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Take that Satan! (He tried to burn down our house, twice in one day.)

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

[09:47:31 PM] Janet: pslk pray for us there is a huge fire raging out back…we need all the prayer u can muster
[09:47:36 PM] Janet: it’s all hands on deck here
[09:48:12 PM] Steph: again?
[09:48:21 PM] Janet: yes
[09:48:25 PM] Janet: it’s humongous
[09:48:37 PM] Janet: we are working on getting our belongings together
[09:48:40 PM] Steph: yikes, is it the same fire that just never went out or it’s a new one?
[09:49:36 PM] Janet: new one
[09:49:45 PM] Steph: ok, praying right now
[09:51:58 PM] Steph: Should we send Christo and Dan over to help?
[09:53:33 PM] Janet: i think it may be okay for now
[09:53:38 PM] Janet: i can let u know,
[09:53:42 PM] Janet: miraculously it’s raining
[09:53:46 PM] Janet: we prayed for rain
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[09:51:23 PM] Dora: Hey, Christo wants to know if you think he and Dan should go over to help as wll
[09:51:46 PM] Steph: lemme ask and see.
[09:53:00 PM] Dora: please let us know if you want him to go
[09:53:09 PM] Steph: ok
[09:55:55 PM] Steph: It’s raining there now so PTL
[09:55:57 PM] Steph: the fire is going out
[09:56:07 PM] Dora: wonderful!
[09:56:13 PM] Steph: Janet said they should be ok now
[09:56:13 PM] Dora: we were just praying for rain!
[09:56:18 PM] Steph: yes me 2
[09:56:19 PM] Steph: so cool
[09:56:23 PM] Steph: TYJ
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[10:16:40 PM] Jan: I just heard from Janet that they are about to lose their house to the fire, and then she went offline. What’s happening?
[10:24:17 PM] Steph: Miracle, it started raining
[10:24:22 PM] Steph: everything is ok now
[10:25:16 PM] Jan: cool. we prayed about 15 minutes ago for them. so glad to hear what the Lord has done.

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Bundles of love

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

This beautiful and amazing woman just had baby # 12 this morning. Marie, your incredible and your children are all so beautiful!

Congratulations and welcome to the world Sonya Charlize!!

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Remember this one?

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

“It is good to carry some powdered rouge in one’s sleeve. if may happen that when one is sobering up or waking from sleep, a samurai’s complexion may be poor. At such a time it is good to take out and apply some powdered rouge.”

:)

And Jesus please be with Shawn wherever he is. Amen.

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More Treasures from GJ

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

I received this gem in my inbox today:

Hi, Steph. I know there’s a way for me to send things myself, involving a lot way-cool computer skills that I would love to have someday, skills that would allow me to use my computer without cussing and swearing and being a reproach to the cause of Christ—also skills that would allow me to not be so lazy—but in the meantime could you PULLLEEEEZE send this for me now that you don’t have measles anymore? ILY!– Grandpa Jake

On another happy note I am feeling so so much better! If you prayed for me, thank you so much! I might have not have survived the experience otherwise.

“What doesn’t kill you leaves you scarred” (what chicken pox and measles have taught me :P )

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Things to do whilst sick….

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

- Sleep A LOT

- Listen to word A LOT

- Secretly try to work so that concerned home members don’t find out and order you back to your bed.

- Have prayer vigil

- Pray all those proactive prayers that you don’t always remember too.

- Have praise time

- Compose emails to all your friends and family who you don’t write nearly enough

- Mentally go through all the food you know is in the house and see if there is anything you feel like eating. Arrive at the same conclusion you did last time – plain yogurt.

- Watch Tina’s belly dancing video’s ( on a foolish side note there is one where this lady looks like a porn star turned belly dancer…it’s really funny, her fake boobies do most of the dancing for her. It’s amusing if nothing else. :) what’s even more hilarious is the documentary of “the making of it”) A real treat!

Okay, that was exhausting…I’m crawling back to bed…

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And the little one said……

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Conversations with the kids today

Me: So Jamie, what do you want to be when you grow up?
Jamie: A cow
Me: You can’t be a cow!
Jamie: A dog
Me: Jamie, little boys don’t grow up to be animals.
So he thinks about this for a bit and then his face lights up and he says “an airplane! “

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Me & Aisha (3 yrs old)

Me: Aisha, since mommy is going to have a new baby what do you want, a baby brother or a baby sister?
Aisha: I want a grandfather

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More Aisha

Aisha: Do you want to hear my new song?
Me: Sure
Aisha: When I was a babyeee, I was annoyingeeee, because I was always cryingeee
Me laughing: Good song :)

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(The new baby is a frequent topic)

Me: So Aisha, what should we name the new baby?
Aisha says without a second of hesitation “Grass cutter, because I like our garden”

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Inspirational message for the day

Friday, March 27th, 2009

I feel special because I get to live with a true treasure of a person. For this tale I shall call him Grandpa Jake. He’s older than my dad so I thought Grandpa Jake would be a good alias. :)

He is a rare breed of wonder and I feel sorry for all the people who have never gotten the opportunity to watch him in action.

The story

One of the teens in our home came down with measles. Poor baby, which of course brings on the usual questions and concerns about quarantine etc.

This sets the stage for this tragically funny turn of events.

Email 1 from concerned mother to entire home:

Seems like * 4 year old cutie pie is coming down with measles… and I wouldn’t be surprised if all the kids follow suit. Anyway the question is, since it seems to be spreading quite quickly do we really want to quarantine within the home? Of course if someone is sick they aren’t going to be mingling with everyone for their own sakes and so they can rest etc. The question is, do I need to start keeping the kids separate, away from everyone etc. or is every one OK with not isolating everyone who gets sick at this point? Need to hear back from you soon—thanks ILY

* name changed

Email 2 from Steph in reply to entire home:

I read somewhere that if someone comes down with measles that 90% of
people in the same household will get it if they’ve never had it. Sooo
I dunno, personally if I don’t have it now and I’m just sick with the
flu I’d rather not get it but there isn’t much that can be done about
that now. Sorry I realize that’s not a yes or no answer I just don’t
know.

Email 3 from Grandpa Jake in reply to me:

Saying “Sooo I dunno” is definitely one of the symptoms of measles!

Email 4 from Grandpa Jake in reply to home:

I think we should all get it, especially Steph.

Email 5 from Grandpa Jake in reply to home:

Just to let everybody know, I got chicken pox when I was 47 and I almost jumped off the roof in Hungary. So if I get measles, can we please keep the windows closed upstairs when I go up and take a shower? “Taking a shower” was the excuse I used in Hungary. At least in Hungary there was snow on the ground to break my fall. If I were to do it here, I’d probably use the window over by the photocopy machine, just to let everybody know. (Zedekiah 14: 6).– Grandpa Jake

P.S. If you wouldn’t mind shooting up a little prayer that everyone get’s over the measles and that it doesn’t have any negative after effects. We’d appreciate it, truly.

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