Sorry I did not get an online journal post done yesterday. There are several reasons for it...
* Our little one (Ali - age 5) woke up vomiting in the middle of the night and was running a high fever. There was the cleaning up (albeit minimal as she got most of it in the toilet - SO happy they can do that better and better as they get older!), the checking her out, medicating her, praying over her, loving on her, and losing sleep as she moved into our bed and whimpered (poor little thing) through much of the rest of the night.
* There was the fact that due to the lack of sleep and a sick child (and watching to make sure that no one else had anything wrong with their health) we did not go to school so we had all the kids at home, all day long. Heather was busy attending to Ali & I took care of the boys. So, it was hard to get online and get anything done.
* The biggest contributing factor was that part way through the morning, right when I was about to try to sneak online and get something done, the power went out. ...not uncommon here. So, we just thought we would wait for a few minutes and it would come back on. We waited and it did not. We assumed that it must have been an accident involving a power pole or buried line and it was going to take a little longer than usual. After a long time, it still had not come back on. I went outside and checked with some of the neighbors to see if they had heard what was going on. No one else had lost their power, at least that I could find to talk to. Again, not too unusual. I don't know how the electricity works here but, one time, the power went out, but it was only to every other house! Hmmm?!
Anyways, it made me wonder. So, I checked our breaker box out on the street. (So weird to me because anyone could turn off anyone else's power any time they wanted! There is a funny looking lock hole for it. But, I think that only the power company has a key for it and they only lock it when they turn off your power, to prevent you from turning it back on. : )
Heather checked the circuit box in the house but said it all seemed fine. After some time, it was still bugging me so I went back to check the one in our house, especially since the box at the street said we had power coming to the house. Yep, sure enough - there was a breaker thrown. I have no idea what we did to trip it - we didn't even have any lights on since it was a sunny day, we weren't using the microwave or hair dryer, etc. But, once I reset it, we were back in business!
Sigh, all that time lost, when we had the solution right at our finger tips, in our own house. It is just that loosing power is so common here we ASSUMED that it was what had happened. We never bothered to look any farther. - I am sure there is a sermon illustration in there somewhere. : )
So, all that time lost, combined with a sick little one, stir crazy boys, and being exhausted from lack of sleep = no online post for the day. Ha.
Today was a good day; a mostly normal day.
Ali is still feeling sick and stayed home from school again. Jonny went to his 3rd day of Kindergarten and was all excited about the sticker he got for being good. Nate did his home schooling and is ahead of schedule in math. (What else is new? Ha.! - He actually asks to do more math, all throughout the day and night! That kid loves math. : )
Well, tomorrow is another big day - Thursday in fact, so Heather will need time alone to pray, prep and practice for leading worship at the Women's Meeting that night. That means extra family chores for me. So, I guess I had better finish this up and get some sleep! (Hopefully, prayerfully - Ali's fever will go away and not spike again, waking her up again, as it has the last couple of nights.) Uninterrupted sleep is a graaaaaaaand thing.
Good night all. I hope you are doing well and are blessed
May God grant you His love, his forgiveness, mercy & grace!
Que el amor, perdon, misericordia y gracia de Dios sean con ustedes -
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