What happened to India

I should have written sooner but life just seems to fly by.
We did not go to India after all. Here is what happened:
2 weeks before we were suppose to leave I started to feel sick. Instead of getting better as time went by I just kept getting worse. I went to the Doctor and he gave me some medicine and I still was not better. It finally came down to having to make a decision. My Doctor ( who is also a friend) told me to call him on the Friday before we were to leave. ( we were leaving on Monday). At that time he and I would make the decision as to whether I was well enough to go or not. In the mean time I was packing and making our plans to leave.
Then early Thursday morning ( I mean real early, like 4am) Steve got an email from the company who booked our tickets. They said to call them ASAP!!. Steve, for some reason, was up early and called them around 6 or 7am. British air had canceled our flight. We were flying American from New Orleans to Chicago to London then British Air to Hydrabad then King Fisher from Hydrabad to Rajamundry. British Air employees decided they were going to go on strike the night we were to arrive at Hethrow so all flights were canceled.
This became a big mess since American and King Fisher were NOT canceling flights . Steve ended up staying on the phone for over 3 hours trying to work out connecting flights but nothing was working and in the end both British Air and American agreed to refund our money and the trip was canceled. We did loose money on the flight within India but thats ok.
We wondered why the Lord would have wanted our trip canceled but we didnt worry too much we figured He had a plan.
A week after we were to leave we found out from Williams ( the pastor in India ) that a cyclone ( hurricane) had hit the area. I went on line to find some news about it and found out the cyclone hit just south of Rajahmundry on the day that would have been our first full day there. It traveled up the coast and knocked out power and caused flooding in the villages we would have been visiting. 23 people lost their lives. The old orphanage was severely damaged. Thankfully the new one is almost finished and the children will have a roof over their heads in just a couple days.
In addition to the cyclone, India has been having a heat wave with temps near or over 121 degrees and 2 trains have been bombed in North east India near Calcutta.
It is our hope to return to India this year. Maybe in the fall if the Lord wills. Right now we continue to pray of the believers over there and are waiting on our refund so that we can afford to go.
Paul ( Williams brother) will be getting married this Wednesday. Steve would have been there for the wedding but thats ok. WE will be there in spirit. Wednesday is our anniversary too! Thanks to all of you who have been praying for us.
We will wait on Gods timing

May 4th 2010

Count down to India. We leave May 17th. I will be teaching the Womens Conference on the 3rd day after we get there. ( I think thats right ) anyway , please keep us in your prayers.

SPRING IS HERE

Spring has finally arrived in South Mississippi! For some people that may not be unusal but for us, spring usually gets here much sooner than the end of march.


My tulips have even bloomed. Its my first time to plant them and I thought the snow and all that cold weather had killed them. The pear trees have been in bloom for about a week and now as the wind blows, their blooms are flying across the yard and look sooo pretty, its like a spring snow!

Tomorrow Im going into town to purchase plants for a garden. Im trying a raised bed this year. Wish me luck. I still havent quite figured out Mississippi soil. ( Too wet, too dry, too many bugs ????????)

Ok I need to go get to work and get off the computer. Im still working on the womens conference for India, which by the way we have moved up to May instead of June. Im only on charpter 2 of Esther. pray for me

what Ive been doing

I had a wonderful time last week careing for Gareth ( my grandson ) and visiting Rachel and Justin in DC. they took Gareth out of daycare for the week so for Monday and Tuesday I had him all to myself. Justin stayed home on Wed. to take him to the doctors. Gareth has been diagnosed with Juvenile xanthogranuloma. PLEASE PRAY FOR HIM , .

He was on steroids all week which just added to the fun .! :)

Actually I had a great time and even was able to teach him how to clap,sing (sortof) and say Gigi. Rachel was home Thursday-saturday but because of Gareths schedual we were unable to get in much shopping. I enjoyed just hanging out with them at the house though.

After another delayed flight Imade it home and am now taking care for Alyssa's dogs while she and Bo are in India. I have come to the conclusion I never want a weimerimer. Alyssa and Bo, I love you, but your dogs a maniac!

Friday Im going to Fairhope with some friends for the day. I am soooo looking forward to that.

......telling to the generations to come the praises of the Lord and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. psalms 78:4

revearsal of destiny

I love how God fits things together and weaves our lives. Nothing right now seems coincidental or ordinary.
When I was trying to decide months ago on what to teach in India I wanted to teach from1 john 1:1-2 but I felt the Lord telling me no I want you to teach from the book of Esther. So when the Bible study group I am part of in Hattiesburg told me we were doing Beth Moores Esther I was thrilled .
To make a long story short.....today I finished the last homework lesson in her Esther workbook. Near the end of that lesson she shows us in Acts 2 how the new believers were from the areas of Susa....the Jews of Esthers land. And then over in the margin she pulls a verse to connect it all 1 Jn 1 :1-2. You would have to read the whole lesson to understand and I dont have time right now to go through it with you. But I just had to stop and cry. I love my savior!!!

She asked a question : What have you savored most about our nine week journey?
I wrote, " God has reversed our destiny on the cross.!! Oh the marvelous ways of God our savior. Who takes the UNLIKELY and uses them for His glory. How marvelous is His name in all the earth!"