Whew! I am tired this week. We have been participating in a Backyard VBS with our Sunday night small group. It has been lots of fun, but I am worn out - just another sign that I am getting old!!! I believe that I will forever be singing the songs from VBS. "On the boomerang express, it all comes back ..." oh, sorry, I forgot I was typing for a second! :) I'm telling you, the songs are contagious. Tonight is family night. Pizza, smores, and showing the parents what the kids have been learning this week. I'm thankful that I participated in this - even if I wasn't as excited in the beginning. God continues to reveal Himself to me in so many ways. Just the other day when I didn't want to do VBS, I heard God gently tell me that He didn't really want to send His son to the cross for me either, but He did. Yesterday was rainy and humid, and again, I wasn't crazy about being wet and muddy, but God reminded me that Jesus didn't worry about the weather. I have just been reminded this week that God sent His Son to die for my sins and that I should be so grateful that NOTHING should keep me from praising Him and proclaiming His message to others. Who better to share with than a bunch of kids?

I am also praying today. Well, I pray everyday :), but more so today. There is a couple coming to look at this house tomorrow. I am praying that it is something that will work for them. There is also ONE apartment still available with no one else waiting in line (as of right now, anyway). So I am praying for God's DIVINE plan for my life and the life of my family and the family that could possibly want to move into this house. I still really want to move, but have come to peace with staying here if that's what we need to do. I am also praying about jobs still, and I went on an "interview" today to talk with a lady about babysitting her 3 month old 3 days a week. It is two houses up from the apartments where we want to move. I almost get a smile on my face as I wonder if God is up to something. Hmmmm. We'll see!

Next week we leave for SC. We will spend a day and a half there, and then Aaron departs for Nicaragua, and Briggs and I depart for Destin. Please pray for us the next two weeks.

Once we get back from our trips, it won't be long and Aaron will begin his 2nd semester on campus. I can't believe it is almost time for him to start again. I will be taking seminary wives classes as well, and I am very excited about that.

Well, I think I will leave you with one of the songs from VBS that I like the most:

WORKIN' ON MY SERVE:

I'm working on my serve

I'm putting Jesus first

Cause He deserves my total devotion

I'm checking out God's word

I'm learning that my purpose on this earth

Is to keep working on my serve for my Savior.

Sometimes I mess and I do things I don't want to

And then some other times I don't do what I ought to do

But I thank Jesus that He's faithful to forgive me

His love will help me become

All that He made me to be

So I'm working on my serve

I'm putting Jesus first

Cause He deserves my total devotion

I'm checking out God's word

I'm learning that my purpose on this earth

Is to keep working on my serve for my Savior.