Our Family Circus

Both children had writing assignments a week or so ago that I wanted to share. Dolly's topic was Freedom of Worship and here is what she had to say....although it would be much cuter to see her handwriting with giant and some backwards letters. I will try to type as she wrote. I LiKe my Church. We donot have to go to church But we choose to. I LiKe Kids Church. I am glad we can pray. I Love America!!!!!! Billy made a book called, I LIKE AMERICA. I like America because it is a good place. I like it because we have money to buy food and shelter and DSi (he has been saving his money and just purchased this handheld game system.) We have tools to make and fix "thinks." We have doctors to help us. We have school to learn. And that is why I like America. The End Reminder to me of the wealth of our nation and that God will hold us accountable to what we do with what He has given us.....including these 3 little people wrestling in my home right now!

One of the perks of being Mark's wife is meeting young people. One of the first churches we served in together had precious teens that are now precious adults! One of those is Molly. Molly married her high school sweetheart is now a new mommy and a military wife. Recently, I received a forward about an American Soldier and realized it was Molly's husband. I contacted Molly and she gave permission for me to reprint her sweet husband's note so the world (well, the few of you who read this blog!) can see what American Soldiers are doing! So here goes... March 4th 2009 So today was a good but long day in Baghdad. We were out on one of our normal patrols today in the new area we just took over. We were in a really poor part of Baghdad. The people that live in this particular part of Baghdad only make about 500,000 denar a month (thats 500 American dollars). So as we were walking through the neighborhood we stopped at this one house. In it was family of six. So as we were leavi...