Yesterday around suppertime we had a wicked storm come through here. Just across the river there were tornado warnings and the sirens did go off in town. Thank goodness no tornado went through. But, we did have straight line winds that I believe I heard were 50-60 mph. I know they must have been strong because they picked up our trampoline and carried it clear over to our neighbor's house. My neighbor said it made it's first bounce in front of their fire pit and then landed on the other side of it. It snapped the metal frame in half in two places. It is a mangled mess! The sad part is that grandpa and grandma just bought this new one for us in May. I am thankful that nothing else was damaged at our house nor was anyone hurt. Rachel was working at the nursing home. It sounds like that was interesting!!
Today another family with our agency accepted a referral of a little boy born in April. I didn't find her post until just before I was going to head up for bed so I had to take some time to share the good news. I can only hope now that all of us will make it to the official referral before September 1st. "Father God, please speed our paperwork along so that we will soon be able to bring these precious little boys into loving families."
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My Thankful List
- salvation through Jesus Christ
- my beautiful daughter who is beautiful from the inside out
- a referral of an adorable little boy named Levi
- a letter of intent before the September 1st deadline
- God spared my daughter from serious injury when hit by a car in Colorado
- a wonderful year with my "exchange daughter" from Estonia - Mari-Liis
- my faithful companion for the past 6 years - Millie - my springer spaniel
- the peace and joy that comes with surrendering everything to the Lord
- safety through all the storms that have passed our way
- my supportive family
- my incredible church family
- a sump pump that continued to work for 10 weeks of water and sand seepage
- birds singing and bugs chirping
- neighbors and friends who lend a hand in your time of need
- being able to sleep withe the windows open
- a new deck to enjoy summer when it stops storming so much
- the sound of children playing outside on a warm summer night
- heat when its cold and air conditioning when its hot
- the blessing of a great job
- church picnics
- chocolate
- beautiful sunsets over Lake Michigan
- summer vacation
- beautiful blue skies and warm (not hot) summer days
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Glad you are OK! Praying for your paperwork to speed through so these precious kids can come home.
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