My sis and her grandbaby, Elizabeth, she is a doll!

My sis and her grandbaby, Elizabeth, she is a doll!

My nephew Will, his wife Nicole and the newest family member, my great niece Elizabeth

My nephew Will, his wife Nicole and the newest family member, my great niece Elizabeth

Mom, me, Barb and Myles (my sis and bro)

Mom, me, Barb and Myles (my sis and bro)

Missie and Uncle Myles (my brother)

Missie and Uncle Myles (my brother)

Missie and grandparents

Missie and grandparents

Missie at park in Brockville,Ont. Canada

Missie at park in Brockville,Ont. Canada

Missie and I went to Canada in October

Missie and I went to Canada in October
Mom and Jim

Part of Preston's room, he has large room, calls it his apt.

Part of Preston's room, he has large room, calls it his apt.
has a recliner and little refrig.

Missie wanted her room lime green and black

Missie wanted her room lime green and black
turned out very nice!

Left side of kitchen

Left side of kitchen

Right side of kitchen (sunflowers)

Right side of kitchen (sunflowers)

Other half of living room

Other half of living room

Part of living room

Part of living room

Part of our dining room, it is a large room

Part of our dining room, it is a large room

Our new home!

Our new home!

Jr.s shop

Jr.s shop

2 car garage

2 car garage

This is the only way it would let me post :(

Here it is December, where has time gone. I just realized this a.m. I have not posted pics of our new home, where we moved to in May. I am really bad at blogging now :( Preston is doing great! He did have a cold, but other than that, he is doing well! We are so thankful for that.Missie loves Union Bible Academy. She has moved into the dorm so she won't have to drive 1 1/2 hrs/day and during winter it would have been hard. She loves living in dorm and having her friends there. She is in choir and absolutely loves that and travels when they travel. She is maintaining a B average, and that is great! It was a big switch to switch from ACE cirriculum to textbooks, but she has done very well. We love our home, and spending our first holidays in it! Will post some pics.

Preston and Missie before surgery

Preston and Missie before surgery

Preston before surgery

Preston before surgery

Preston after his surgery

Preston after his surgery

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Hi, we are still alive

here in IN. It is cool today and Preston and I sat outside for a while. We are adjusting. I have been praying for a refrigerator, and found one today for $100. Praise the Lord, will be getting it Friday evening, Lord willing. She may have a gas stove too! I can handle not having a stove, but using a dorm sized refrig. for a family of 4 is getting old!

Missie loves school and is doing great. She is doing extra work and has taken some tests already and her grades are 95 and up! She loves school!

Preston is doing great. I can tell he is settling in more now. He sat outside on our porch in his swing for a long time. Then we have brought him to library and this is where I am doing my update.

Jr.'s job is ok; he hasn't actually done a whole lot yet, as they are at the tail end of some jobs, but more is coming in soon.

Oh, I have a huge prayer request. It is not automatic in the state of IN that when a person is on SSI that he will be on medicaid. So at this point, Preston has NO HEALTH INSURANCE at all. That could be a big problem if he gets in the hospital. But I have an appt. next Wed. to see about his getting it. I am also applying for Missie. Not sure if we can get it for her; but why not try. Her arthritis is so much worse here; she is in a lot of pain every day. It breaks my heart. She needs to see a rhumatologist and get on some good meds. The SC dr. called it juvenile arthritis, but she needs to see a specialist. So I hope she can get medicaid.

So that is the latest for now! Sunday was another great day in the Lord; our pastor was on vacation, but we heard some good preaching from others. We are thankful for a holiness school for Missie. It is such a blessing to walk in there and see the teachers all looking like holiness people. It was worth everything to move here and have her in the school.

Hope to be online soon at home.

2 comments:

urhis said...

HELLO NORMA,
I AM SO PLEASED TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR FAMILY DEVELOPING NEW FRIENDSHIPS. I TRUST YOU AND MISSIE BEGIN TO FEEL BETTER SOON AND YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS ARE WORKED OUT. HOW WONDERFUL THAT MISSIE IS FITTING IN AT SCHOOL SO SOON. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOUR SERVICES AT CHURCH AND GIVE YOU PEACE WITH THE CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED.

Teresa Shaw, Acquistions said...

Gwen, the only thing that juvenile arthritis means, is that Missie was diagnosed at under 17 years old. It doesn't mean she can't see a specialist, but her age will play a part in what medications she can be given.