It's July!

Time is swiftly passing. It is July, and soon will be August!

Missie has attended yet another youth camp. This one was the hardest on her physically of any she has ever been too! But she did have a good time. There are 2 youth camps in OH that we are praying about her attending. They are back to back at the same campground. That would be 2 weeks she would be gone. I worry that she won't get enough rest and be sick like she was at the last one here in IN that she attended. I am asking the Lord to show us His will. Her hypermobility is a tiny bit better. She was to go back to Riley's Children's Hospital tomorrow in Indy, but I didn't have a way to get her there. Junior cannot take off work for us to go, and he would need to be here with Preston as it was an early morning appt. She did have her eyes tested and she has new glasses ordered. Her eyes were a little bit worse this time again but the eye dr. thinks in the next couple of years, it will level off. I sure hope so. We are thankful she has her medicaid back!

Preston went to his new dentist today. He didn't have any cavities. He enjoyed flirting with the hygenist, LOL. People get quite a kick out of him and his antics. But I am thankful he doesn't need any dental work, as he has to be sedated for that.

Missie and I went to a nice park here in town last night and had a relaxing time. I will post some pictures. Sometimes I feel sad that we can't do a lot together as a family. That is one of the crosses we bear. I am considering looking into respite care of something like that here, through medicaid. Preston is doing so well right now. Once he got used to a person staying with him, it would be ok. His favorite place to shop is still goodwill! He is building quite a library of VHS. And he always looks for computer cd games, and that is all he looks at. He never goes through the rest of the store. But that is ok, LOL, we spend less money that way.

Junior is working through the temp. agency at the shipping place. Thank the Lord the work is holding out. It looks like the economy is slightly improving around here. I wish he worked in town here, maybe soon he can get a job here. With only one vehicle is it very hard because it is too far to take him, and have to pick him up. We use a lot of gas as it is just getting him back and forth to work.

So all in all, things are good with us! The Lord has been so faithful. I am so glad we know Him and can trust Him. Until next time, toot-a-loo!

Wow!

It's almost July 1st! Where is the summer going? School will soon be starting. We are not ready but God will provide.

Missie is once again at youth camp. Her teen pastor is the evangelist. She loves these youth camps! I am so glad for the privilege she has to attend. Someone came to our home and gave her the entire amt. of money she needed to go! God is so faithful. She is growing up so fast. She is our sunshine, in sometimes our dark world. Everything in her life is an adventure; and it is so refreshing! She can turn the simpliest things into fun! I miss her when she is gone. But I am so happy she has a heart to serve the Lord, and she said she wants a godly young man! I have encouraged her to settle for nothing less than that in her life, as she grows up! She is more mature than a lot of kids her age; I think the hardships with Preston's illnesses, has caused her to grow up faster. She has a heart for people and their problems. God will use her I know in the future. She has 3 years of high school left so I know I will have her at least 3 more years, thank the Lord!!!

Our van is needing some work. Junior has already replaced the front brakes and found something broken that has to be repaired. And he thinks we need a new battery too. So thankful he can do the repairs. We also will soon need at least 2 tires.
I am so thankful he has a job right now. But money still isn't plentiful. But God always supplies our needs.

Preston is doing great. He was outside most of the day yesterday. It isn't as hot this week and he was riding his bike for about 5 hrs. Then he sat in his swing. Junior took him to his new psychiatrist here in town, and Preston really liked him. He asked Preston a lot of questions of course and one of them was, "Do you ever feel unloved by your family?" Preston told him no he didn't, he knew he was loved. I thought that was sweet. The new dr. gave him an extra medication for stress, but so far he hasn't had to take even one of them.

I looked out my front window earlier and lo and behold, someone had planted 4 tomato plants in buckets for us and left them on our porch. We have so overwhelmed at the kindness of the Frankfort church people. It is amazing!!! It never seems to end. God is so faithful. I am so happy we are here in IN!

Campmeeting was last week (Midwest Pilgrims) and I received so much encouragement and help! I wish I could have gone every service, but couldn't, of course. But I was so blessed and encouraged. Then we had GBS group called "Faith" on Sunday a.m. and they blessed me so much too. I have listened to them every day so far from the archives. Those young people really knew the Lord and sang with the anointing. Tears flowed all over the church. Some of the lyrics were, "Over and over again God is faithful." "Hasn't He done enough, don't you think it's time we trust?" On and on I could go, but I was so encouraged. I guess you can tell that by now!

So wanted to check in with everyone.

Hello everyone!

Well, it's been 10 days since I updated! So here goes!

Missie is gone to Friends Youth Camp in Munsey, IN. She was so excited. One of her friends spent Sunday night with us and they left on Monday. Our teen pastor drove one of the church's big vans to take the youth, and his wife had to drive their mini van to take their luggage, they had so much! Anyhow, she is gone. Have only heard from her once so far. I am so glad she has the privilege of going to youth camps! I grew up in Canada and we had VBS at campmeetings, but I have never had the privilege of going to a youth camp.

Junior was off for a few days, then got called back. He is back working in the warehouse. He is currently working 10 hr. days, 6 days/week. We are thankful for every day he gets work. Also, SC unemployment ruled he can still draw unemployment even though he refused to work on Sunday, due to his religious beliefs and the fact he didn't know when he started that they would ask him to work on Sunday. Thank the Lord for that! So he still has some unemployment he can draw if he gets out of work again. You never know when you work for a temp. agency how long your job will last.

Preston is still Preston! His side is better; we never heard a word from the gallbladder test, and he is doing better with taking gas x in a.m. so we are just leaving it for now. I didn't want him to have to have surgery unless it was completely necessary because of him being so high risk of infection and the shunt.
He is doing so well; very happy and relaxed for the most part. He loves riding his bike, and this is the perfect place to ride; the alley beside our house. He loves going to church on Sunday night and talking with everyone. He will be 21 on Sat! It is hard to believe! He has matured in many ways. We are proud of our son!


I am doing well; selling lots on the internet; the Lord helped us raise money by selling stuff to send her to the youth camp! God is good. Some gave extra money so she could go. I am so thankful we are in Frankfort, IN. This was a good move; Missie has flourished and is so much happier. The young people here are friendly and the boys talk to the girls; everyone has fun together! This is what she needed. Having her own teen pastor helps her a lot too. Bro. Travis has done so much for her spiritually. He is the reason we are even in IN! His wife Jody is such a blessing and one of the sweetest people I have ever met.

Our pastor has to have hip replacement close to the end of July. He has suffered a lot the past few months. I will be happy for him to not be in so much pain. He doesn't shirk any of his duties, though, let me tell you! He is a very active and caring pastor! We are so blessed.

The devil has really fought us about moving here; but the Lord has never failed us, and we love the school and church, and watching Missie grow in the Lord, and loving her school, etc., is worth every problem. We did it for her and it has paid off. Nothing is more important than our children's souls. She loves being around other youth that is like she is! She is 15 now; very hard to believe.

So that is my update for today!

Update!

I fall behind in updating this blog. Sorry about that. Those of you who are on facebook as my friend probably read my updates there.

Preston had a hide-a-scan on his gallbladder and we haven't heard any results from it. But the pain is better, and I don't think he will have to have anything done right now. We praise the Lord if he can avoid any surgery right now.

Junior got another job through the temp. agency. He worked about 9 days and was told he wasn't needed any more. So he was off for a few days but they called yesterday and said for him to go in today. So he went in and he is supposed to go in next week. So we will see. You never know from day to day if he will have a job the next day. But we thank the Lord for each day that he does work, and for the weeks that we have an income. When he gets a decent check I try to buy extra groceries so that we have enough in case he doesn't get a check the next week.

Yesterday was a very stressful day for me. My mom and step-dad were on their way to my cousin's garage in Napanee, where their car was. Dad was driving my cousin's car. He pulled out in front of a car; neither he or mom saw it coming. Mom always helps him look. Anyhow, it basically totaled my cousin's car. She called crying and told Junior she had had a wreck but he didn't know any details. I was on my way to get some groceries. So I didn't know any details for a while, and that was hard. I was very worried about them. But my cousin went to the scene of the accident and took care of having the car towed in, etc. and took them back to his shop. They stayed there until Myles got off work and picked them up and took them home. It was a hard day for them. Mom said it happened so fast! They could have been killed but they weren't and for that, I praise the Lord. I don't know how I would stand it if something happened to my mom. But I am thankful I still have her!

Missie finished summer school yesterday. She did 9 paces in the 2 weeks and is catching up on what she was behind in! We are so proud of her. She will miss her friends and going to school.

We plan, Lord and weather permitting, to have a yard sale next weekend. Junior won't get much on his check, and we are hoping to make some to put with that. Missie will be here to help me have it. It is a big job but we have stuff we need to get rid of and make a little money too!

So, overall, we are all doing good. Missie is still having the muscle/joint problems, but she can't take therapy right now because they took her medicaid away and we are having to reapply for it again and then maybe she can go back. But she has exercises to do at home, so she can continue that. She ripped a muscle in the back of her leg a while back, so that leg is weaker. Sometimes when she is on her knees and tries to get up, her legs give out. But we hope the exercises and therapy will eventually make the difference.

You all take care until I get back with another update!

Memorial Day!

Well, Memorial day is about over. I wanted to do a quick update before I went to bed.

Friday night was the school's award night. Missie got a medal for the A Honor Roll. She was on the A honor roll all year! She got a trophy for learning all of her scripture on time, too! We were so proud of her. The picture of her on stage didn't turn out :(.

Missie had her 15th birthday on Saturday! I can hardly believe she is 15. She was so sick, though, and spent all day in bed. I felt so sorry for her. She overdid it at a friend's house on a slip n slide and then at fun day at FCA. She ached all over and was sick. She was supposed to sing in a trio on Sunday a.m. but wasn't able to go. She did get to her FCA's graduation at 2:30 yesterday afternoon, and the reception afterwards. I will post some pictures of her and some of her friends.
It was a wonderful graduation service. Each of the graduates (Kindergarten, 8th grade, and 12th grade) presented their mothers with a rose; many tears were shed. Altogether there were 13 graduates! Preston was able to attend and we all went to the reception afterwards. It was a hot day, though, and by the time we got home, we were all hot and tired. But I am glad Missie was able to attend. Now today she has a cold. It was starting yesterday, but now she is blowing, blowing, blowing her nose. She gets so tired of being sick!!!

For her birthday, Missie wanted a glove and softball. So that is what we got her. A lady at church made her a cake! Then she got money from both sets of grandparents. She wanted cheesecake on her birthday as the birthday cake was already gone, so we got cheesecake for her. Hopefully next year we can have a party for her when she turns 16. She is just growing up so fast.

Junior is working for the temp. agency again; we are thankful for that. We still haven't received any unemployment from SC for the weeks he had no work. We are praying it will come through. Someone graciously paid our van payment, our light bill, and phone bill for this month, so that is a huge blessing. We are hoping this job will last for a while!

Continue to pray for us, when you think of us!

Latest news!

Good evening. I have some news tonight!

Junior got a call this evening from Employment Plus about a job. So he went and did the paperwork, and he starts in a.m. at NFI in Whitestown! We don't know what NFI stands for yet, LOL, but it is a shipping company. He will be driving forklift. He doesn't know how long this job will last, but he will take as much work as he can get. And it is day shift! I wish he could get a job in Frankfort, because it is very hard for him to work out of town, when we only have one vehicle. Missie has 3 appts. and I have no way to take her. Right now it is not an option to buy another vehicle. We don't have the money to do that right now.

Preston's ultrasound really didn't show them anything and they wanted him to have an IV and also drink some stuff and have a CT scan. He said no. He is sick of having to go through all of this stuff, and I can't say that I blame him. He wants to be anointed, but last night we had UBC choir, and the next 2 Sunday nights we don't have church, so it will be a while before he can do that, as he doesn't go on Sunday a.m. He still has pain some; but he wants to live with it if possible, but it may get so bad he won't be able to. Time will tell. Please pray that the Lord will touch him and take this pain away. It would be beneficial to all of this family if he didn't have to go into the hospital ever again. I know that is probably unlikely, but we can always dream! And pray.

Going to bed now. Wanted to let you know about Junior's job!

Long overdue!

I know! This is long overdue.

And there are new developments in our lives, as usual!

1st of all on Monday a.m. the phone rang and it was Employment Plus, the temporary agency that Junior was working for. They said ASI had changed the hours that he would be working, to 6 nights/week. Junior said, "that puts me working on Sunday and I don't work on Sunday." So they said that they would call ASI and tell them. So in a few minutes they called back and said they were sorry but ASI needed someone who would be available to work on Sunday. So that was the end of Junior's job. We did not see this coming! Even though he didn't like the job nor did we like his working all night, we were thankful he had a job. Well, no more. We are back to job hunting. We still have some unemployment left, but when he called in today, they said he had to call the office in a.m. I just hope they are not making us wait another week; we have already had 2 weeks of waiting period already! But we will find out for sure in a.m.

Many of you know Preston had gallstones in SC but since they weren't bothering him, they said they would leave them alone. But now every day he is having pain. So Tues. he is having an ultrasound. Please pray they can see the problem or the stones when they do the ultrasound so he won't have to have any more tests. I hate to think of his having surgery, but if he has to, he has to, and we will just pray he has no complications this time. I don't think any of us can spend another 9 weeks in the hospital.

We didn't get to go to Canada because by the time we figured it out, we realized it was too far for one day's journey and we didn't have enough days to go. Missie is trying to finish her school year out and we just couldn't be gone that long right now. But the problem is, after June 1st, we can't cross the border without passports. None of us have passports. Mine has run out years ago, and we all have to get them. I am not sure when we will have the money to do this. Mine is the most complicated one to get. Anyhow, that is why I wanted to go in May. But it doesn't seem to be working out. I want to see my mom so bad. But we talk every day on the phone which I love and Preston hates, LOL. If I can't see her at least I can talk to her. I hate talking on the phone overall, but I am so glad we have this means of communication.

Today was a wonderful Mother's Day. We had over 60 mothers at church this a.m. We had a wonderful Mother's Day service. We could chose a flower or a candle, and guess which I chose? Yep, the candle! Junior took me to Cracker Barrel Friday for my favorite meal of chicken and dumplings. The children each bought me a rubber stamp that I wanted to use on my cards. So it has been a happy day for me.

Will try and let everyone know when I get the results of Preston's ultrasound.