Finally, An Update

I guess all I can say is that we are lousy bloggers. It has been almost 2 months since we last posted anything. But, if there can be an excuse for such, I did it out of kindness to you, the reader. I know how tired you must be of hearing of our sicknesses and such.

Stacy had her surgery back in May. Slowly, she is getting better. She has started her new job at Georgia Christian and so far, she loves it. The bad news is she gets so little time off this summer. It's hard to believe we're already gearing up for school to start back.

I've been busy as well. I preached a meeting at Sylvester, GA right before Stacy had her surgery. What a wonderful group of folks! They were absolutely wonderful! Then, VBS. That was one of those weeks when every day, like clockwork, the phone rang at 6:45 because someone had an emergency of some sort. Love those weeks. Went to Tifton and spoke at Ridge Avenue a couple of weeks ago. Love those folks, too.

In the midst of all this fun came some serious heartache, as well. First, prayers are needed for John and Melissa and their baby. For those of you who don't know them, which is pretty much all of our family, they are just super people who are desperately concerned for their new baby. On top of that, Jaden and Rachel Schultz lost their baby week before last. They, too, are a fantastic young couple, for whom saying they are having a rough time is a dramatic understatement. Please pray for both of these couples!

Ran the kids up to the Grandma's last Thursday. Stacy started crying as we left about 4:00 a.m. That got Kaitlyn started. She WAILED all the way to Moultrie, at which point we called Mommy, and she settled her down. We stopped for breakfast at Columbus and Emma started in: "I want Mommy." It was Shelby's turn as we were getting ready for bed Friday night. She talked me into giving her an email account "to keep in touch." Send her a note at zebrazazzy@gmail.com. Benjamin? I don't recall having seen him after the van stopped at Grandma's. He just kind of disappeared into the woods, last seen with .22 in hand headed West. We're heading out Thursday evening to go pick them up. Maybe Stacy will quit bawling then.

We're headed for Stuart, FL the week after the 4th. I'm going to teach the adult class for their VBS. We might look for the beach while we're down there. After that, I think we will just be waiting on our supposed "economic stimulus" check. Getting mighty tired of watching the Braves' games on the little 19" TV since our old one went kaput.

I will actually try to update this thing again before Thanksgiving....