Blogging in a time of busy-ness

I haven't been doing a very good job of blogging--things seem to be getting busier and busier here so there's very little time to sit down, reflect and write what's been going on.

So, you say, "What's going on?"

1.  Stephen is working in Lourdes (as previously mentioned.) This last week he only went on Monday and Friday.

2.  I'm back to teaching--lots of new lesson planning with 5th grade and, of course, paper grading.

3.  Stephen has band practice on Wednesday nights.

4.  We go to church on Thursday night and two services on Sunday.

5.  The church just started Level 2 discipleship called IDEM--in English, it means the Institute for Development of Ministry.  We meet every Tuesday night with a small group--the program is scheduled for 3 trimesters of 10 weeks each year for 3 years.  Yes, it's definitely a long-term commitment!

6.  Two Hilo, Agua and Biblia classes meet every other Saturday so there are always projects to ready.

7.  I am in the process of making curtains for the temporary sanctuary at Lourdes.  In fact, I need to move this up on the priority list because the curtains need to be up by this Saturday.

8.  Newsletter time is upon me again on Friday as is the schools celebration of "Day of the Child."

9.  We invited Nancy, one of our teachers from Antigua, to live with us for 6 weeks.  She arrived on September 23.  We are each trying to spend 15 hours studying Spanish with her.  Last week (our first), Stephen was able to get in 15, but I only got in 10.  Why?  See #11.

10.  The first campaign of the fall starts on Saturday with a team from South Carolina.

11.  Everything else like grocery shopping, cooking, eating, cleaning, washing clothes, paying bills, updating financial records and sleeping.

We're probably not busier than anyone else, but are definitely feeling the pinch of fitting everything in our days/weeks.  Please pray for us to keep the number one thing #1.  It's so easy to get caught up in the frenzy of daily life and forget that ministry is about a relationship with our Savior and not just a list of things to accomplish!