"River City"

Hey friends. As the marine corp puts it, we will be going to "river city" the next couple weeks. Essentially we will not have regular internet access, as we are unsure when we can get connected at the house. They told us they could check in one week to see if they could even get us internet. I suppose this is one disadvantage to building a "new home" on a "new street", but since there are several others in our neighborhood we are hopeful this will not last forever, we will check it periodically as we can from "free wi-fi" locations to scan for important things. Please feel the freedom to call us as need be.
Poe 619-847-4498
Mike 252-622-5065

#3 update

I'm nearly half way through the pregnancy, and #3 and I are growing and healthy.

Pictures of the House

Here are some pictures of the house. We are looking forward to making it home. I didn't take any shots of the bedrooms b/c they are all the same color and not much to look at. Once we get stuff put together I will probably post more pic's.


The Front


Kitchen


Living Room


Master Bath

What boredom can do?

We have spent the bulk of this week shopping for appliances and other things we will need for the house, since we don't get in it until Friday. This has been our great idea for peace in the store. The kids sit in the cart and watch a movie and we get to price compare ask questions and so forth. Someone suggested we should write a book. I don't think we'll get started on that anytime soon.


I told Shiloh one day about how women from India have a dot on their forehead, now every time she has a circle sticker, guess where it goes, regardless of the size? Followed by "look mommy i'm an Indian". I guess she didn't know what else to do after that.


Passed out


Of course all their patience hasn't come with out reward! Strawberry Cake, Yum yum!!

We Made it!!

We made it! We are staying at Whiting Field, there was "no room at the inn" at NAS P-cola. This works out for us since it's closer to the house and the rooms are very nice here. We got a suite, which has 2 bedrooms, living room and kitchenette. We are pleased with our accommodations. We get to see the house this morning, very exciting! We of course drove by last night on our way through town, what a blessing it will be. God was extreamly kind to us in our travels and Mike and I both thought, "we're here already?". Mike specifically said, "that wasn't painful enough". We are thankful!!!!!

Living in a suit case?

I mean living out of a suit case. There's really not much a person "needs" that can't fit in a suit case anyway. This will be our life for the next couple weeks. We are officially homeless, but have been taken in by some charitable friends for a couple days here in NC, and then off we go to FL. I'm anticipating it to take 2-3 days since it is 15 road hours, and the vehicles are so loaded they will need frequent breaks, we might need them as well? Any prayer during this time of transition on our behalf will be a great blessing.

"MY" Day!!??

Yesterday was hard for me. I struggled with sin all day, the sin of not accepting Gods sovereign plan for my day. The day was intended to be a packing day for us, and in part it was that,(mostly on mikes account) but it was also other things. I had made arrangement to take the children to a darling families home in our church for the morning to capitalize on packing efforts. The Lord had other plans, as you saw we had snow and decided for safety reasons it would be best not to venture out in it. As the morning progressed Shiloh seemed to be developing a new "issue/illness". Since we had just healed from our ear infection/stomach virus/hive week this was really defeating for me. She would cry and say "my tummy hurts" no symptoms other than an occasional cough that had been lingering for a couple weeks. But the "my tummy hurts" complaint with the crying( which indicated that she was actually uncomfortable), looked a lot like the onset of pneumonia we had in December. After waiting and watching for a couple hours with no improvement we decided we should head back to the Dr. the only other place the kids and I have been this week besides home. So Shiloh and I loaded up despite the snow. And to make a long story short she has "viral induced asthma", she needed nebulizer treatments. And was sent home with an inhaler to be used every 4 hours. The Dr. seemed hopeful that this is temporary, and that her little lungs should settle down in time, but didn't promise anything. We are to return before we head to FL "if she's not perfect", the Dr. said. So here I sit sinfully thinking I should be packing as my sick daughter can't breath and wants her mommy to hold her. The lord convicted me of my sin and was kind to show it to me. The sin is always in me, but the circumstances bring it forth. Had the day gone as I had intended, I would not have had the opportunity to repent. A sweet sister in Christ with more years of life experience sent me this paraphrase verse for encouragement, and it has been just that. So naturally I wanted to share it with anyone else who might be encouraged by it.
Isaiah 43: 1-3
Fear not for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters (trials)
I will be with you and through the rivers ( continuous trials) they shall not overflow you ( not more than you can bare).
When you walk through the fire (sever trials) you shall not be burned ( God's protection to us) nor shall the fame scorch
you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy one of Israel ( His people), your God.