Our Next Step....?

All right peoples I suppose that I have neglected you long enough, it has been forever since I have really given you any updates on what is happening in my life and since I haven't blogged much else either I wonder if any one still looks to see if I have posted anything :)

The biggest reason for the silence on the blog is just because I didn't know what to say because I simply didn't know myself, I would say that is a pretty good reason, you know the old saying "If you don't have anything worth saying then don't say anything at all" :) As many of you know Curtiss and I have been looking for someplace for him to work since we got back from Romania last June. We have gotten by with him doing odd jobs and him working as a lift attendant at our local ski resort over the winter. But we all know that spring follows winter and spring is definitely here so his work at the resort is now over. And that leaves us with the question -What next???- Over the winter we have had what I will call a couple of "close calls" where we were in a way holding our breath to see if we would get a job or not. This last Friday we had our most recent breath holding time ended when we found out that the job we had applied for was being filled by another applicant, so we are back at square one so to speak and with me getting ever closer to my due date, seven weeks come Wednesday :) :) :) and because we can't afford to pay rent when we don't have income coming in on a regular basis Curtiss and I are going to have to move. Over the last several month (ok, years:) my prayer has been that the Lord give us clear answers as to what he wants us to do for our next step, and the Lord has faithfully been doing that. Every time we have come to a crossroads we have gotten our next marching orders. I must admit that I would usually like to know much sooner what those marching orders are going to be and I definitely want more information, sometimes it seems like he has us taking REALLY, REALLY small steps but we do know what our next step is and for that I praise him.

So you are probably wondering what is their next step? well right now it is moving back in with my in-laws, they have been so good to us and I am so thankful for the relationship we have with them that makes a step like this possible and one that I don't at all dread, in fact with a baby coming it is in a way a relief because I don't have to wonder about finding help and getting meals for Curtiss and myself when Jimmy makes his appearance. Yes, I must admit it I am a lazy bum and like being pampered, which I for sure will be and I will have all the yummy food that I could ever eat (food and I are VERY good friends :) What happens after this? I have no idea... but I know that we are going to eventually know what that will be and some day we will know we will know the step after that.... and on and on it will go until one day we will have all our questions answered and we will see Jesus face to face.

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. ~ Psalm 37:23-25

One Week

Howdy everybody! Yeah, I know it's been a while but I do have a good excuse, at least I think it's a good excuse, I mean if leaving the country for who knows how long isn't a good excuse then I don't know what is. Yep, it's almost time, this time next week we will be in VA with Daniel and Whitney touring Washington D.C. and a week from tomorrow we will be in the air on our way across the ocean. We have been very busy the last few weeks doing everything that needs to be done before leaving and in between times trying to see and spend as much time as we can with family and friends before leaving. The next few days will be taken up with packing and trying to fit what we need into four suitcases (that don't weigh more than 50 pounds each) and getting the house ready to leave. So it might be a while again before you hear from me. (You will have to get after Elise to keep writing:) I am going to try to be more faithful posting while I am over there so that you all can keep up to date with what is happening with me, and you all will have to leave comments and write emails so that I can keep up with you :)

I know that there have been a lot of things that have happened over the last few weeks that I could've shared but right now the above is all that I can think about so you will have to excuse me if this isn't longer or more informative ;)

Curtiss and I would greatly appreciate it if you keep us in your prayers over the next few days, weeks, months and or years might be better :) Thanks

Is God Speaking through it all?

God Speaking

By Ronnie Freeman

Have you ever heard a love song that set your spirit free?

Have you ever watched a sunrise and felt you could not breathe?

What if it's Him?

What if it's God speaking?

Have you ever cried a tear that you could not explain?

Have you ever met a stranger who already knew your name?

What if it's Him?

What if it's God speaking?

Who knows how He'll get a hold of us?

Get our attention to prove He is enough

He'll do and He'll use whatever He wants to

To tell us, “ I love you.”

Have you ever lost a loved one who you thought should still be here?

Do you know what it feels like to be tangled up in fear?

What if He's somehow involved?

What if He's speaking through it all?

Who knows how He'll get a hold of us?

Get our attention to prove He is enough

He'll do and He'll use whatever He wants to

To tell us, “ I love you.”

His ways are higher.

His ways are better.

Though sometimes strange,

What could be stranger - than God in a manger?

Who knows how He'll get a hold of us?

Get our attention to prove He is enough

Who knows how He’ll get a hold of you?

Get your attention to prove He is enough.

He'll do and He'll use whatever He wants to

To tell us, “ I love you.”

God is speaking, “I love you.”

Still Alive

Hi everyone,
I just thought that you might all like to know that Elise and I are still alive just VERY busy with wedding plans. It is less than two weeks away now and all the last little detail stuff is left to do, all the stuff that doesn't seem like it would take long but when you add them all up they do. Anyway I probably won't be back on here for several more weeks to come, Elise might be able to get to posting after the wedding whirl wind is over. Maybe she will even be able to post some wedding pictures. So until next time...
P.S. Prayer for all of us as we go through this time is greatly appreciated :)

TIck, Tick, Tick......

That my friends is the sound of the clock that is ticking down the minutes until it is time to leave here and head for home. Let me give you an over view of what the next two days is going to look like for me. Curtiss has informed me that I am getting up at five tomorrow morning so that I will be sufficiently tired by tomorrow afternoon to sleep, so that is when my day is going to start. At some point in the early morning Curtiss and I are going to head to the city of Hunedoara to do a couple of things that have to be done before we leave and then we are coming back to the apartment to pick up Mr and Mrs Archer and going to one last sight seeing spot all together (we are going to go and see some Roman ruins). After coming back from that we have to go to a couple of church families homes to say goodbye. We hope to get some sleep after that and at one am Friday morning we climb in the car to drive to the airport.
We fly our of Romania at six Friday morning and land in the USA at 2:40 in the afternoon doesn't sound to bad unil you remember that isn't counting the seven hour time zones that we have to go through or the five hour lay over that we have in Vienna Austria. Actually it is kind of funny, because Curtiss didn't get his ticket at the same time the rest of us did it was more expensive for him to go the same flight as we are so we are all leaving Romania on the same plane and going to Vienna from there Curtiss has 25 minutes to make it to his next flight to Munich Germany and from Germany he goes to Washington. The rest of us sit in Vienna for five hours, well, even with Curtiss's extra plane trip he makes it to Washington an hour and a half before us. I personnally don't think that that is fair:)
So until I am in my homeland "Goodbye!". I will try and let you all know as soon as possible that we have made it safely. Please keep us in your prayers as we travel home. See you all soon!!!

My Week

Hello everyone! I suppose you all think that I have abandoned you in this most exciting time, well if I have then I think you will pardon me as I have been what you might call busy. I think anyone who had a week like mine would be called busy, lets give you a run down...
As you all know Curtiss asked me to marry him last Thursday and after getting back from that and telling family and friends we got to business picking out a wedding date, "No prob!" you all say? Well lets just say it is harder then it looks. We spent three days trying to decide on the best day for everyone. First we considered the first of January but that didn't work very well for Mr and Mrs Archer coming back to Romania for the winter and it left the apartment here empty at the worst possible time not to mention all the elderly people that they help take care of here in the village. So our next option, the first part of December, cool time to get married but my sister in law is due for her second baby right around then so even if she hadn't had the baby yet she would be quite uncomfortable to be a bridesmaid and if she had had the baby she probably wouldn't be there at all so that was out. Then we moved to the first day of November that sounded good for about twenty four hours and we thought it was set and then we found out that Curtiss's nephew would most likely have surgery right around then, not sure when but some time in there, so out went November. Then we moved to the middle of October and after talking with my family and Curtiss's parents and brother we all thought that sounded good. Then we called the church and the date that we had thought of wasn't available but the week before was did we want it??? After a little talking and some prayer! we said "YES" and we had a date! Whoo that was easy:) After we said yes Curtiss told his mother that I was breathing for the first time in three days, I personally don't think that I was that bad but I was thinking about it quite a bit:) the wedding is on October 11th in Seneca Falls NY, in case any of you were wondering:)
Since then the emails have been flying back and forth between me and Trina (my wedding consultant, florist, and bridesmaid! Please give up a round of applause and if any of you see her before I do please give her a great big hug!) me and Elise (my maid of honor, the one who gets to answer all the questions about what I would like in my absence and the one that I email and say "Hey Elise could you do this for me? or could you look this up?" more applause and hugs please)
Plus emails to my other sister Bethany who has lots of good ideas and is handling (along with another friend, Thanks Jen!) my wedding favors. SO my week, three days of indecision where we at least got to talk about what we wanted after we had a date, and four days of emails sharing those ideas and answering all the questions. And now we have the whole thing just about planned. I think that I have to give a warning here; WARNING: Do not try this at home unless you have my wedding planner team behind you. I am going to give you a copy of part of an email that Trina sent me this morning that sums up what they have been doing for us.

I wish you could have been a fly on the wall when we were discussing this all with the salesman. :) Just telling people we're planning a wedding in 7 weeks is enough to get stares. Then you tell them the Bride and Groom aren't even in the country, and you have been doing most of the wedding planning over IM - that's when they begin to gasp. "IMing? you've been IMing?!" the salesman was astounded. But we really got a reaction when he heard I was the wedding planner, the florist, AND a bridesmaid. When he asked whether I had anything else going on, I just had to mention I was expecting my second and that I had a two year old at home. Elise said that's when his eyes started popping out of his head.

Oh, then, there was the part when he was filling out the forms and needed addresses. Mom and Elise and I are bent over the sample book looking at vest color options and he asks, innocently enough, "Are the bride and groom living together?" Mom's resounding "NO!!" could have been heard through the entire store! :) We tried to explain all at the same time - "Well, technically, no - " "But they are in the same house" "But their not living together" "you see - oh, never mind!" and so on. Very, very funny.

Well, that about sums it up! Curtiss and I laughed so hard reading that:) So if anyone else has to plan a wedding in eight weeks time with the bride and groom out of the country I could definitely recommend some people but they might not appreciate that:)
So I hope that you all forgive me for neglecting you, things should start slowing down now and I might have more time for posting. Yesterday Curtiss and I got out for a little while and walked down to the river that runs by the village here and stuck our feet in and spent three hours with each other without talking about the wedding! (exciting:) and today we went shopping for gifts to give to all the people who are making our wedding possible.

The Lord has been very good to us, he has shown in so many small ways that the date that we have is his date and he has allowed all the details to fall together at an amazing rate of speed. There is no doubt in my mind that we are in his will.
I would still ask for your prayers though as this is a major adjustment time for anyone who goes through it and my family and I are no exception, I have a nephew who has told me repeatedly that I couldn't ever get married because then I wouldn't be at Grandma and Grandpa's when he came to visit. and he is having a hard time with the thought and I think that he is an extreme case of what all of us might feel at some point or other. And I have been gone for the whole summer and when I get back I will move out for good less then a month after returning. Some hard but good things that we all have to go through. Well, I guess that this post is long enough, I don't want to bore all of you:) O I think you might all be interested in this piece of news,
Curtiss and I went back to the gypsy man today while we were in the city and I now have a ring that fits my ring finger! I'll send a picture sometime. Hope you are all doing as well as I am:)

A Drive to Cluj

Hello everyone! No I haven't disapeared or forgotten you but my days have been full of everyday happenings that I have already told you about but now I have a subject worthy of a post;) I believe I have told all of you about Sora Aneta, one of the ladies in the church here, she has a daughter that due to a sickness as a baby has lived most of her life deaf. A while back she had the opportunity of trying some one elses hearing aid and was able to hear and yesterday Curtiss and I had the opportunity of taking her and Sora Aneta (and another guy who happens to have a daughter who works in the clinic, is the one who had Mina try his hearing aids and due to these things knew how to get where we were going;) to the city of Cluj (a three to four hour drive depending on traffic and what you are driving) where there is a clinic that tests and makes hearing aids. We left here a few minutes to eight yesterday morning and since it has been rather rainy here and since the forcast called for rain all day we were loaded with umbrellas, rain coats of various sizes and descriptions and a change of clothes in case all else failed. The trip out was uneventful with only one stop for gas and a pepsi for the driver, the conversation a mix of Romanian and English. We arrived on the out skirts of the city after only three hours drive and proceeded to make our way to the clinic, and once we got there had to find some where to park which proved harder then it usually is in any of the other cities I have been to here (probably because it is the biggest) eventually we found a parking garage which we scared the Romanians by parking in it as they had never even heard of such a thing let alone use one, it was so funny to listen to them, even I who really can't understand a word that they say knew exactly what was going on and that they were doing some thing that was completely new for them. After that it was off to the clinic which is actually a large hospital for diagnosis and treatment of all kinds of things, at least that is what it said on the sign. Once inside we all made our way to the bathrooms where there was no toilet seat, toilet paper, running water or soap (which I guess would be useless without water) but it met the need and I can't complain since I had some tissues and hand cleaner in my purse (Curtiss said that the most important thing you can have in Romania besides your passport is hand cleaner;) By now it was almost noon and Curtiss and I were getting hungry so we exchanged phone numbers so that they could call us when they were done and we went in search of a restaurant. Now in Romania it is not an easy matter to find some place to eat in a city that you have never been in before in a country where eating places aren't plentiful in the first place and the local people tell you not to eat any where that hasn't been recommended to you by some one you trust. Now when you are in a foreign city there is no one around that you trust to recommend some place and so we just started walking to see what we could find. Scary you might say but definitely invigorating:) (I think I should mention here that all the preparation we had made to stay dry wouldn't have done us a bit of good as we left it all in the car, so I guess that it was a good thing that it didn't rain all day we were almost back to the village before running into any, but not near as exciting) At first we weren't too successful as we went the wrong way and there were no eating places any where in sight, we did find a very pretty park though that had a nice big pond with ducks in it and rowboats you could rent, mind you they looked like they would sink if you set out in them but they were there and the grass had been cut at some point and the walks were well cared for all in all not usually what you find when in a park in Romania. We then headed back the other way and within five minutes of going the other way from where we started in the first place we came to a little diner that served burgers and things of that sort. As it was getting late and we didn't know when we would get a phone call we decided to try it so in we went. Now picture a hallway that is about ten feet wide, tables set for four running down each side with a small aisle in between them and you have the restaurant. As it became increasingly hotter the further you went into it and because they don't have non smoking areas here (by the time we left I think every other person who ate there smoked at some point or another) we sat at the table closest to the door where I ate my very first Romanian hamburger(after praying really hard that we wouldn't get sick from them). Allow me to decribe: a beef patty (I think, it didn't look like beef) shredded cabbage and french fries all on a large bun dripping with (Romanian)ketchup and mayo. Yes, the french fried were on the burger. It was quite tasty. Curtiss got almost the same thing only his patty was breaded and fried. After leaving the restaurant we came across a sight that was quite surprising and that Curtiss and I are both kicking ourselves for not getting a picture of, I guess we were too shocked to be thinking cleary. A band of Native Americans in full costume playing on the sidewalk! Not a normal sight in Europe. And from there we went and looked at a huge stone Catholic cathedral that had it's beginning in the 14th centery, you can't ever find some thing like that that old in America, it was beautiful. While we were in there we got the phone call that Mina was done and that we could meet them at the gate of the hospital and we could then go to the car. The only thing to note on the way home was eating our second lunch;) Aneta had packed a lunch for everyone that we didn't know about until we got to the city but as we didn't know how long the apointment was going to last we still went and got those burgers but since the others hadn't eaten and because Curtiss was hungry again we stopped at a little road side park that had a few tables and ate lunch for the second time;) because I knew that we were going to be eating again I only ate about half of my burger and then half of my sandwich and so again I was able to avoid the overly full sick feeling! Exciting isn't it?

Now for a brief update on Mina. She was able to get hearing aids but can't really use them until a part is made that had to be ordered and she goes back to get them fitted to her. But she will be able to hear!!!! and we get to make another trip to Cluj in a week or so:) How fun! Please keep Mina in your prayers as she adjusts to life with hearing aids, she does have a very small amount of hearing in her one ear so she can speak a little but not much, and she has kind of lived her life in the background not taking part in much that has gone on around her so this will be an adjustment for her, but I think she is excited and looking forward to being able to hear what is going on around her.

Weep with those that Weep and Rejoice with those that Rejoice

This is going to be an interesting post as I have very opposite things to report, one sad and one very happy. I'll start with the sad. Yesterday morning we got the news that the night before one of the guys from the village fell over dead (we think from a heart attack) while he was in front of his house chopping wood. I have never met them and the Archer's don't know them well either but we have been keeping up with what is happening, small village life everybody knows what everybody else is doing. He was only in his mid thirties and he leaves a wife and child. We were told yesterday that his little girl (she's about 5) hasn't been told anything about what is happening or that her daddy isn't ever coming back. The family is a very Orthodox family and they believe that the only way a person can be saved is if the people that are still living do things for the dead like how the funeral is done, lighting candles, ringing church bells and paying the priest. I don't know exactly how funerals work here but I do know that right now the family has the body in their home and people are going over there and sitting with them, the actual funeral is tomorrow sometime so the body will have been dead for over three days by the time it is burried. The whole thing is just so sad to me, please join me in praying that this loss will make the others become dissatisfied with the emptiness of what they have and that they will start to look for the truth, for Jesus.

Now for more happy, exciting news. Please join the Archers as they welcome Nathaniel Curtiss Archer into the world. Daniel and Whitney Archer (the Archer's oldest son) are now the proud parents of an 8lb 3oz 20in baby boy. Whitney is doing well and both mother and baby are healthy. It is so much fun to see the excitement as Grandma and Grandpa celebrate, they have gotten to see a couple of pictures and they are definitely very proud. They are very thankful for Internet that allows them to get the news so quickly that he is here and doing well and can even see him.
Well, I think that about wraps it up, this was definitly a most interesting post to write, it is an amazing thing that one family can be grieving and the other rejoicing over the loss or gain of life and we as christians can (and should) feel for both even though what they are going through is so vastly different. Our god is awesome.

Goodbye!

Well as far as I know I am now the only H- in Romania now, yep Dad is on his way back home. Actually he may be in U.S. air now as he left here hours ago. Yesterday was a day of going around so that he could say goodbye to everyone. Sunday night we were invited to Frata Saul and Sora Dora's home for a surprise at noon yesterday and what was our surprise when they had lunch all ready for us;) It was all left overs from the picnic on Saturday and they were just as good the second time! After we finished there we headed for the city of Hateg so that the Archers could get a few gifts to send back to people with Dad and so we had a nice relaxing time of walking the street looking in stores and finishing our time out with ice cream:) Because of the fact that Dad's flight left at 6:00 in the morning and since the airport is three hours away we had to leave in the middle of the night. I wasn't going to go with him because I knew that it would be an all night thing and that I would be kind of dead today and Tuesday's are English class here but the Archer's decided to postpone them until Thursday so I decided to go along and spend a little bit more time with Dad. But between shopping and trying to get a little sleep before leaving we had one more goodbye to make so at about 6:30 we headed over to the F- home and they served us HUGE pieces of cake, several different kind of soda, mineral water and coffee. And because of the fact that I didn't think that I was going with Dad I drank my whole cup of coffee and as it went down so did any hope of sleeping before leaving;) Anyway we had a great time with them and they are all waiting for Dad and any one else to come and visit:)
We left there just after 8:00 and then I decided that I would go along to the airport so we all lay down to try and sleep until midnight. I think that I kind of dozed off for the last hour but I never went into a deep sleep and at about quarter after twelve we all got up and those going had something to eat since we weren't hungry at supper time due to ice cream and cake. So we ate and said our goodbyes to those staying behind and we were off. The trip went very well and we had no delays either going or coming back and due to a couple of stops for caffeinated drinks grogginess never hit. We got to the airport at 4:00 and left at just before 4:30 and made it back to the apartment just after seven. I went to bed at about 8:00 and slept until noon so if this post makes no sense at all that is why:) it is now 9:00 and I think that I should soon hit the hay as you never know when the next adventure will hit and you have to be ready for anything in this life, I speak from expierence:) Anyway if you could all be praying for Dad he hasn't gotten much sleep in the last 24 hours and after he lands he has a six hour trip to drive home before his journey is done and he will be traveling by himself. Hope you all have a great day! Goodnight;)

English Class

Yesterday we had English classes here in the apartment. The Archer's now have three different classes and they all happen on Tuesday, so it's a full day. Monday we spent the day preparing for the classes. We made work sheets up (yours truly typed them) and Mr Archer worked on the order of what would be done and when. The Romanians have more holidays on their calendar then what I would care to count, (they have some where around eighty) and this last weekend had three days that were considered a holiday for one reason or another, we don't even know what was being celebrated as some of them were just village holidays. And in Romania if there is a holiday there is no work so because of that and the heat English classes were very poorly attended. The three classes are divided by grade and age so that the first group that came at one were six, seven, eight or nine year olds and with them who can barely read Romanian let alone English we spent most of the time just having them repeat after us simple English greetings.
For example Mr Archer had me walk up to each of them and shake their hand while saying "Hello my name is Joanna. What is yours?" and then they were to respond with
"My name is ____." and fill in the blank. Considering the fact that they are very shy around strangers (they wouldn't even look at let alone talk to the Archers for the first month they were here) they did very well and answered me. The second group are about 10-13 year olds and they understand more English so Dad and I were able to understand most of what was going on.
This time Mr Archer had them come up to Dad and I and tell us their names and ask for ours. He asked one of the boys to do it first and he said "no, ladies first" which we all thought was very funny. Some times that slogan does work in the guys favor, but some how I don't think he would've said that if we had asked him to take the first piece of cake;)
but they all did introduce themselves eventually and a couple of them even looked at us while they were doing it.
The last group which is made up of the highschoolers had the poorest turn out, there were only two girls there, was the most enjoyable. They came because they wanted to learn and they speak excellent English so the whole class was understandable. Both girls want to practice their English so I will probably be spending some time with them and we will all learn from each other as they are willing to help me with Romanian.
Let me tell you a little bit about them, Rahela (Rachel in English) as the eldest of seven children, is the second mother to her siblings. Lorena the other girl is almost 16 (we share a birthday) and is one of the easiest people to talk to that I have met over here as she isn't shy and will ask questions and answer them when they are asked of her. So I am really looking forward to getting to know both of the girls better as they are both very sweet and they are the only ones that I have met that are even interested in spending time with me. I would really ask for your prayers as I interact with both these girls and any one else that I meet while I am here that I can be a friend and an example to them.
I hope that this is understandable as I don't feel like rereading it to make sure that I wrote with correct english when I was writing about english class:) Elise feel free to edit if you need to;)

Touch Down!

I just wanted to let all of our faithful readers know, that Dad and Joanna have arrived at their final destination safely, without any problems with connections or anything. Thank you all for your prayers! I am hoping that we will get an more informative update tomorrow, after they have had a good night sleep.

And she's off!

Joanna is now somewhere over the Atlantic ocean! Please keep her and Dad in your prayers as they are traveling. Last thing we heard they were on board and waiting for the plane to take off, and that was at 5:30 so they should be in the air now. They should arrive at the Archers tomorrow at about one o'clock in the afternoon. Oh, and thanks to Trina, here is the long awaited picture of our new hairdo's!

Don't you just love Joanna's? In person it looks even more adorable! Everyone who has seen her has said, " You got chopped!"

The computer over there is really slow, so Joanna has told me not to post to many pictures, because she wants to look at our blog too. But what she doesn't realize is that the only two cameras that we have in our house are hers, (and she took that with her,) and Mom and Dad's. Now, Mom and Dad's would be fine, except, they don't have any batteries for it. Which are essential to running a camera. So, I will not be able to post any pictures for a little while. Maybe I will have to splurge and buy my own camera, so I can take pictures while Joanna is gone.

Goodbye!

I am just coming on to say "Goodbye" to posting on this side of the ocean for a while.
Tonight we have some friends coming over for a pizza farewell party. Dad and I leave at 5:30 tomorrow morning to drive to the airport and then we are suppose to fly out at about 5:30 tomorrow night. I would like to ask for your prayers for safety and smoothness for our flights as you never know what kind of delays or kinks you might run into.
And now so that I can drive you crazy I will tell you that I got my hair cut yesterday and I really like it. Elise will post a picture sometime soon but for now I'll just tell you that it is so short that my beautician had to shave the back of my neck.
There now I have you all mad at me and if you live close enough maybe you will be so desperate that you will drive over to see me before I leave:) I will post and let you know that we made it safely just as soon as I can. Please keep in touch so that I know that you haven't forgotten me! And now to use the words that Jen wrote on my take out box the other day, it's Romania or Bust for me:)

Cry out to Jesus!

To everyone who's lost someone they love

long before it was their time.

You feel like the days you had were not enough

when you said goodbye.

And to all of the people with burdens and pains

keepin' you back from your life.

You believe that there's nothing

and there is no one who can make it right.

There is hope for the helpless, rest for the weary,

and love for the broken hearts.

There is grace and forgiveness, mercy and healing

He'll meet you wherever you are.

Cry out to Jesus.

Cry out to Jesus.

(Cry out to Jesus By Third Day)

This is the only song I could think of that tells what the Chapman's are going through today. If you haven't heard the Steven Curtis Chapman family has lost one of their little adopted girls due to an accident in their driveway. If you want more information, or if you want to leave them a comment you can go to this blog, or you can go to Steven Curtis Chapmans website. Please keep them in your prayers as they go through this time!