Life's crazy and LOUD!

Just thought I would share what life is like in my house. It is CRAZY!! The noise level is always very high, no carpet, we have tile floors, cement walls, and 3 kids. That equals a very loud house. They aren't doing anything wrong, laughing, singing, talking, and yes arguing, but it can make it seem like there is no place to go that is quiet. Then of course there is the life outside of our home that enters in as well. There are 2 homes on the corner and both have loud juke boxes that they play until about 2-3 in the morning. They play it all day long as well. There are people who make announcements throughout the day on extremely loud speakers. Announcements such as: Lupita has hot bread for sale, or Barbara is selling hamburgers, Juan from California says hello to everyone. These announcements go on all day and night as well. So..... my "quiet time" has taken on a whole new meaning. I have been trying to get up early every morning and read the Bible while it is somewhat quiet. I really struggle with this because I am NOT an early bird. However, that is something I am trying to do better. I really take for granted that we live in a place where we are free to do such a thing. I have been reading a book that is about a prisoner of war. I can't imagine going through what these people go through. Not to be able to read my Bible for any reason would seem like torture. However, I still find it difficult to do that each morning. This prisoner of war tries so hard to remember everything he ever read in the Bible to bring him comfort. It scares me to think of what I would remember if I were in that situation.



I need prayer for discipline. I want to make sure that if for any reason I cannot read my Bible, that I will have a lot of it already firmly implanted in my memory. I really can't live without having His words written across my heart. It really is the life manual that I need in order to make it through this life. So..... please pray that as I get up each morning that I will be more disciplined so that I can download God's word into this tiny part of my body called my brain!



Sorry for rambling, I just thought I would share with each of you a little part of my struggles in this life! Please also pray for those precious people who are putting their life on the line for us as they protect our freedom while serving in the military. Thanks for praying!

Back to school!

Well, we are back to school, something I think only Annie was excited about. We had a good day yesterday but it was hard! We have been to see two of our families and had a welcome home celebration! They have all been so good to us as we try and get re-settled. Our alcoholic friend, Salvador, did great while we were gone and didn't have any drinking spells. We are praising God for that! Everything else seems just about the same as when we left. We will start our Monday night worship again on this Monday coming up. Don't know the date, but please pray it goes well.

During our travels we received news about our supervisor's daughter, Anna Kate. (they live in Puebla, Mexico) She was found one morning in her bed very lethargic with her temperature 95 degrees, so her mom, Jennifer, took her to the hospital. They have been running many tests on her and still do not know what is causing her problems. They are checking her for diabetes. They have had conflicting reports about this and still do not know what is wrong. I feel badly that I haven't put this on here before now, but please pray for little Anna Kate. She is 16 months old and PRECIOUS!!! She is having to undergo many pricks and has her glucose checked several times a day which is traumatic for her, to say the least. Please pray for the whole family as I know they are all worried. Pray that the tests would show that Anna Kate is perfectly healthy and for life to return to normal very soon! We thank you all for praying!

There is no place like home!

Home...... "Mommy, when will we be home?" That was the question we heard oh, about 1,000 times over the past 3 weeks. To Annie, home is where you will be sleeping. Hotel, friend's home, Grandma's home, Aunt's home, it didn't matter where, it was still home to her. I guess that is the life of an MK. She is soooo flexible and after traveling a total of about 65 hours in a car or on a plane over the past 3 weeks I would say she is very happy to say, "WE'RE HOME!!!" Our kids are great travelers and it is a good thing! We had a great time while in the States! We saw a lot of people we had not seen in a long while. We saw old friends and a lot of family! If we didn't get to visit with you, we will do our best to do that next year while we are on Stateside assignment, or furlough. ( We should be back in the States in July 2009)

Ya know as much fun as we had and as much as we love the U.S. it is funny that coming home really is Mexico. I was a little worried about the kids because they did have a great time and I thought they would dread returning to our home here in Mexico. NOPE, they were sad leaving their grandparents and aunts, uncles and cousins, but happy to return to our people here in the village. Please pray that as we try to find our routine again, that the kids would enjoy being home as much as they enjoyed being away. I will add some more pics soon, it just takes some time. That is one thing I don't have right now, as I am still unpacking. Love you all! Missy

Time Flies!

We are heading home. We are all kinda sad, but ready to go home at the same time. We had a great three weeks and saw lots of family and friends. We got great news that the comfy couch house in Texas was unharmed by Ike! Praise GOD! Please pray for us all as we will be flying all day today. We are tired and haven't even started our trip. Love you all, I will write more soon!

Back with my parents in Rock Hill, SC

Hi everyone,
We are now back home in Rock Hill visiting my parents for these last few days before we head back to Mexico. We had a great time with Greg's family and got to visit some old friends from Asheville on our way here as well. We have packed a ton of fun in the past 2 weeks and are excited about the rest of this week too!

We are going to see the movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua tomorrow and hope to play at the park and eat more Chick-fil-a! Thanks for praying for our travels, we have had a wonderful time going from Rock Hill, SC to Asheville, NC to Anderson, IN to Asheville, and back to Rock Hill. That is a lot of miles! Thanks for praying!

More pics soon!

More Pics

Our neighbors in Asheville, visiting with us at church.

Our friend made traditional clothing for this Barbie and was trying to sell them for money. This little girl, Haley, wanted to buy the Barbie and then she wanted us to give it back to the little girl so her mom could could make the money and she could still have her Barbie to play with. How sweet is that?

These are our friends the Twiddys who we stayed with while in Asheville.

This is Annie's new friend Kelly who she got to know quite well!

The BP man

Only in America will the BP man pose for a picture. He would have done anything for us to come back to visit his BP! That's America!