It's Been a While...

I haven't been posting on the blog much lately. I've been having some computer issues at the house. My laptop basically crashed recently, so we're still trying to figure out if that will just have to be replaced, or if it can be fixed. In the mean time, I'm using an oooooold laptop that barely works at all. But, it gets the job done for now. I can, at least, check my e-mail, facebook page, etc... I'm kind of afraid that it, too, might crash if I ask it to think too hard, so that's about all I use it for. The newer laptop crashed about a month ago, so I'm getting to the point where I'm itching to have normal computer capability in the house, again -- uploading and sharing photos, anything multi-media, etc... One of my big concerns is that I may have lost all of our music on itunes. This is what I don't like about new music technology -- you would have to be constantly backing up, on an external hard drive, whatever you put on your computer to ensure that you won't lose it in a scenario like ours. I think a friend from church who has been checking out our computer may have been able to save some things from the computer, though. I guess we'll see how it all works out.

So, that's why I haven't been blogging lately -- now for an update. It's been a busy month or so. We just wrapped up a week of "Olympion" themed VBS (we went through much of Joshua) at our church, and I taught a class of 3-4th graders. It was exhausting, but I LOVED it. Being "Coach Suzy" for the week was a lot of fun, as I watched my kids really learn the Gospel well, and learn to share the Gospel with those around them. There's nothing like watching kids learn those things at a young age -- it will equip them for so much in this life, and of course, in the life to come. There was one little girl, in particular, who I especially enjoyed having in my class. She was a very sad little girl this week, as her family is moving to San Antonio on Monday, and she's leaving her friends here. She had one particularly hard day this week, and she and I were able to have a little chat about how hard it is to move away from what's familiar, and how it's okay to be sad about that. But, God promises to be with us WHEREVER we go -- so, he will go with her to Texas, and she can talk with him whenever she is lonely, sad, etc... And we went through Joshua 1:9 (one of our memory verses for the week) together. I was also able to share a little bit about San Antonio with her, since we lived there for a few months! One of the greatest blessings for me this week was just that, in teaching something, I had to learn it, or be reminded of it, quite a bit. It was an encouraging week for me in that way -- I was reminded of truthes that I needed to be reminded of, and I even got to hear some of them repeated to me over and over and over and over and over and over again, as my kids learned them for some of their memory work. :-)

We also just recently found out when Drew should be home for his midtour leave! It feels amazing to finally be so close to that time! He should be en route home next month at this time! There aren't words for how exciting it is to see your husband for the first time in 9 months -- I just can't wait to see him! We're still trying to plan exactly what we want to do with that time, and when and how to do that. More to come on that in future posts, I'm sure. Here's hoping time passes quickly until he comes home, and then slows waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down while he's here. :-)