Mira Mesa Bible Baptist Church

Tonight we were at Mira Mesa Bible Baptist Church. We first visited them 5 years ago when Audrey was a newborn. We were one of their first missionaries. Since then God has really blessed them. They now support many missionaries and have had to rent a new facility for their church as they outgrew the old one. They are now praying that God would provide the money for them to buy a building. They are located in San Diego, CA so the land is very expensive.

their Vacation Bible School took up their missionary offering for us. They presented us with a $200 check from the kids of VBS to us. They had all the kids come up and present the check to us and took a picture. It was so special.

My-Mart and voices

The kids have done a few funny things in the past few days that I thought I would tell you about. Deputation and furlough kids have the distinct honor of knowing the name to every store and restaurant that they pass. The newest store that Joey has learned the name for is Walmart, but when Joey says it, it sounds like, "My-mart". He loves to go to My-mart with Mommy and I have to admit that I am glad to take him.

Jordan did the other funny thing that I have to tell you about. This past week we were staying with the Stalnaker family in Dinuba, CA. Pastor Stalnaker had the boys working with him in cleaning out a garage. He asked Jordan why he talks so much. Jordan told him, "I have to because I have a lot of voices in my tummy. If I stop talking the frog voice will come out."

The imagination of kids. :-)

leaving Dinuba

I had been meaning to write a blog before now, but the conference in Dinuba kept us so busy that I was not able to get away to update my blog. Today I am at McDonalds while waiting for our laundry to get done at the Laundromat.

Last night we got to go to a different church in the area that supports us and we had a great time.

Today we are driving to Tehachapi to drop off the trailer. We have a one day meeting in San Diego tomorrow and then we will be back in Tehachapi to make some minor repairs to the trailer. We have to replace some caulking and weatherstripping that keeps falling off. We also have to make the repairs to the plastic that was damaged by the exploding wheel of a week ago.

The kids are doing great. They have really enjoyed this past week in Dinuba as the people's house that we have been staying at have lots of kids and a pool.

Thank you all for praying for us. We will try to update again soon.

Online for the moment

I finally was able to get online after many days. I have not written a new blog for today, so I will try to drive to this parking lot again tomorrow to check my emails and let you know what has happened today.

Please read the next four or five blogs to find out what has been happening this past week.

Rain

Please scroll down and read what has been happening the past few days. We do not have internet access so I type and save offline then update when the internet connection is available.

Yesterday we were awakened in the early hours of the morning with strong winds and rain falling. We did not think that when we came to Arizona we would see more rain than at any other state so far. We have since discovered that there are a few leaks in our trailer. One of them is in Jason’s closet. We didn’t discover it until Jason tried changing his shirt yesterday and found it wet on one side. We had to take all of his clothes out of the closet last night in case it rained. I did rain last night, but without the high winds. There was only a slight amount of moisture in the closet this morning.

Jason realized that he will not be able to procrastinate anymore. He knew that there was an area of caulking that needed to be replaced, but it has been so hot he didn’t want to take care of it right then. We were not expecting to have so much rain while in the desert.

Today Jason gets to go soul winning and I get to watch the kids. I wish I could go out too, but at least I can allow someone else to go. This time I have my three kids and the assistant Pastor’s son. He is 19months and just as cute as can be. He has enjoyed playing with the kids, but when his mom dropped him off at the trailer this morning he was not happy to be left. He is doing fine now. He loves all of the new toys. My kids are a little cranky as they didn’t get to bed until late last night. We went to Blockbuster last night and rented them a kid’s movie. Audrey got Samantha an American Girls Movie and the boys got the Disney American Heroes Cartoon collection. They watched the cartoons last night and ate popcorn. They really enjoyed it, but didn’t get to bed until late last night. It was a nice treat for them.

Kitchen Aid

Today I got the biggest blessing. I got a Kitchen-Aid mixer. I have wanted one for just about forever. I tried to get one in Honduras, but they cost way too much money. I had plans to bring one back with me, but hadn’t done anything about it yet. I was talking with Mrs. Webb about what I wanted to bring back to Honduras with me. I told her a whole list of things, but when I mentioned a Kitchen-Aid she looked at her husband and he nodded. I had no idea what they were nodding for. Mrs. Webb then told me that she had just bought a new Kitchen-Aid that was on sale that was bigger than her old one. She had not done anything with her old one yet. It was still in perfect shape, but her new one is bigger as her family has grown by a few members since we saw them last. She asked me if I wanted it. Of course I said, YES! I now have a Kitchen Aid mixer stored in the trailer. In fact I am thinking on getting it out and using it today as it is raining here in Marana, AZ and we could make cookies.

The Drive to Arizona

Yesterday we drove to Arizona from Hesperia, CA. It was a long drive for the kids, but everything went well. We got up early and were making good time when we hear a loud pop. We knew that sound it was one of our old tires that we had not yet replaced and it had blown. It was a little worse this time though as it didn’t just burst, but destroyed some of the metal underside of the trailer around the door. We were going to pull it off, but we discovered a screw that we could tack it up with. It is still a little misshapen, but at least it works. We will have to try and pound it out later. The tire did, however, destroy the plastic piece that goes around the wheels and protects a small amount of wood at the bottom of the trailer. We are going to try to get that fixed, but who know how we are going to do that. Jason is headed out today to try and replace our spare tire for one that does not have a huge hole in it. We were extremely thankful that this happened near the beginning of the day as it was only starting to get hot.

We had plans to be at our destination in Arizona by dinner time and without the blowout it probably would have happened. I only had enough lunch items for one meal which was lunch so for dinner we got to eat out. In this area you cannot cook and eat in the trailer without air conditioning. As we were walking into IHOP to eat dinner (we all ate breakfast for dinner), Joey’s sandal broke. Audrey and Jordan had also used them so I guess it was time to replace them. The restaurant just so happened to be in the JCPenneys parking lot. I had wanted to find a Cracker Barrel, but Audrey’s extensive drinking of water prohibited us from going to any restaurant but the closest. We were in the Phoenix area and couldn’t stop on the side of the road to use the trailer’s bathroom. Anyway, back to the shoe story. JCPenneys had a sale on and we were able to find Joey some sandals that were on sale!!! I just love it when God puts us in the right place at the right time for something as small as getting shoes that were on sale.

Today, I have a full day of trying to find a Laundromat and washing the seemingly endless pile of laundry that I seem to have. I don’t understand it; I just did laundry a few days ago. Oh well, I guess that is the story of the life of a traveling missionary wife and every other mommy on the planet. :-)