess with him a bit. We introduced ourselves and Jen, the "wife" and "mom" shared that she saw our kiddos a few months ago when we had returned from Atrel.   They were here visiting with our neighbors.   We talked for a bit and asked them to join us for spaghetti (cause its Sunday!) They have only been here for 3 days.   They moved from Nashville but lived in Louisville for a time.   Chris left youth ministry to move to Haiti with Jen and their youngest dau...

I just pulled the dirty sheets of the girls' beds to be washed.   They usually do this task so I found it a bit amusing and thought I would share. B's top bunk contained: 5 books (chapter, picture and a large collection book) 11 stuffed animals 2 dolls a throw pillow a bed pillow a baby blanket a head light a yo-yo (under her pillow) and numerous tiny rubber bands from a broken bracelet I guess. Dolly's bunk contained:  2 flashlights (one small and one large) 2 wallets 2 pencils 1 pen 4 chapter books (cause one is not enough!) a filled backpack a math book a sweater a shirt a 31 lunch bag of hair accessories...yeah, they are not small. 2 bed pillows 1 portable, battery operated fan 1 doll 4 stuffed dogs...surprise! a electronic pad (thank you Emily!) a tag off of a piece of clothing a small blanket that I believe fell from the top bunk and a single hairband...surprised there are not more since the bag was not zipped. She wonders wh...

The past couple of weeks we continue to learn how to live here.   We have lots of great support but some stuff, okay, a lot of stuff is just not the same.   The kids enjoy making things in the kitchen.   Along with Mark, they have baked bread, which does not stand a chance in this household, biscuits, and cinnamon rolls.   There is no grocery in our area and it certainly is not open at hours we are used to.   This bread is so much better if I do say so myself and flour is readily accessible too.   Without a dishwasher, the kids take shifts on dish duty.   Miss B. is getting good use out of her apron and step stool and look!  We finally got some liquid hand soap and they had Dawn dishwashing liquid too, not at the Walgreen's sale price but....THANK YOU GOD! I so appreciate technology.   B. is face timing with her BFF , as you can tell from the smile and Dolly is reading a downloaded book. ...