The Calendar is Booked this Week

We may as well get the prayers a rolling as this week is going to be rolling at the speed of light! Could you pray for us? Here is what we have going on in the next 8 days: Fire marshal home inspection, Todd and Erin's physical exams and vaccine updates, all 4 of the kids physical exams and vaccine updates, meeting with our case worker, sanitary home inspection, finger prints and background check, and...our spunky daughter #2, we call here "Buggy" is turning 5!! Thank you for lifting us up in prayer during this busy week!

Can I just say how different Todd and I can be when considering where we place our worry? Todd is not a needle person. He is most worried about the doctor's appointment and any shots or blood draws required. Me on the other hand, I'm thinking, "What does a sanitary inspection mean?" I know the health department has to come to my home and browse around! That's enough to make any homemaker squirm. I'm thinking Q-tip swabs and petri dishes, men in white lab coats with gloves and goggles on tip-toeing through the house looking for germs. I'm thinking about those Oprah specials when they reveal how the cracks of your hardwood floors even contain lethal bacteria.....OK, I'll just stop and go breathe deeply (on my way to the cleaning closet to get the disinfectant wipes and Q-tip wipe the house first!) Partially joking here.

See, we bring our prayers before the Lord even in the little adventures life brings us! He's OK with that.

Philippians 4:6-7

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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