It seems sometimes that life just goes stupid and runs out of your control and you are just trying to keep up, forget even trying to get ahead. That’s what I have felt like lately.
I said goodbye to my babies for the summer and started watching Stephen and Campbell who are the most sweet, well-mannered kids (for the most part).. but it’s been an adjustment. Us getting used to each other, my getting into a completely new routine, getting to know their parents, taking them to the places they needed to go and so on. So it seems that now since I’ve finally gotten into rhythm with them that something else will go crazy.
Joey lost his job at Hyundai again because he was a temp and they were not willing to work around his doctor’s excuse regarding an eye infection that he had. So, we are back to trying to find a grove with all 3 of us in the house and 1 who is not working a steady job.
Next came dad’s health issues that just sprung up out of no where. Thankfully the doctor said that it seems to be just a complication of his gastric bypass and his constant stress level. See dad, just another reason to find an outlet to stress so it doesn’t eat you up, literally. Praise God his issues are able to be treated. It looks like he has 2 bleeding ulcers in his stomach and diverticulitis. He will have to take 8 pills each day for the next 2 months, reduce his stress level, and watch his diet. Very manageable.
I’ve forgotten to update on pawpaw in a while also. He’s doing amazing. The doctor said at his checkup that if he didn’t know what pawpaw had just gone through he would have thought it was a different patient. There was no sign of ever even having cancer, and his colostomy reversal and hernia repair recovery were both above and beyond what was expected. It’s been such a miracle and blessing how all of this has gone with him. Pawpaw is up walking around like a normal person, wearing his “big boy” undies instead of diapers since there is NO longer ANY sort of problem. He said he felt like a completely new person. And I must say, I do really enjoy having my old pawpaw back with me. I sure have missed him these last few years.
I have also become involved with a bible study during the week with Montgomery Singles Fellowship, and boy is it nice to be able to make friends and study the bible with people my age who are in the same walk of life as I am. I’ve even started going on Sunday nights to the church plant they have downtown, called Two Cities. It is reformed Presbyterian, so not really to far off from my doctrinal beliefs, which is also nice. :) I’m going to try to plug-in there some to get involved with inner city missions at the moment.
And on that note, unless you are in my direct family where I’m already talking to you (dad, we will talk about this soon – didn’t want to bring it up while we were dealing with your health problem), I’m going to be posting and asking for some pretty cryptic prayer requests. But, in short I’ve got a full-time mission possibility that has come up and literally just been plopped into my lap. I don’t walk to talk much about it in detail until I know for sure whether or not this is the avenue God is wanting me to take in my life. I’m sure I should know AT THE LATEST by the first of 2012, BUT I’m praying God will make it clear much earlier. So please pray for guidance and open/closed doors on the matter. Pray for both Grafton and Elynn’s family as this will affect them just as much as my own family. As well as my new friend Michael and his family who will be moving onto the field around November or December of this year. So that’s about where I am going to leave that.
On a much closer note, dad will be home for good in exactly 94 days. And I bet you all know how we all feel about that.
child at heart 