Day 26 and 27

Colton had tryouts for a 10 and under team Saturday, but he's going to end up playing for a 9 and under team during the summer. He's mostly concerned about being able to play with his friends, but he seems to really be enjoying himself.

Gabrielle had a couple of the Lanza sisters over, Jalina and Jaselle (Nina and Zelly for short). They spent much of their time with construction paper, glue or scissors in their hands. Gabrielle made me some beautiful artwork and she placed it on the wall near her desk. Nina and Zelly left some of their work here, and we put it up as well.

Day 27

I really missed church. I was only gone one week because we went camping, but I definitely miss it when I'm gone.

Interestingly enough, I had been talking to Kim and Adam about God's judgment and the concept of hell this week and Pastor Don talked about Heaven, hell, and God's judgment. I'm not sure I've done enough in this world to receive any rewards in Heaven, but hopefully I have time to try to catch up.

Another interesting thing about today was that Kim had gone on a fast earlier this week and it ended the same way mine did: during Communion at church and then lunch at Chili's. In large part because of the Communion, I did a lot of praying at church today. I don't know if I usually pray during almost the whole ceremony, but I did today, and it was very peaceful, literally. One of the things I prayed for as far as myself was concerned, was inner peace. I feel have so many thoughts going on so much of the time, and so many questions still unanswered, that for one moment at least, I'd like to have some peace.

Unexpectedly, my prayer was answered.

For one moment, I felt a peace that I have not felt in some time. It took another moment to realize what had just happened, and I was thankful and moved on with my prayer.

I had a couple people say Hi as we left church. That's always a positive experience. May God bless these people and everyone else.

Gabrielle, her friend Kalie and I went down to the river to catch frogs as we had with some of Colton's friends a couple days earlier. We had caught one with them, but the boys decided to let it go. Gabrielle wants to find one and keep it, but we had no luck today. We had fun, though. Gabrielle likes to get her feet dirty.

After playing some catch with Colton, he asked if we could go grab some sunglasses so he could wear them during his games. We found some for each of us and we grabbed a big ball for Noah while we were there. Colton found exactly what he was looking for and Noah got some enjoyment out of his ball.

I watched a movie I had borrowed from a friend called "Tears from the Sun" with Bruce Willis. I'd give it 3 and a half stars out of 5.

Thank you Lord...for everything.

Amen