Screaming, etc, etc...

Yes, she is SCREAMING "Jesus Loves You"! There is a story behind it. One day this week I was calling around trying to find cream mints for a baby shower we have this weekend at church. At one of the stores the man on the other end spoke very broken English and well I speak very fluent Southern and the 2 just don't mix! So, according to Elleigh I was SCREAMING "Do you have cream mints?" Why do we do that? They can hear us, they just can't understand us! Well Aaron's dad tells this story about a woman on a mission trip doing that same thing because of the lack of communication. He is hilarious telling about her screaming, "Jesus Loves You". So, of course Elleigh started laughing at me and screaming, "Jesus Loves You!" Later that day, Lizzie started yelling that at her baby dolls and she is still yelling it. In the video, you can hear Millie say Jesus!

Lizzie told me yesterday that Nigh (what she calls Nana) came in her room the night before and tore down the wall and got in the bed with Sallie. Either she is developing quite the imagination or she was having a very vivid dream but it was real to her!

Elleigh asked Millie on Monday when she was going to stop sucking her thumb and Millie responded, "morrow". That was Monday and now it is Friday and of course she is still sucking her thumb! We all have big plans for "morrow", right!

A begins his last Hebrew class on Monday. He will have 2 more Greek classes left but it will be a great feeling to have at least one language behind us! We greatly appreciate your prayers for our family. Pray that the focus will be there, for time management, for me to not demand more of him than he can give right now, that he will not become easily frustrated, and the list goes on.

A and Ell leave exactly one month from today for Africa! I can't believe the time is almost here. They get more excited each day and I get more nervous! I know the Lord will take care of them and they will both be changed by this but I know I am not going to have an easy time while they are gone (missing them, taking care of the girls with all my help gone!) But, it will all be worth it for them to have this experience!

We have a couple more weeks of school work to finish up. We are so ready! We have begun looking at different options for next year. We will still be homeschooling but not sure on curriculum, etc. We feel like we need to change some things but just not sure exactly what yet. It is quite an investment so there is lots of research to be done before making those decisions. Also, I will be much more intense with Sallie next year so we have lots of decisions to make.

Have a wonderful weekend!