Down to the single digits!

We have now made it to the single digits of days left before A and Ell return!!! We are only on Day 4 of 13 BUT I prefer to think of it as moving from the double digits to the single digits!

First of all HUGE PRAISE-the team made it to Outapi today in time to do a few things and get ready to begin work tomorrow! Their travels were fairly smooth as far as I know. Sometimes I don't get the full story until they return. Can't wait to hear all the amazing ways in which God is going to work!!!

We are pretty good. I think we all could use a little patience right now but that's just the way it goes! Millie is better but still not herself. She has not handled her Daddy being gone as well as she did in January. She and Lizzie have been up 2 of the 3 nights during the night crying. Millie gets upset and then in turn Lizzie gets upset. Partly I think she still does not feel great. Still not eating great and every now and then complains with her tummy. So far, no one else has gotten sick! Another PRAISE! We have been around here mostly. Today Sallie had therapy so we spent most of the day in Wichita. They tried me in Hobby Lobby but got better after that. Of course it is hard to be a kid in Hobby Lobby! I mean I want to touch everything in there! I had a few more stops I needed to make but none of us had it in us!

I made a list of projects to keep me busy while they were gone. Yes, I am busy enough but I thought these things would keep me busy in a different kind of way. Well the list is great BUT I have no motivation to get them done! I have marked NOTHING off my list! We'll see what it looks like in the days to come.

Sallie has done so much better this time. I think she is OK with them being gone as long as she is with me and not having to go to school!

Nights are the worst for me. I look forward to the down time when the girls are in the bed but it is lonely too... That was the purpose of the to do list but I just don't want to do any of it once they are in bed. So, I sit around and miss A and Ell!

Some cute things the girls have said this week:

Lizzie told me yesterday while we were outside (in the blow up pool of course): "Mama, you know Daddy does not like for you to get sunburned and he will see you when you get back from Africa" That girl is in charge and making sure every one is in line!

Today as we headed into Hobby Lobby (our first stop after therapy) I said "Remember what I said" (meaning no disobeying!) and Lizzie says "yes, we know, no drama!" Uh yeah that would be good too. However I am thinking Lizzie and Millie dancing and singing around the picture frames and me telling them to stop before they broke them was drama! I think Sallie pulling up her dress in the middle of the store to adjust her underwear and my reaction to her was drama! I know Millie screaming "do not spank me when we get to the car!" was drama!

The sweetest-Millie saying her prayers on Mon. nt: "Help my daddy to do what Jesus tells him to do" PRECIOUS!!! I thought OK if they see their daddy (and sister) are doing what Jesus tells them to do then surely I can deal with being inconvenienced for 13 days! Very humbling! Such a simple prayer with a lot of power in those words. I am afraid we often don't want Him to help us do what Jesus tells us to do because He tells us do things that are not easy and will probably cause US to be inconvenienced...

Thank you so much to those of you who have checked on us! It really means a lot to us! Some of you have called just to give me some adult conversation and that I greatly appreciate!

Sorry no pics-A took his laptop and for some reason our computer will not upload pics to blogger.