What an awesome week! On Friday, July 18, Meredith and I left with 45 others from our church to go to Cornwall, ON for World Changers. We stopped in Pennsylvania on Friday night and arrived in Cornwall on Saturday. Our home for the week was St. Lawrence College, nestled right beside the St. Lawrence River. On Sunday we met our crews! I have to say, I had the most awesome crew ever. Our crew worked hard and we all got along. Our project was to tear down and rebuild a front porch and repair steps in the back. The homeowners were Joyce and Vic. They were great, Joyce is having some health issues and we continue to pray for her healing. We did go prayer walking through the neighborhood, and found out how lost the area was. There were people who told us not to pray for them, as well as people who wouldn't even speak to us. My prayer is that someone will be able to bring the gospel in and the people's hearts will be willing to hear. Members of our crew were from Wake Forest, NC, Canton, NC, and Huntington, WV. It was great to get to know each of them and to work along side of them. On Wednesday, we spent the afternoon in Ottawa, ON (the capital of Canada). We visited the Parliament building, saw many museums, and the Notre Dame Cathedral (not the one in Paris, but it was very close). We went to the Hard Rock Cafe for supper. I think one thing I'll miss besides my crew, is the Rolo McFlurries! Anyway, I am glad to be home!

It's Wednesday!

Well, it's Wednesday! We had a great 4th of July! We had fireworks here on campus on Thursday, and Sarah's friend spent the night. On Friday, we went to Burlington to visit our friends at Calvary Baptist Church. We had a cookout at Ernest's house, James had fun swimming all afternoon and so did Allen. Patti got a pontoon boat, so me and the girls road around the lake with her. At dark, Brandon shot off some cool fireworks. The rest of the weekend was just hanging around the house. I'm starting to get ready for school in the fall. James is going to have a great time in 1st grade, he's really going to like history. I'm in the midst of ebay bidding for the rest of the girls curriculum.

James woke up Monday night with a fever, and when he got up Tuesday am it was gone. I figured it was just some weird fever that came and went. Well, after playing all day yesterday when he came in and took a shower, he looked awful and his fever was back. So, all night and today, every 4 hours I've been giving him Tylenol. He's spending the day on the couch. I'm hoping his fever goes away and I won't have to take him to the doctor.

Meredith and I are really looking forward to next Friday. We leave for Cornwell, ON Canada at 10:00 am. Sarah's also excited, because she'll be turning 13! My kids are growing up so fast. I just hope I can keep this blog going to record some of our everyday events as well as our special events.

I've still been in the "Jesus, the One and Only" study and it is great! Monday, she was talking about how today's church is nothing like Christ. As Christians, we should be imitators of Christ and we're not. Her quote that I loved was, "Our church today is too pretty to be imitating Christ." That's so true, most churches are worried more about the color of carpet than who will be witnessed to on Sunday. She also mentioned that we should have Doctors sitting next to drug pushers in order to be fulfilling Christ's ministry. It's really convicting. We always want people who look like us, dress like us, and act like us to be a part of our church. Christ sought those who needed Him, and that is what we should be doing too. Well, until another day!