Sick Boy and a Snowy Day

Jonathan had to go to the doctor this morning! He's been feeling bad off and on for quite a while.

His throat was itching and he was having lots of headaches! He was looking tired all the time and I thought he probably had a sinus infection so today I finally took him to see the nurse practicioner here in town. I hate taking Jonathan to the doctor because until he REALLY knows someone he won't talk to them. I mean, he'll shake their hand and say Hi but not really carry on a conversation. We are working on being kind when people speak to you and answering them! He's really good at "I don't know." Oh well that's another subject :0) We did find out that he has a really bad sinus infection. Ya know it is nice here in Wrangell though. I didn't realize that you just go up to the appointment desk and pick up your prescription right there at the doctor's office. We've had medicines shipped out from Ketchikan WalMart before and Kristi has picked up antibiotics at the doctors office before but I didn't realize that was a normal thing. It was nice. Unexpected, but nice. After the appointment there in the lobby we met up with a wonderful lady that goes to our church! Gladys is so sweet. She needed a ride home so we took her. Kristi is getting lots of experience driving on snow and ice and Gladys did cheer me up! Before she got out she told Jonathan, "you will get better little guy" and then said "I just love all of you"! We love you too Gladys! Jonathan and I had a long day in this apartment, watching snow falling outside. Today we've seen snowflakes in all sizes including dime and quarter size. We've seen it fall straight down, blow sideways, and even twirl around! We've seen it snow while the fog was so thick that you couldn't see anything but fog and snow. Today it also snowed while the sun was shining. Jonathan calls that frozen liquid sunshine!

Well that's pretty much my day today! The snow was amazing and Gladys was sweet. Jonathan's started on antibiotics. Kristi had 3 EMT calls today and already has one patient transport scheduled for 4:00 AM! John is going to drive her to the fire station and she'll ride in the ambulance. It will be a tough one for her. A lady who has cancer is leaving town to go back to Seattle for treatment. They are going to pick her up at her house and take her to the ferry terminal. They will take her to a cabin on the ferry and make her comfortable for the trip. All that to say, since John is taking her to the fire station I should go make sure he's not keeping the bedroom light on for me. He didn't say he was going to bed, just took his Bible and went in the bedroom. He's probably studying.

Oh yea the picture above is the lovely view from my livingroom window quite a bit of the day today.

Letting Go

It's 3:19 AM and I can't sleep. I'll try again here in a few minutes but just thought I'd blog a little first!

John and Jonathan are gone to Ketchikan and I miss them. I am so excited that they got to go. Jonathan had not been out of Wrangell for 8 months other than just out in a boat now and then but never to another town. He was so excited today as the ferry pulled into Ketchikan. I'll put some pictures of their trip on here later.

Kristi and I had a fun evening tonight. She's growing up so much and I am having a tough time with it. Please pray with me that I'll have wisdom in letting her go, that I won't hold on to tight but also that I won't push her away. She's gotten so independent and I'm not used to that. It's kinda strange after 3 1/2 years of deputation. This year of being settled in Wrangell with her working, and doing her EMT training along with homeschool has been very different from travelling around together like we have for the past several years. Am I being to whiney! Never mind if I am I don't want to know. Maybe it's my lack of sleep talking! Guess I'd better go to bed.

As Anne of Green Gables says "Tomorrow is a brand new day, with no mistakes in it."

February 17, 2009

OK why do my other blogs not have new dates on them? Is it because I didn't type one in the Title spot. I'll try that this time. Oh and maybe I'm supposed to put the name of the post down where it says Labels for this post:

I had a neat day today. The kids here in Wrangell were out of school and even though Kristi could have gone ahead and done school we skipped water aerobics and went out to the Stikine Inn for a latte and then drove to the beach to talk. I got out and walked around. Took some pictures. I love to take pictures here in Alaska. I'll try to put some of the ones I took today on my blog in a day or two. Anyway, as Kristi gets older and more grown up the reality that she'll probably be going to college in Springfield MO when we return to Alaska after furlough is really hitting me. I think that's probably the hardest thing about being a missionary, having to live so far from the people you love. I'm even more motivated to enjoy every moment I can with Kristi and with Jonathan too.

Oh yea about the picture. That's Kristi sunbathing in Alaska. Yes that is an iceberg she's laying on! She's a nut! Jonathan got on it too but he didn't lay down. Hmmmmm do I really want to let her go to college thousands of miles away from me??? Just kidding. She's more ready for it than I am.

Sweet Things!

This is a rough place God has called us to and I've heard that Dutch Harbor will be rougher. Even tonight I hear the people out in the parking lot who've been drinking to much. Something crashed a minute ago and everything got quiet. Sure hope they didn't bang something into our van!! If they would have I think the alarm would have gone off. I'm glad John's sleeping so he won't feel the need to go out and check just yet! It didn't really sound like that but it was loud. In a place that's so rough the gentle sweet things mean so much. A hug from Jonathan. Kristi laying her head over on my shoulder while we sit and watch TV. John doing the dishes again just because he loves me! A caramel vanilla candle. The beautiful sunset. The sweet puppy I got to hold the other night. I pray that my focus will be more and more on the sweet things and less on the ugly and that my heart will love even the unlovely.

Praise Hm even when the storm is over.

The past four years of my life have been a storm as we started deputation and then as I watched my Mom battle cancer. I know that I should be thankful that she is no longer suffering, that she is enjoying her new, awesome home in heaven. I believe this with all of my heart but yet I miss her so much that some days it becomes very difficult to praise Him. Those days are the days that I need to praise Him the most! The worst of this particular storm is over, but I feel like now sometimes I'm just dealing with the mess it left behind, the mess it made of my heart and the hearts of the people I love the most. I can praise God even in this though. I praise Him for giving me tears to cry. I praise him for my sweet husband and my beautiful children. I praise him for bringing us to this beautiful place. I praise him for giving us meat for our freezer. I praise him for giving us salmonberries and blueberries to pick, especially for the blueberries, Yummo!
I praise Him for giving me another day in this beautiful place He's called us.