Courageous Joy

Travel update and more

We got a call after 2:30 a.m. last night from Josiah. He was telling us that they were there….but they were supposed to be there at 11:30 p.m. OUR time and 8:30 p.m. AK time. I have no clue why it was so late when they called. THEIR LUGGAGE IS LOST!!!! Pray…..they leave tomorrow for a small town, Hoonah to build. They need those clothes etc to arrive TODAY. They are staying with their former youth pastor and obviously he is going to have a ton of things today – and now they need to either find their luggage or go shopping.

The little ones and I watched “Cheaper by the Dozen” the original movie – yesterday. This is a movie I wouldn’t mind owning. I suppose the newer one had more slap stick humor in it. As for a real message, real glimpse into a large family and tips that might be useful the original wins hands down. Arielle has asked that I request Belles on their Toes from Netflix next.

Mike and Jared got home last night as we were taking off for our walk. We wanted to go take some pictures of the deer. We got that AND we ran into a tarantula…which we also have pictures of. We met up with a lady who said that if you see those crawling across the street it means we are supposed to get rain. Still no rain…but who knows. It is down to the 90*’s today.

I got a message from someone I had sent a book to on Paperback Swap. It seems the book arrived with no postage. That’s a first. AND the post office didn’t catch it anywhere along the way. It also arrived in a few short, short days and I sent it media mail. Go figure! I got a message this a.m. that “A Mom like You” by Vicki Farris is on its way to me. I love that book. {G}

Well – I need to get the day off and running. We see the dentist today. I need to call the boys and see if they need $ to buy a week’s worth of clothes and tools. Ugh.