The Car is Ready...almost!

If you didn't know... Ron had a wreck in our BRAND NEW car on March 26, and did A LOT of damage. Everytime I say he had a wreck... he is quick to point out that it wasn't his fault. Well... it wasn't his fault, but that doesn't get me my car back any quicker just noting that fact. Anyway... they told us this morning that we should be able to pick the car up tomorrow. We hadn't even made our first payment on the car when he had the wreck. :) He was completely fine, but the car looked pretty bad. I felt really good about the type of car we had when I went to see the car that night, and I realized that even in a wreck that bad, even if all four of us had been in the car, we would have been alright. The structure of the car really held together. Price thinks now though that every car we see is going to hit our tire, and I'm just hoping that this caution that he has carries over to when he starts driving. I know.. wishful thinking.
We met the new pastor and his wife for our charge. They had a little boy Price's age, and they had a great time playing. Price was a little upset when I told him that Zach would get to have Price's room when we left. He told me that he liked his room, and he liked our house. He is very confused by the whole thing, but I think he does understand that he would be able to play with his friends. I didn't realize how hard that part would be. I mean... I know I don't like leaving my friends, but I never realized or thought about the fact that my children will be leaving behind friends everywhere. It's kind of sad!
Our caterpillar has made a cacoon, and now we are awaiting the arrival of the butterfly. We had two caterpillars in the jar, but at last check we had one cacoon and one dead caterpillar. I can't believe I didn't take pictures... I take pictures of everything.

New Haircut

Befor the haircut!!

Goodbye Curls!! :( We got Price's hair cut off. He was getting too hot this summer, and I've promised myself I'll let it get longer when it gets cooler... so maybe this is just temporary. I think it's precious, but I miss my baby with curls!!

We got the final paperwork signed, so I think we just wait until they say that Ron can be commissioned for Active Duty. After that, it will go to whomever gives us our orders (i.e. where we will live.)

God's Will & Good News

I attended a seminar at Hendrix College yesterday about discerning God's will. It was given by Dr Schmidt from Perkins. It was a very interesting workshop the basic idea being that we often, when seeking God's will, are asking "I" questions instead of "God" questions. We try to see if we can fit God into our lives instead of seeing how our life fits into the will of God. Dr Schmidt was very good and extremely entertaining.

Also yesterday I got a call from my recruiter. My physical has cleared the Surgeon General of the Air Forces desk and is now in the hands of the Recruiting Service. We know send my entire package to them, in the next few days, and hopefully know something of our orders in the next week or so. Please pray for us.

-Ron

One Down, Five to Go

Well... we finished going through one room and getting everything out and looking at it. Do we want to keep this?? I answered YES every time... then... Are you REALLY going to use it?? And then I would answer NO every time. So... needless to say, it was traumatic and cathartic all at the same time. Do we have spell check on here?? Oh well... we've done the dining room, next stop.. the living room.
We have TEN weeks left in this house, and no idea where we will be going after those ten weeks. I am extremely excited about all of this, just really impatient to find out where we are going. I'm sure there is a lesson from God in there somewhere.
This past weekend Momma, Tonya, and I went to Little Rock to see Women of Faith. I've been for the past three years in Shreveport, and this was the first time they have been in Little Rock since I have been going. Anyway... it was fantastic and hilarious, as always, and I really hope that wherever we go, I will be able to see them next year also. If you don't know what Women of Faith is, google them and check it out. They are some of the funniest women and some of the best singers, and they all have a real passion for serving God.
I've rambled enough for now, and I think I'm about to go be a Power Ranger with Price until Wesley wakes up. Fun times...

Easter Sunday-Part Deux

Amanda didn't mention much about church on Sunday. It was awesome in Portland. We had nine people join the church. Three of our young people made Professions of Faith and were baptized. Four young men were Confirmed and claimed the Christian Faith for themselves. We also had two people move their memberships to our congregation. Both have been a part of the church family for years but now they are official members and we are glad to have them. All in all a great day for a growing church deep in the heart of delta country. Thanks be to God!

Easter Sunday

Price was excited this morning to get up and find all the Easter goodies that had been left. We read in his bible last night about Jesus being killed and rising from the grave. I don't think he was very impressed, but then again... I don't think he can grasp the whole thing yet. Wesley definitely didn't know what was going on, but I got some cute pictures for his "first Easter" scrapbook page. Wish I could put them on here, but our connection still sucks. They have officially started working on our car... we will get the rental tomorrow which I know thrills my mother because she really wants her car back. The place fixing our car said it would take anywhere from 3 to 5 weeks, so now we have two things to wait on.
We started looking around our house tonight to find things that we can get rid of in our garage sale. Everything is going along quite well... just a little impatient. Until next time....

Maybe He'll Say "Communion"

This is Easter week... I'm sure everyone knows... and we are in church A LOT during Easter week. Tonight was our Holy Thursday Communion service. Price wasn't there because he is staying with Meme tonight... So I'm sitting on the back row with Wesley, and a little boy from Price's preschool comes over to try and make Wesley smile. After a few minutes of smiling, Wesley thought he was try making some noises... cooing and things like that. The little boy, we'll call him Mark, said "I think he's trying to talk." I said, "what do you think he'll say first?"... he thought for a minute... looked up at me and said, "Maybe he'll say Communion." Needless to say... we all thought it was pretty hilarious. Thank you God for always helping us laugh when we need it.
Tomorrow Ron, Wesley, and I are going to Little Rock AFB to a pin-on ceremony for the chaplain who first got us started on this whole roller coaster ride. He is being promoted to Colonel, and we are very excited that Ron gets to be a part of the ceremony. After that trip, we have to come back home, pick up Price on the way through, and get back for the Good Friday service. Saturday is an Easter egg hunt in Hamburg, and Sunday is, of course, Easter!!

I wanna be Yoda!

Usually Price sneaks into our bed at some point in the night. Sometimes he stays in his bed all night. As long as he doesn't bother me or wake me up, he gets to stay (I can't take him back if I don't know he's there, right??). The last two or three times he has come to get in the bed with us, he has walked over to my side and woken me up talking to me. As if it were 8 in the morning instead of 3 or 4. Last night, however, he climbed in the bed, and was, I hope, pretty much asleep when he yelled out, "I wanna be Yoda"!! I was too sleepy at the time to really laugh, but I did smile even in my sleep. Why Yoda? you might ask... well... He just turned 3 and he got a gameboy from his Meme and Pawpaw. We got him the Star Wars game because he has unlimited lives, and he can just run around shooting or slashing storm troopers. Anyway... he has decided that he loves to play as Yoda, but he can't really start the game himself, so he hands the game to us and tells us where he wants to play (in a building, in the desert, or in the jungle), and then he tells us who he wants to play as (a storm trooper, Luke Skywalker, or Yoda). Right now, everytime he plays it, he is Yoda... I guess he was dreaming about it last night when he shouted out. After we really woke up, Ron said "Did you hear Price yell that he wanted to be Yoda?" We had a pretty good laugh about it.
Today is Prices Easter party for his little pre-school. I can't wait to see them. It is the first time I get to help do something as the momma of someone at school! :) I know... in four or five years I will already be tired of it, but right now... I love it! :) We dyed Easter eggs last night and Price is old enough to put the eggs in the dye himself. He had a really good time, and we got a few cute pictures. (I will actually put pictures on here when we have an Internet connection faster than dialup, but right now, it takes toooooo long).

Waiting on that one last signature... we think!

Well... after two years in the Reserves, and almost one full year of waiting to get on Active Duty A/D.... we still don't know anything. DH has taken another physical (not that he hasn't passed them all before now), and now all the A/D paperwork goes to the last man to sign it (The Surgeon General of the Air Force)... is he the guy who put those labels on cigaretes(sp?)? I didn't know there were different surgeon generals, but apparently I was wrong. Anyway... as soon as this guy signs the papers, it will be sent to the group of chaplains who will decide where we will go. My opinion??? Well, it depends on when you ask me. When we first started this process (a year ago)... I said "Anywhere but Arkansas... preferrably somewhere colder than Arkansas". I have lived here for my entire life, almost 30 years, and I'm ready for some snow!! That being said. I REALLY like to be outside, and being couped up in my house with my two children while it is snowing too hard to go outside could cause my nerves to completely snap. Six months ago my answer was... "Let's see what options they give us, and then we will decide where we want to go..." ha ha ha... that was back when I thought we had some kind of choice in the matter... so now... as the final decision reaches us... almost... my answer is... "Wherever God and the Air Force want us to go." I have had enough time to think about the fact that DH's job is to serve God first. He is going to be a chaplain somewhere, and wherever God needs him to do that is where we will go. The countdown begins for moving out of this place... we have to be out 12 weeks from tomorrow... so... Surgeon General... we need an answer and orders by then!!! Please! :)