March 2010 Doings

Hey guys. Hope everyone is having a great March. Papaw, we hope that you had a great birthday! 29 again!

Just an update on my mom. She has been back in the hospital two more times. In fact, she is there right now. She actually got to come home for one night in-between the two stays. BUT, they (the ubiquitous *they*) would not let her go home with bi-pap machine. She has been on O2 for so long that she is retaining CO2 and the machine helps her to exhale and get rid of it. We have been told this time that she will not be discharged until Medicare approves the machine. She is also having trouble with an infection, started out as a UTI but she also has the same bug in her left parotid gland (salivary gland in the jaw) and now her left arm is swelling and red. They did an ultrasound on it yesterday but we don’t have the results yet. Sorry I don’t have better news. Although, her vital signs are good, blood pressure, O2, etc.

We had a couple of really beautiful days here in Tennessee. Trees are starting to bud and the grass is starting to grow. I love spring. Only because I really hate winter. I live for the cold weather to go AWAY!!!

Emma has her Standard Achievement Tests this week. Pray for her as she undergoes these tests.

Have a great rest of the month! Remember, in like a lion, out like a lamb!

February 2010 Doings

Hello Everyone!  Our family has had a good yet tiring time this month of Feb. 2010.  My mom is still really sick. She was in ICU at Blount Memorial for one week right after Christmas.  Since then she has been at Blount Memorial’s Transitional Care Unit.  She goes in waves of doing better then going back downhill.  She has had a pretty good week this past week. Perhaps it was because her birthday was on Monday the 22nd. Please keep her in your prayers as well as my sister and me.  We are both very tired from spending sooooo much time at the TCC Unit. 

Emma was supposed to go to Jamaica this month on a mission trip with her school, Crossroads Christian Academy.  She had not been feeling well all week and even got on the bus headed to Atlanta’s Hartsfield Airport not feeling well.  On the trip, she kept feeling worse and we all decided that it was best that she not leave the country in her condition.  Tony and I drove all night to the outskirts of Atlanta to pick her up and bring her back home.  She was very disappointed yet feels that it was perhaps not God’s timing for her to go on the trip.  She is feeling better now.  Thank you for everyone’s support.

Oh, and I almost forgot!  Tony’s boss at John H. Daniels Co. invited us to go out with him to his shooting range.  We had a GREAT time.  We all got to shoot some awesome guns.  Well, actually Tony got to shoot alot of awesome guns.  Emma and I were a little more like scaredy-cats.  Although, Emma shot more different types than I did.  We took our .22 which Emma and I shoot quite a bit.  I always said that I wouldn’t have a gun in my house that I couldn’t shoot!  Anyway, I also shot a .38 caliber.  Emma shot the .38 and a .45 and maybe some others, I am not sure.  Tony shot those and others including a sniper rifle!  He was excited.  He LOVES guns.  I guess it is a guy thing. Anyway, I’ve got some pictures.  But I will have to upload them later.  We can’t do that from our house for some UNKNOWN reason!

Have a great day!

August Doings

Hey everyone!  Tony, Emma and I will be going to Ohio to visit my dad probably on August 1 and stay through the 4th or 5th.  Pray for us that our travel will be safe.

Emma will be starting school on August 11th.  She will be attending Crossroads Christian Academy again this fall.  It is a homeschool cooperative so we will be homeschooling again this year.  It is a really cool school.  There is much emphasis placed on developing their own individual walk with God.  And surprisingly, there is also alot of emphasis placed on the arts.  The founder is a lady named Drew Guetermann (the wife of pro-baseball player Lee Guetermann) and it is her desire for these kids to use their talents to glorify God.  Hollywood (theater and arts in general) use their talents to glorify evil.  It is our desire that these children develop their talents to bring glory to God, their Creator and the One who gifted them.  Pray for Emma as the school year starts and for me that I can teach her both academically and spiritually.

We love you guys,

Lori

Emma’s Camp LeJeune Pictures

Hello Family,

I thought you guys might enjoy seeing theses pictures from Emma’s mission trip to Camp LeJeune Marine Base in North Carolina.  If you are interested, the group, Emma included, will be giving their testimonies about the trip this coming Sunday night, July 6 at 6:00 pm at Friendsville First Baptist Church.  We would love for you to come if you can.

Love,

Proud Mom Lori

Emma and her friend Brianna training to fire a REAL machine gun!

Fire at will!

Now she moves on to a M16!

Get out of the way guys! She’s on the loose and she is armed!

Suffering for Jesus while they are getting a suntan!

Vacation Bible School in action!

Resting in the shade, well at least from the waist up!