Day Forty Three - March 15, 2010

This is going to be one boring post but it was a very productive day! Guess it is nice to have a day where nothing major happens from time-to-time.

With today being Monday, we started out the day early. The missionaries will be with us all week and they have the master bedroom suite - we tested our "stealth" abilities to do what we needed to do without waking them. It appears we were successful as I didn't see or hear either one of them until later in the morning.

Both girls did very well this morning getting ready. We've moved the hair drying evolution to the downstairs bathroom to minimize noise upstairs. Breakfast went well and without drama and we were off to the bus. Was a nip to the air all day long as we have a storm system just to our north dragging cooler air in from New England - I was hoping for nothing but t-shirt weather from here on out but I guess I can live with a coat for a couple more days.

Just as the first bus was about to arrive, the pastor texted me asking if I could change the sign to reflect the revival going on all week. That was simple enough so I put the little one on the bus and drove over to the church. It took about 40 minutes total to change the old letters and put the new ones in place. I'll probably do that more often trying to keep the sign fresh - you never know when the right message will catch someone's attention!

From 8:15am until about 2:30pm I worked in the garage. The shelving was the real issue, taking it apart and putting it back together. It appears I have two different kinds of wooden shelves and they don't play well together - once I figured that out, I was able to get it going. The rain outside limited my ability to put things outside and the garage still looks messy. I figure a few hours on Tuesday and I'll be done with phase one (I hope).

I did get a chance to talk with my wife today for about 15 minutes. She sounded good and had been productive. Those first few days in a new place are a learning experience. She had a list of things she needs sent over to her - so far she hasn't received anything I've sent up to this point - it would be nice to know that the mail is getting through to her before sending off more stuff.

Once the little one got home, we went over her homework and she had a snack. They went to the library today and that is always a good day for her! She showed me each of her books and why she picked each of them up. My day quickly changes from only having the dog to talk to, to having the little one talk constantly at me!! She didn't come equipped with a mute button but I probably wouldn't use it if she had one.

While we waited on the teenager to get home, one of the missionaries came downstairs and he watched some of the baseball game with us - we were watching a spring training game between Detroit and Toronto. The missionary has had a lifetime of experiences and is interesting to talk with. They had been in the master bedroom all day working on projects all around the world. Sounds as if they are really making a difference. The nice thing about supporting missionaries is getting to share in what they are doing.

Once the teenager got home, we got her ready for work and went over what she did all day. About 30 minutes later, we took her to work and then returned home for supper. Someone from the church is taking the missionaries out to eat supper each night so they were leaving about the same time we were. Our head deacon was taking them tonight and he is quite the character - he loves messing with our youngest daughter and I think she takes great pleasure in messing with him!

Supper was quiet and laid back since it was just the two of us. We had grilled turkey and cheese sandwiches, salad and fried potatoes. After that, we got dressed and went to church for the evening service which was very good.

After service, we picked the teenager up and came home. We all had a chance to talk with the missionaries for a few minutes before they went to bed. The girls devotion tonight was "Seed sowing" referencing Matthew 13:3-8. My devotion was "The discipline of dismay" referencing Mark 10:32 - it talked about self-doubt when following Jesus and His example.

Day Forty Three comes to a close - here's looking forward to Day Forty Four!!