Jules, you are 22 today! I love you so every much and miss you too. I know this next year will be kickass and full of work 
Praying for you and don’t ever stop being your stoic/snazzy self. I love you!!
Rach, do me a favor since I’m not there to do this myself. Go sit on Jules so that she’s fully pinned down and give her a big slobbery kiss. Thanks buddy!
[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.
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!!
“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.
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 
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- 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…
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”