Playground!

I know some of you aren't on Facebook, so here are some recent pics of the playground going in at camp!  It has taken several days to get it all together.

Karl has worked so hard!  He still has to attach the slides, but has to get bolts for them.  We can't wait for the kids to play on it!!  We are so grateful to all who contributed to get the playground and everything else here!!

Two Week "Break"

Well, we've been here a couple weeks now.  One camp has already ended.  We have a two-week "break" before the next camp starts.  One week of that is already gone, and we have been busy every day from the crack of dawn until almost midnight each day.  Next week will be busy as well with a volunteer group staying here and trying to get our visa stuff all turned in.  Then we will pick up the Sowell family to start up the first of seven weeks in a row of camps!  Ok, deep breath, one day at a time!

Most of what we've done this week involves cleaning, organizing and repairing things at camp.  Karl has had to change several faucets because they just break off in your hand!  Quality is not the best here.  But we do the best we can.  Certainly reminds me of how everything in this world is just temporary and falling apart, longing for creation to be redeemed.  And as my body continues to fall apart, I am so thankful that the Lord is renewing my soul each day and fitting me to be with Him one day!  Aren't you?

Thanks for your prayers!  I'll try to get some pictures uploaded soon.  Back to cleaning...! :)

Back to Blogging!

A year since my last post.  Wow.  That will change, starting now!  :)

Before I go on, I need to ask you to please stop reading this and pray, pray, pray for the container to arrive here THIS WEEK for us to pack up all of the donations to be sent to Serbia!  Karl flies out on Sunday!  He needs to be here to pack the container!!  Please pray!!  Thanks!

This past year I have been teaching Geometry to (mostly) sophomores at Granbury High School.  Go, Pirates!  It was an amazing year, eye-opening, fun, and exhausting!  I loved the experience, my fellow teachers and my students, even when they drove me bonkers.  I pray that I was able to make a difference in the lives of my students.

Last week was quite a week.  Let's just say that we can PLAN our lives, but REALITY is often quite different.  Here's what I mean:

Monday:  PLAN: Final teacher work day, go to College Station with Scott for New Student Orientation, stay in the dorm.
                REALITY: Final teacher work day, A&M Housing Dept had no record of our reservation, scramble to find housing at the last moment.

Tuesday:  PLAN: Enjoy New Student Orientation with Scott.
                REALITY: Wake up with laryngitis, suck on a cough drop and break a crown on my back molar.  Still did enjoy orientation, but my sandals rubbed my feet raw, and I forgot how hot it can be walking around the A&M campus in June.

Wednesday:  PLAN: Continue to enjoy New Student Orientation with Scott.
                 REALITY:  On the phone back and forth to get a dentist appointment, calculating how much college is going to cost, changing plans to go to Katy instead of back to Granbury, walking more in the Texas heat.  Excited about Scott's classes for the fall!

Thursday:  PLAN: Go to dentist and have crown fixed.  Pick up donations and go back to Granbury.
                REALITY:  Go to dentist, get told that the tooth will have to be taken out by an oral surgeon, have teeth cleaned (=be yelled at for the tartar buildup).  Have migraine headache and vomit in the parking lot of the oral surgeon's office, causing the dr to think I'm having a stroke.  Go to urgent care center, get shot of Phenergan, sleep for about 14 hours.  Send Scott to pick up donations. 

Friday:  PLAN B BECAUSE PLAN A FAILED: Second try to get tooth pulled.
               REALITY: Have tooth pulled and sleep for hours on end with the help of the pain killers from the oral surgeon.

Good thing that the Lord is Sovereign and that He is on His throne!  Now back to my soft foods....