Please...............

please send me a private email at normagwen2@yahoo.com if you were the anonymous person who wrote the message on here. I would like to know who you are. Because the devil can use my not knowing. It is better to know than wonder. I put a request on facebook and no one owned up to it. Maybe you are not on facebook. But I am asking you to be woman enough to come forward and let me know who you are.

Junior started his new shift - 2nd shift this week and did ok with that. I end up getting to bed too late, though. I cannot sleep until he comes in there and goes to bed. I get up to help Missie get a decent breakfast and take her to school. Sometimes I nap when I get back from taking her, but it is not a good rest. Preston has been going to bed earlier, so he gets up earlier. Anyhow, this a.m. I got some extra rest, which I needed. He got his first paycheck yesterday and was pleased and said it was the best one he had gotten in almost a year! We are so thankful for this job, and so close to home. God is so good.

Preston is sleepy with the new medication. We hope he will get used to it, though. I hate changing his meds. this time of the year. But overall he is doing great! He is a stinker! He loves to weigh himself and see that he has gained weight! He is one of the few people I know that actually likes to gain weight!!! I try to make him understand he doesn't need to gain any more weight! It is hard on his lungs and heart to be too big! He does admit to being shorter of breath when he is bigger.

Missie is doing well in school. Algebra is a challenge for her! But so far she is making it. We appreciate Mr. Coleman taking time to use a white board and work with her when she needs help! He helps several of the students with math. She has joined the volleyball team. I would rather she didn't, but she really wanted too, and her daddy made the decision that if she wanted to, she could. She spends a lot of time talking to James in the evening, and missing him. They do use web cams so that helps some. But it won't be long until he will be in IN.

So that is my update for this time!

Just a note!

I have had to change my settings, so that you cannot post on here without my authorization. It is sad I have to do this. But I will allow comments that are nice, friendly, Christ-like, etc. If you think I am wrong about something, then the Christ-like way is to come to me and tell me, not make it public for everyone to see. It is easy to get on here as anonymous and accuse me rather than facing me with what you want to say; that is a coward's way out. To post it on here for everyone to see without your name is not a nice thing to do. That being said, I will continue blogging as I see fit. You may or may not agree with us on various items. That is ok; that is your privilege. My husband, Junior, says the anonymous writer is probably jealous, and I think he is probably right! I have a wise husband!

Just to clarify: My daughter is in a relationship! She is 15, and James is 17 but we give God all the glory and honor for this relationship! God brought them together, via facebook, and whether or not anyone likes or dislikes it, it is still a fact. We are very protective over our children. My husband is allowing Missie to be in this relationship because he felt she was ready for this. He is the head of our home and makes these decisions. He wanted James to come so we could meet him. James did this, and we liked him! So they are continuing their relationship with our blessing. Both sets of parents feel happy about this relationship! James had been praying for a holiness girl that believed in the holiness doctrine as he did. If this relationship does continue and God leads them to marry each other; it will be received with great joy on the part of both families! It has been my desire, that Missie court, fall in love, and marry the same guy. It is wonderful if young people can marry their 1st true love. It doesn't always happen, but when it does, it is a wonderful thing! Missie is James' first love, and James is Missie's first love. I asked them point blank when James was here and they were together, as this subject came up.

James is moving here in Jan. to go to UBC. So he will be attending church with us every Sunday; Bro. Whitaker already told me he could. He loves our church, and is happy that he can be with Missie and attend our church.

You all have a great week!

Labor Day!

Well, this is one of the best labor days we have ever had. Missie was kind of sad on Sat. because she said every holiday is lonely for us, because we never travel or no one from our families ever come. But today we went to our church picnic at the Wilhelm's farm. We had a wonderful time! Preston enjoyed it so much. He sat in a swing and watched everyone else! He watched the volleyball games, and various other activities. Missie played volleyball for hours and her feet were killing her when she got home. We are sunburned but had a happy day.

It is nice we can do things as a family again. For a long time, due to the stimulation, Preston could not attend things like this. I praise the Lord he is able to, now, and he did great!

I am so tired, but wanted to share with you all about our Labor Day.

Sad news!

Jr's sister Pam, was married to Greg and they had a daughter. They are divorced but Ashley was close to her dad and has been living with him for the last several months. Well, they found him dead in bed this morning. Ashley is taking it very hard, of course. We are asking prayer for Ashley. She is 17 and will be 18 later this month. He was about my age, around 52, and as of yet, they don't know what caused his death. Please just remember Ashley in your prayers.

Missie and James are counting down! A week from today he will fly in! We are so excited to meet this young man! They have been using web cams and it is so neat that they can see each other like that. They seem to enjoy looking at each other for some reason, hahaha. They each have AT&T Go phones and can talk any number of times/day for $1/day. So that helps a lot too. They are 2 hrs. behind us in time, but he sets his alarm at 5:30 each morning so he can call her before she goes to school. I am so thankful God brought him into Missie's life!

Preston is really excited to meet James! I know he will tease them! But he is anxious to meet him. They have seen each other on the web cams. He was interested in what Preston's condition involved, so I was able to share Preston's problems with him.

Junior has a physical today for his new job. Then when he gets home we are taking Preston out on his outing since his check came in on Tues. We are taking him out to eat and to a goodwill right beside the restaurant, in Lafayette.

So that is the latest, just wanted to ask prayer for Ashley!

It's Monday!

It's Monday! This is going to be a busy week.

Tomorrow night we start revival with Bro. Rowan Fay. He is an wonderful man! He loves to say "Wow" and I like that word too, lol.

Junior went for job interview on Friday. This afternoon he goes to take some tests. It looks like he will get this job, and it is here in Frankfort!!! He starts off at $2/more per hour than where he is now, and we will save about $35/week in gas! We have been praying he could get a better job! He will be running 3 machines, and working 3-11. Missie won't get to see him during the week, when she is in school. But maybe later he can get on days, after he has been there for a while.

Missie has decided, with our permission, to join her school's volleyball team. So she was trying to make some money to buy her uniform. She was asked to babysit on Friday evening and then she babysit on Sat. for the photographers of a wedding that took place at our church. She made a good amt. of money. She bought some minutes for her phone, knee pads for volleyball and this evening we will order her shirt. She is excited! She is working hard on her paces, and I am so thankful she is so smart and studious! She is very happy with her new boyfriend and loves spending time talking to him, either by phone or on instant messanger. He will be flying in, in 10 days! They are both very excited.

I just have to share what James said to me last night. I am not bragging when I say this; but I have put a lot of prayer and effort into teaching my daughter how to be a godly young woman. James told me last night what a good job we have done with our daughter and he said, "Thank you." That was soooo uplifting and amazing to me. For him to thank me, it really touched me. That makes all the time and effort worthwhile. I am proud of our daughter too; and Junior has surely helped in the making of the young lady that she is. We have so wanted a young man like James when it was time for our daughter to court! It is so wonderful how God brought them together when they both needed someone! God is faithful.

Last week was a hard week. I was in a lot of pain and lost a lot of sleep. Some nights I just can't sleep. Anyhow, I was kind of down. Well, our pastor has had hip replacement, and last night was his first time to open the service since surgery. He just lightens the whole atmosphere. Well, He was telling us that our congregation has 12 preachers in it and my friend sitting beside me, said loudly, "Awesome." Well, Pastor Johnson had preached about the awesomeness of God and made a statement that the word awesome should probably only be used when referring to God. So without even thinking, I looked at Janet and said, "Only God is awesome." Well, all those who heard me cracked up and we had a good laugh. I told Junior it was worth it to go to church to have a good laugh (there were more laughs as well) as I really needed that. What a wonderful church we have.

Pastor Johnson preached last night about when we are storms in our life that we need God's people and not to hide ourselves away and withdraw from people. Well, I do that. Depression causes a person to not want to be around a lot of people, especially when you are in a period of depression. But I do need God's people. I just have felt the last few years that I really didn't have energy to put into friendship. I feel spread so thin emotionally sometimes. But I am going to try and do better about this. He mentioned doing something nice for someone else when you feel down. So I am gonna try and do that!

You all have a good week!

More news!

We had the most awesome prayer meeting ever! Bro. Travis did the lesson on prayer (how to pray) using A C T S tonight.

A - Adoration - scriptures were read, a song of adoration sang, someone led in a prayer of adoration, then testimonies of adoration were given.

C - Confession - scriptures on confession were read; we sang "Cleanse me, O God." we all got on our knees and confessed to God where we needed help; then if anyone wanted to confess publicly, they did!

T - Thanksgiving - scriptures on thanksgiving were read, song was sung, prayer of Thanksgiving was prayed, then testimonies of thanksgiving.

S - Supplication - scriptures read, song sang, prayer requests given, we all knelt and prayed for the needs of our people!

It was such a heart warming time; God's presence was there; I was truly blessed. We start revival next week, so we are getting prepared as a church.

More breaking news:::: James is flying in on Sept. 10th and stay until the 14th. He called Junior last night and talked to him about liking Missie and wanting to get to know her better. We are very impressed with this young man. But Junior and I felt they needed to meet in person before they get more emotionally involved. So! Needless to say, they are both very excited. I am sure their feet won't hit the ground for a while, lol. We are going to take him to UBC to see the campus and all while he is here, as he is graduating in Dec. and planning to go to UBC in January.
His mom called me this a.m. We had a nice long visit. We feel God has brought James and Missie together. It is truly amazing how they met on facebook by accident, but God makes no mistakes. Missie has grown so much spiritually since we have moved here and physically. She is a young lady now and it is so hard to believe! She is a strong and loving girl. We are very proud of her and her zeal to serve the Lord.

So wanted to update for those who are not on facebook.

Back to School!

Well, Missie had her 1st full day of school today, for the school year of 09-10! She is happy going to school. I am happy for her!

Well, we got the news today that the anxiety medication that Preston takes is no longer being made in name brand. The generic doesn't work as well for him. But lately he has been telling me he is so nervous even with the buspar so I guess it is time for a change anyhow. The pharmacy called the psychiatrist and told him but I am going to call him myself tomorrow and ask what we can try instead of the buspar. He does have xanex but not sure if the dr. wants him to take it full time or not. So we have to switch meds. and also the coming of the fall is always hard for mentally ill people. That is why I dread the holidays every year! It is much better than it used to be before his shunt got fixed, but it is still a bit stressful!

Well, Missie had a new friend! They met by accident on facebook. Apparently there is another Watson girl whose name is Missy (spelled with y) and James found her and thought she was someone else. Well, they got to talking and talking and talking and today he told her he is interested in her and wants to get to know her. She is so excited. He is 17, will be 18 in Oct., striving to end his senior year of homeschooling by the end of December and coming to Union Bible College for the 2nd semester. The first day they talked they discussed their beliefs and they agreed! And the fact that Missie doesn't dress immodestly attracted him as well. It pays to not let your daughter wear every fad and fashion that comes out. I have taught her modesty and a lot of the modern day clothes even in the holiness churches are not modest. If you bend over and people can see down your shirt and see things that aren't to be seen; that is not modest. I will get off the soapbox now. But a good spiritual guy wants a good spiritual girl with the same values as he has. Anyhow, he is Bible Missionary and his family is friends with some people from Bible Missionary that we have known for years! It really is a small world. But I was praying for someone to come into Missie's life. This summer was a hard experience for her in the fact someone showed interest and said all the right things, but when it came down to it, told her he only liked her like a big brother would. So that was hurtful, but God knew what He was doing. I really hated that Missie had to go through that experience at the age of 15. I could say a lot here, but I won't. I pray for him daily, and have no ill will against him. But James is just what she needed right now! The big problem is there is 2 hr. difference in the time. They are 2 hours behind us, so that is hard at night. But they get to talk when she gets in from school and throughout the evening. They are getting to know each other, and will have more time together when he gets to UBC, for sure!

Junior's hours have changed from 7-3:30 to 8-4:30, I like it better him getting off at 3:30. But we are still praying he will get the job here in town where he has applied. God knows all about it. We have to have more income. My having to work in the evenings, if I have to, only complicates our lives even more and causes Preston anxiety. I just couldn't do it every night! But I am taking what jobs I can get on a part time basis. I also hope he has a local job before winter.

So that is the latest! Will post a picture of Missie's fair-haired boyfriend!