David on Missions Trip

As some of you know, David is gone this week on a missions trip. Twelve teens from our church went to Nashville with several adults from our church (and one toddler!) to work in a missions program there for 4 days.

They left early Sunday morning and the plans were to work Mon-Thurs in the missions program and spend Friday at a waterpark before heading back.

I've gotten a few texts from David since he's been gone. He let me know he was having trouble finding a signal. I asked him to tell me what his day looks like and here's what he said:
"Our day is on a set course. Eat, work in this homeless place moving stuff, lunch, paint a house, dinner." That was Wednesday's schedule. The days could all be the same or each one could be different.

I haven't called since I don't want to disrupt the flow of the experience there. Plus it's probably "not cool" you know. But I am sure I'll hear a lot when he returns on Saturday. He has his cell phone, obviously, so hopefully he's taken some photos with it. A friend is going to email me a pic of the whole group that was taken before they left.

Please continue to pray for their experience and for their safety. I am sure he's doing just fine, but prayers are an added blessing.

Sunny Soccer, Rainy Relocation, Friday Fun

So, I guess really it's my bedtime that hasn't succumbed to my wish to reset my body clock. However, every day this week, I woke up by 8 all on my own. Even if my bedtime was 2am. Lovely. So, I had day after day of 6 hour sleeps.

Friday night was worse. Went to bed earlier (although not early!) and could not FALL ASLEEP for an hour or more. Then woke up at 5 am. Went back to sleep and woke up when the phone rang at 7. (David needing to be picked up.) Tried, but couldn't go back to sleep. So, less than 5 hours of sleep on Friday night.

I'm dragging a bit today. lol

Friday we skipped our lessons in favor of going to some yard sales. Except for David, who stayed home to do his work, so he could do his Friday night activity. I had a friend over with her children. We were going to watch Robin Hood (BBC, Season 3) online but my internet connection was wonky and we couldn't get it to play right. So we chatted and played around online as much as we could. Fun! I don't have people over very much.

David went to a youth lock-in Friday night that was organized by the Wesleyan district. They had a worship and teaching time and then sports all night, I guess. I haven't had a lot of time to talk to him about it, although he said it was fun!

Saturday's soccer games were at 10:30 and 12:00, so at least I didn't have to get to the fields early. The weather was sunny, warm and windy.

Suzy played first. The opposing team had only 5 players, so played short-sided against our 6. I would have only played 5, but I have 9 players on my team and 3 had to sit out every quarter as it was. We still lost, even though the other team was short a player! Ack! The five that showed up must have been their most dedicated!

James' team, however, WON 4-2! He played very well - energetic, skillful, on top of it. He didn't score a goal, but did take a couple shots. I was really pleased and enjoyed watching.

Stopped by the grocery store on the way home. As soon as we got the groceries unloaded, it started to rain. And rain! And blow! Wow, it was quite a storm for a few minutes! A lot of people lost power. We didn't, but we did lose our internet/phone service for about 22 hours.

Our book club meeting had to be relocated because our hostess had lost power, so a flurry of phone calls got that all rearranged and we were off to discuss Daniel Deronda - one of our most lively and thoughtful discussions! Great food, too! Then we watched the movie, which is a LOT different from the book in some significant ways.

Church today was held in the gym/Nash Center, because our sanctuary is being remodeled after some water damage. (Not from this storm.)

OH! The woman in charge of Sunday School asked me today if I wanted a break from teaching for the summer. Oh definitely! Then she said, the last Sunday for SS will be May 10! YAY! Just 2 more weeks!

It is sunny now, but it looks like more rain is coming.

Weekly Preview - A pretty straightforward week - lessons, writing (editing) and soccer, EXCEPT for the new X-men movie which I have been awaiting for months!
Monday - Lessons, Writing
Tuesday - Lessons, Writing, 2 Soccer Games
Wednesday - Lessons, Writing
Thursday - Lessons, Writing, 1 Soccer Game, 1 Practice, Going to see Wolverine at the midnight show
Friday - Homeschool Park Day (Maybe something fun in the evening? Or sleeping? lol)
Saturday - 2 Soccer Games (Maybe something fun?!)
Sunday - Sunday School, Church, Youth Group

Mish-mash

Spending a lot of time on facebook. It's fun! Give it a try!

Taking half a day off work to watch David's last soccer game.

Hoping my new video camera arrives in today's mail, so I can video his game. But thinking it probably won't.

Going to be 81 today.

Read a light fluffy book yesterday in its entirety. Needed that.

David went to a year-end youth group party last night. He played silly games and went swimming. He won two prizes - a Relient K CD and a $25 gift card to Best Buy. He was pretty happy. He is opting out of youth camp, which surprised me, especially since I offered to pay for it. He is considering going with them to Cedar Point, and if he does, I will volunteer to chaperone. I wanna ride rollercoasters!

Reserved our campsite for homeschool camping week. If you are a homeschooler, you're welcome to join us and I hope you do. You can camp or just come for daily activities. Let me know if you need more information.

The last art class is this week. Bob has two doctor appointments. James' last softball clinic is this week. Suzy has been invited to a sleepover. I think I'll visit Maryann on Saturday.