Monday, January 16, 2012

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I want to thank you for your encouraging words after my last post. It was nice to get that off my chest and it was nice to hear some encouragement. I know the discouragement will continue to come from all around, but we are determined to press on to what we know in our heart is God's leading on our life. I know I have been pleading for some concrete confirmation and although I have not gotten it on our side, we have been completely amazed at how God is already working in Albany Park and how many connections we have made with people we have never met that are preparing for us even before we get there.

We had our first "snow" day on Friday. It snowed some Thursday night, but the real danger was the wet roads that turned to ice by Friday morning. My birthday was Saturday so I got a great present in the form of a four-day weekend! We got out Friday afternoon and I used some of my Christmas gift cards on a new comforter set for our room. Saturday I got to sleep in and then Jeremy and I went to eat at Logan's and went to see the new Sherlock Homes movie. The kids stayed with Gran and Papa. We had a relaxing evening at home. Yesterday was church and then we headed to Janna's house in Nashville for a birthday lunch with Jeremy's family for me and his brother, Jacob. I also found a Macy's gift card last week that I had gotten last year at Christmas from one of my students. I was able to get a $70 jacket for $25! It came Saturday so it felt like another birthday present:) Today I had to get some groceries so I took Chloe with me while the others stayed home. It was nice to spend some time with just her (she is very sweet when she is the only one:) and I do not trust her when I am not at home. The rest of the day has been spent cleaning and my next class has started. Thankfully it is online so I do not have to be gone any night, unfortunately it is a math class so it will probably stress me out more than any other class I have taken. I am not sure how to overcome my fear of math! If you think of me, pray specifically that I will understand what I am doing:)

Well, I better get going. I need to finish getting the laundry put away. Here are a few pictures of our weekend. I forgot to mention that Sam lost his third tooth this weekend. The other tooth already came in behind it so you cannot tell he lost it. He has now lost three teeth on the bottom and I am hoping he will lose the ones on the top soon!



 

 

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