Trouble Sleeping, Birthdays & Funerals

Jon had to perform a funeral today for his uncle R.D. and it was during a thunderstorm.  Jon said the women who were in heels were sinking in the mud.  It was so wet Jon was worried that where the grave was dug under the casket, that the whole thing could cave in.  He was under an awning but even standing on the artificial turf carpet, he said the carpet was sinking with the weight of feet.  Jon's suit got all wet.  I was going to go but my head and face have been hurting all day.  When we were at the funeral home for the visitation yesterday, his other uncle had a stroke.  We were wondering why they hadn't appeared at the funeral home so that explains it. So Jon went to the hospital to visit him before going to the funeral.

I've been very busy trying to get a new church website put together, trying to get the house cleaned and homeschooling.  Once the weather gets warmer, I think I'll be more up to cleaning.  I get cold and can't get moving.

Wendy went to Oklahoma with Jennifer for 4 days and I didn't even know about it.  Soon she will be going to Tennessee to visit Lori & Nate.  We will be going in May to celebrate Suzy's birthday.
We went to Kennedy's birthday party yesterday.  She turned 7.  Today is Lisa's birthday, Wendy's is Wednesday, and mine is Sunday.  Dad's was on the 17th.

I've been having so much trouble sleeping.  It seems like for the last year or two its been happening.  I'll fall asleep, maybe for half an hour or hour, then I see something and I wake up screaming and trying to get away.
What I see is almost always the same.  Black lines, squiggly black, moving lines.  Thin, thread-like lines.  Either coming down out of the ceiling, down along the walls, or on the closet door.  One time it was something orange coming out from the crack in the closet door toward me.  Sort of like an orange plant thing.  Two nights ago it was just one string thing slithering down the door.  I screamed loud and wanted to wake Jon in my panic but I didn't.  He didn't even hear me scream.  But my heart was pounding hard.  I sleep better in the living room.  So I slept there last night and again I will sleep there tonight.  I've been staying up too late though.  It is rough when you can't sleep.   
I'll write more later.  I'm tired now.

God Works, Mayra

As usual, God has pulled off another impossibility. My friend Mayra was in need of surgery and without insurance, it just seemed to be impossible. She was stressed, worried and in pain/discomfort. There is no way they could afford a hospital or everything else involved in a surgery. Many people prayed and within a week a nurse at her doctor’s office gave them some good news about a small hospital that would do it at a very reasonable rate and work with them so that it could be done.

Now is the time of her surgery, at 7:30 this morning. Jon is on his way out to the hospital to sit with Mayra’s husband Garrett. God does indeed work today, even though some people don’t even think he exists. Thank you, God.

Quick Review

Well, yesterday Jonathan was running a low fever, congested, etc.  I got a sick stomach but thank God I didn't vomit.  Just felt really queasy.  Today I'm all better.  Jonathan is still having to blow his nose constantly.  We didn't go out anywhere today although Jon tried to talk us into it.

I finished reading the book "The Betrayal" by Beverly Lewis, so I have to get to the library and get the next book in the series.  I was so involved in the story that I didn't want to finish it.  I could see that trouble was brewing and I sure didn't want that to happen.  Sometimes I get so deep into the stories that I hate what is happening to the heroine.  I know the next book will start to work things out though.

Here is a link to a man's ministry to spread the Word to colleges.  His name is Ken Dornhecker.  We get his newletter and I read it all up. It is very inspiring to me that he is so devoted to showing people the true Christ and the way to salvation.  Amazing!  Here are 3 pages of his site, but you ought to see all his pages.

http://www.evangelismfellowship.org/campus_ministry.htm
http://www.evangelismfellowship.org/answering_the_skeptics.htm
http://www.evangelismfellowship.org/texas.htm

Mornings!

Got up at 4:44 a.m.   Didn't actually make it out of the bed, just laid there peeking at the clock until 5:00, then got up.  Why do we have to feel so puffy and swollen in the morning?  It seems like mornings are getting harder as I get older.  When we were kids, I don't remember the trouble getting up, except the part of the parents making us wake up.  Kids need more sleep to grow I've heard.

There is a difference between waking up and getting up.   Thank God for coffee!