Getting out of the emotional fog
Getting out of the emotional fog!
It has been three months since I have written here. There has just been too much going on, for one reason. There have also been other factors.
Clayton and I had been searching for a house to buy and made an offer on a patio home Thanksgiving week which was accepted. However, the woman changed her mind and decided not to sell it. Our real estate agent found another patio home in the same subdivision which we decided to buy and our offer was eventually accepted.
On December 8th my father was admitted to the local hospital’s ICU with hemorrhaging. It didn’t look like he would survive the night. However, he did and improved a little after receiving blood. He had ups and downs and finally on the 19th he died after going into complete renal failure. Clayton and I had the privilege of being by his bedside along with my mother and others when he passed.
On December 21st we closed on the house. Then on December 23rd we attended Daddy’s funeral in Barbourville. We came back to Louisville later that day to celebrate Christmas with Kimberly and Craig.
In addition to the personal events, we continued to advocate for missions in various places including a week in Missouri in mid-February. Those events demonstrate the willingness of so many to support missions on all levels – praying, giving and going.
On January 21st we received the keys to our new “to us” home. After that we had to do some serious shopping. On February 15th our crates from Argentina were unpacked in our driveway with all the boxes stacked up in the garage. That same day some furniture was delivered, my brother and his wife brought a table that we had bought at an antique store in Paris. After they left the appliances were delivered and connected.
Jonathan arrived from Phoenix on the morning of the 16th to spend four days with us. Kimberly and Craig came from Southgate that evening. It was a fun time as we spent some nice days together. We drove to Barbourville for the day on Sunday to see my mother and for Jonathan to have a nice visit with her. On Monday Kimberly, Craig, Clayton and I helped Jonathan celebrate his 33rd birthday. Then on Tuesday we drove to Hodgenville for him to visit his grandmother Rock. He flew out that afternoon to return to Phoenix.
The next day (Feb 21st) the telephone, cable and internet were connected so we moved in that day and slept in our bed that night. It took a while to get all our stuff moved out of the mission house. David, Clayton’s brother, helped us one full day.
Now we continue in the process of unpacking and getting the house in order. I feel as though I am now out of the “emotional fog” of so many different and major events in our lives. We determined that the “stress test” number has been very high for us.
We look forward to this coming weekend of another missions event as we continue to share about the way that the Lord is working in the lives of people in Argentina and South America.
It has been three months since I have written here. There has just been too much going on, for one reason. There have also been other factors.
Clayton and I had been searching for a house to buy and made an offer on a patio home Thanksgiving week which was accepted. However, the woman changed her mind and decided not to sell it. Our real estate agent found another patio home in the same subdivision which we decided to buy and our offer was eventually accepted.
On December 8th my father was admitted to the local hospital’s ICU with hemorrhaging. It didn’t look like he would survive the night. However, he did and improved a little after receiving blood. He had ups and downs and finally on the 19th he died after going into complete renal failure. Clayton and I had the privilege of being by his bedside along with my mother and others when he passed.
On December 21st we closed on the house. Then on December 23rd we attended Daddy’s funeral in Barbourville. We came back to Louisville later that day to celebrate Christmas with Kimberly and Craig.
In addition to the personal events, we continued to advocate for missions in various places including a week in Missouri in mid-February. Those events demonstrate the willingness of so many to support missions on all levels – praying, giving and going.
On January 21st we received the keys to our new “to us” home. After that we had to do some serious shopping. On February 15th our crates from Argentina were unpacked in our driveway with all the boxes stacked up in the garage. That same day some furniture was delivered, my brother and his wife brought a table that we had bought at an antique store in Paris. After they left the appliances were delivered and connected.
Jonathan arrived from Phoenix on the morning of the 16th to spend four days with us. Kimberly and Craig came from Southgate that evening. It was a fun time as we spent some nice days together. We drove to Barbourville for the day on Sunday to see my mother and for Jonathan to have a nice visit with her. On Monday Kimberly, Craig, Clayton and I helped Jonathan celebrate his 33rd birthday. Then on Tuesday we drove to Hodgenville for him to visit his grandmother Rock. He flew out that afternoon to return to Phoenix.
The next day (Feb 21st) the telephone, cable and internet were connected so we moved in that day and slept in our bed that night. It took a while to get all our stuff moved out of the mission house. David, Clayton’s brother, helped us one full day.
Now we continue in the process of unpacking and getting the house in order. I feel as though I am now out of the “emotional fog” of so many different and major events in our lives. We determined that the “stress test” number has been very high for us.
We look forward to this coming weekend of another missions event as we continue to share about the way that the Lord is working in the lives of people in Argentina and South America.
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