at 01/04/10 7:55PM
I just bought my plane tickets and reserved a rental car to go to my ten-year FC reunion next month :-) Now all I need is a place to stay, but that'll come (any suggestions/recommendations would be appreciated!). Lord willing, I'm getting to Tampa about 7:45pm on Monday and leaving mid-morning on Wednesday (thank you Daniel for having everything early in the week!).
I'm excited but also flabbergasted that it's been so long...
In other news, my aunt's funeral was a great tribute to her, and my family's doing as well as can be expected. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers - believe me, we felt them. Things could have been so much worse, and I'm confident that everyone's pleading to the Lord on our behalf made a difference with that.
at 12/26/09 7:03AM
When my parents and I got to Leipzig on December 23, my brother met us with the news that Mom's older sister Karen had been in a bad car accident. She was in the hospital, but as of Christmas night (German time - 7 hours ahead of Texas), they thought she was doing better. Then we were woken up this morning about 7am (right after midnight in Dallas) with the news that she had just passed out of this life and into the presence of her Lord. As you can imagine, it's been a pretty traumatic and heartrending morning. Mom's holding up as well as she can, but I still ask for your prayers for her comfort as well as the comfort of her family.
Thankfully my aunt trusted in God, and as you can imagine, that is the greatest comfort of all.