Home

I've been meaning to write for about a week now, but I keep not getting around to it!  So having said that, this entry might be a long one!

I titled this entry "Home" because I have recently heard a song by that title.  I heard the Blake Shelton version (country) and just found today that Michael Buble also sang it.  I don't really know the origin of the song, however, the chorus just shouts what my soul is saying:

"Let me go home. I'm just too far from where you are. I wanna come home."

Yes, I cry just about every time I hear it.  My heart longs to be in South Carolina with my family and friends.  I hear that song and for days later, it just plays over and over in my head.  Well, I heard it the other day, and at approximately 3:00 in the morning, God woke me up to remind me that even SC isn't really my home.  Heaven is my home.  Yes, I can still yearn to be with family and friends back in SC, but my longing for "home" should be heaven.  The song still makes me cry and I still think about SC when I hear it - BUT I also remember that I am just passing through here and that my eternal home is heaven with Jesus Christ.

Well, it is April, and we had snow flurries in Louisville today.  Crazy!  I hope that it's the last cold streak, but even in the midst of looking out the window at the flurries falling, I was reminded of the sovereignty of God.  Ultimately, He allowed it to snow and for what reason, I don't know.  But what I know is that He is in control of everything at all times.  How often I tend to forget that!

Aaron began working at the Kroger Pharmacy last week.  I think he likes it okay.  He says it's a little stressful to try to learn everything.  I am thankful that he has a job, but the hours are not great.  He goes to school at 8:00 am and doesn't get back until 9:00 at night.  I am worried that he won't have time for his school work.  I pray for time management!  The other disappointing thing is that we can't go home for Easter because he has to work.  It makes me sad.  :(  

We have discovered he has a mission field all his own there at work because he is the only one who goes to church or is a Christian.  It's a little hard for me to believe that out of maybe 15-20 people that work in the pharmacy there is not another believer there, but I guess we do live in a lost world.

Aaron is also going to Nicaragua this summer with BCBC.  He is excited to go on his first international mission trip.  I will spend that week at the beach with family.

As an update to the snakes - they are NOT gone!  It was 75 degrees on Sunday and they were sitting out sunning.  I think they have moved from the hole in the yard to a place under the sidewalk.  They are driving me crazy.  I think they are catching on to us [:)] because when Aaron went to get the shovel, they scurried away back under the sidewalk.  UGHH!

Briggs is amazing me everyday at how fast he is growing and learning.  We have started "school" here at home doing a little Pre-K workbook a couple of days a week.

We continue to say thanks to all of you for your prayers and thoughts as we travel this journey.  Every journey is different.  Some are a little more difficult than others, but I believe we are all in this together for the glory of Jesus Christ to bring the lost unto Him and to show them His love.