Laundry Day

Today I did laundry. This is an all day process. I am not one that likes to do laundry all week long so I try to do it once a week. Plus it helps to save on water to do it once a week. I start out by sorting all the clothes and then I go out to the shed. I pull the water hose in to the washer and fill it up. Then put my first load in and after it washes the water is pumped into a barrel on the left of the washer. Then back to the water hose to fill the washer up for the rinse cycle. After that cycle is over the water is pumped into a barrel on the right side of the washer. I then hang the clothes on the line and go back to the shed to fill the washer up with the wash water. I use a bucket to get it out of the barrels and back into the washer. I have to do this with every wash and rince cycle. When the water is to dirty to use anymore it is pumped out a hole in the shed to the outside. The wind blows fairly well here so it doesn't take long to dry on the line. The worst part of doing laundry for me is to put it away. I hate to put clothes away, it seems to take me forever to get it done. Otherwise I don't mind doing laundry

Happenings

I found a website that has some children's sunday school lessons, etc. We have been having Sunday school the past few weeks, but don't have any literature. So I've been telling stories with flannel graph. I'm not very good at it so I'm not sure how much the kids have been getting out of it. I didn't have anything for them to do after the story other than draw or color and the older kids didn't like that to well. And I never felt very prepared and confident about teaching. So I've been getting a lesson together from this website and some activities, etc. for the kids to work on after the story. The Lord has been helping me with this and I feel a bit better about teaching this coming Sunday.

Today is cloudy out and cooler. It feels real nice. We had a few sprinkles, but not much to help in our cistern. We need a good downpour of rain.

Our van broke down yesterday. We need another oil filter. We were at the beach and had to have a guy tow us back to the house. Now Tim has to figure out a way to get to town and see about another filter.

In Provo

Wow! This has been a trying few weeks for us. We first arrived here on Feb. 19th. A few days after the kids and I got sick. I think I was the sickest. It put me to bed for days. I couldn't do anything. The kids bounced back fairly well. We are all better thank the Lord. We then had to wait almost two weeks for our thing to clear customs. We now have our house set up and feeling like home. The kids are glad to have some of their toys, etc. to play with. We have been meeting with the church and finding out some of the things they want to see accomplished and what we want to see happen also. One thing that is very trying to me is to have so many Haitians come to my door asking for work. That is hard because we don't have the work for them and some of them are persistant. Please pray for us as we try to get some children's services started, etc.

Packing up!!

Hello everyone! We made it back home safely from Colorado. We enjoyed our time with my parents. The snow was beautiful! We went sledding and even tried some snowboarding. Tim and the kids got pretty good at it. I tried it once and wiped out. It hurt so I didn't try it again.

We are in the process of packing up our things and getting ready to move to Florida. We plan to be in FL around a month and then leave for the islands. Please pray for us during this transition.

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Hello everyone. It has been so long since being on here. Where has the time went? We have been home for a little while. We enjoyed being home for Thanksgiving and not having to go anywhere. We will head out on the road again on Dec. 8th. We will be spending Christmas at my parents home in CO. We have some services on our way out. Please pray for us.

Hello! We are in southern Ohio at the moment and will head to northern Ohio tomorrow. We have been holding many services and keeping busy with our travels. Tim has been able to be out in the woods some and to spot some deer. That has helped relax him a bit. We are getting tired and are ready to be back home in NC for a bit. Lord willing we will be back around the 19th of November and should be there for about 2 1/2 weeks before heading out again. The weather is cooler here and we've had to dig out our winter coats a few times to keep warm. Guess we have lived in the south to long and are use to the warmer weather. Burrr!!!!

Hello! We are currently in Cincinnati, Ohio. We have been having some good services lately. We are keeping busy. So far the kids have been doing well with getting their school work done while we are traveling and all. Today they are doing school and later in the day we are planning on going to a lake with some friends. The kids will get to fish and possibly go out on a boat.

We are headed to Indiana either tonight or tomorrow. We will be there almost a week before heading somewhere else. Please pray for us.