Monday, 3/3/25, Slept in until 9, read our Bibles, Bill’s brother’s surgery at 9 am.,Bill went to get water from Shays, I filled all the bird feeders, made goulash for dinner, Hailey has influenza A, and Rehvyn has a fever

Vikki did a great job straightening Jack’s hair that the barber messed up.  

Maddy sent me this cute picture of Mason

She sent me these cute pictures of Brielle too.

So many more buds on my Christmas Cactus...it has been blossoming since Thanksgiving.  Could hardly b believe it when I saw all of these buds coming

 It sure felt good to sleep through the night with no wake ups.  I started reading my Bible and then when I was done went outside and filled all the bird feeders.  It was 28 degrees, but the wind made it feel much cooler.  I was happy to get back in the house and warm up. Melissa called and said Hailey got sick really fast on Sat. evening.  She had to go to the doctor today because she was supposed to take and exam and do her labs today.  I feel bad she had to drive herself to see the doctor feeling so bad.  She has Influenze A they said and wrote her an excuse for her missed class.   Poor sweet girl, she sure wanted to be healthy to take her exam and do her labs.   I found our Rehvyn had a 103 temp. last night and 101 this morning.  I am really praying for him too.  

Bill read his Bible, then we had pizza for lunch.  He went to pick up some water bottles from Shays. Bill’s brother Fred’s, surgery started at 9.  Lourdes gave us an update at 5:15 that they were putting the last vertebrae in and putting the rod in then closing him up.  It was taking longer Thant the doctor thought it would.  We sure are praying for him and so are many others. 

I made goulash for dinner.  Bill had two bowls and I had one.  We were hungry for goulash.

I looked at Costco’s sales and they are going to have the Premium protein shakes we like on sale for $6 off starting March 5.  We will be stocking up on those. 

I got a really sweet text from Cathy for Melissa and I saying she loved our visit.  She also said she can put the new watch band I got for her on by herself.  Yay!  She also said she loved Melissa’s cookies and was thankful she shared her ttestimony, because she said it never gets old.  She is such a sweet friend.

Bill’s brothers surgery took longer then the doctor thought.  It started at 9 a.m. and he didn’t get into recover until 9:13 p.m.  Lourdes was really good about texting us updates.  The last one came a few minutes ago and said they were doing a scan of his back and then sending him to his room on the 7th floor. The doctor said everything went well, she had to be meticulous, and she is happy with the outcome.  Great news!  Now prayers begin for a speedy recovery for this wonderful brother we love.  

 

Sunday, 3/2/25, Happy Birthday Eli, We love you!Went to prayer, than church service, went to Pray for CMA with two of our chapters, went to Timbers,

Happy Birthday Eli!  We love you!

Thomas designed this cool shirt.  We got ours today.  

CMA’s National Day of Prayer....Faith Rider and Trinity Rider
people joining in prayer

Jim, Elaine, Barb, Lew, Cindy, Bill, me, Ann, Mark, (Joel in the van), Wes, Don and Ron. Gayla took the picture and Jim and his brother came after the picture.

At the township Post Office praying

At a school and church praying

At Timbers warming up afterward and eating lunch

We went to prayer before church, then went into the service.  Vikki, Rehvyn, Peyton and Isaac were there already.  Rody was the photographer for Celebration Sunday.  Lots of babies dedicated, baptisms and 19 new members.  God is awesome!  We were happy to get our shirts that Thomas designed.  Over 80 ordered and more want them.   

After church we visited and had cookies in the foyer to celebrate all that happened today.  God is moving.  We came home for a little while.  We called Eli and wished him Happy Birthday and sang to him.  At 2 we met people from Faith Riders and Trinity Riders to pray.  We prayed for many things, our country, Israel, Ukraine, the military, families, churches, schools, government, CMA and the many CMA chapters, college kids, those with sicknesses, and many other things.  We had all been assigned different things to pray for.  It was very cold and windy, but we all know how important prayer is so we continued.  CMA chapters all over the US and world were praying today too.  

Some of us went to Timbers afterward.  It felt good to warm up.  The food was delicious and we had a great time visiting.  We came home afterwards.  We read our Bibles 

Saturday, 3/1/25, Happy 12th Birthday Kody! We love you! Went to Eli’s music festival, picked up a small treadmill, Very cold windy day!

Happy Birthday Kody!  We love you!

Eli playing in the Music Festival.. .. 1st Chair, he did a great job.  They sounded great.

Part of one of their songs  

Eli waiting for results

So glad we got to go hear Eli play today

Their picture with their band director

We got ready, made our coffees, then went to the Music Festival that Eli’s band was playing in.  Kimmy and Jared were walking in right as we got in the parking lot.  They waited inside for us as it was super windy and cold out.  Wow!  Eli did great and so did all the others.  They sounded so amazing.  We are proud of you Eli.  When they went into the room where they were given a song they didn’t know, I was pretty impressed.  They got all 1’s in everything but sight reading which they got a 2 in, but the judge said he was surprised they gave them such a hard song.  It was nice getting to see him before he turns 15 tomorrow.   After we left there, we went to see Marie and Roy and take her a thermos pop top drink bottle like mine.  She was in more pain with her shoulder today and wasn’t real sure how to make sure her sling was on right.  We sure are praying for quick healing for her. We prayed for her when we were there.  After that we went and bought a Superfit treadmill Bill saw on FaceBook Marketplace.  He got a good deal on it and it is small enough to use in our living room.  

We called Kody on his phone and sang Happy Birthday to him and talked for a few minutes.  Then we told him we loved him and he told us that back.  He is always so sweet.  

We both read our Bibles and prayer devotions.  After that we both took a nice nap.

We have CMA’s National Day of prayer tomorrow and I am praying for Israel and the Ukraine and Bill is praying for the military.