Bejing 2008 Olympics!!! ... and life

Can you say Bejing 2008 Olympics. I am literally drowning in Olympics and loving every second of it. Can you say addicted? Can you say Phelps, men's most amazing 4 x 100m swimming relay in history, or USA men's gymnastics? These are just three of the most amazing events so far at the 2008 Olympics. Two years ago when the last winter Olympics were on, I had a newborn a 1 year old, a 3 year old and a just turned 5 year old and Ken was in France for two weeks. Therefore I holed up in my house and watched the Olympics about 17 hours a day. I would divo all the events, and then when I had time I would watch every event, sometimes 2 at a time. It was one of the most fun two weeks of my life. It was almost like being there. Yes, that is how much I love competition.

This year my sweet husband got cable for my birthday so that I could watch as much as you can possibly watch from thousands of miles away. Yes, I will say it does drive us all crazy to have the TV on that much, but it is only two weeks, and it is almost like a vacation for me; the vacation we can't really afford to take this year.

Speaking of that, please continue to pray for the selling of our house. We have been finished with most of the process with the IMB (Southern Baptist Missions Board) and have a job waiting for us in Europe/France as soon as we sell our house and pay off some debt. We are so excited about finally doing what God put on our hearts 4 years ago, yet we know though that God is still working in us. And in this trudgingly slow process God is really getting at the deep stuff in us, and though this process has been painful, we know He is growing us in ways we need to complete the task He has put on our hearts to do.

So please join us in prayer about this. I continue to feel more and more that this is a spiritual battle and during this process God has brought me back to my passion for prayer. We have also started going back to our old church, C3, which is a 45 minute drive for us. We love that church and the people, and just feel like that is where we need to be as we continue to prepare to go overseas. It is also where all my siblings go (with the pastor's wife being my sister), and I just love seeing them every week... but if we could sell our house, move into a smaller house to rent, and not have to drive so far to be more involved at our church, all those things would get us so much closer to getting overseas.

I really do love all of you who stay connected with me through my blog, and I pray for you often as I read about your needs through your blogs. Our God is such an awesome God and is wanting to do great things through all of us, yet so often we just have to get through the growing process to reap all that He has to give us on the other side.