Thursday, 29 January 2009

Snakes, spiders, scorpions, etc...

Some things that I do not like:

1. Snakes
2. Spiders
3. Scorpions

I noticed that they all begin with the letter "s". So if I would have letter of the alphabet that I like the least that would be the letter "s." Most definitely!!

When I first came to Arizona, I thought for sure that it was over runned (is this actually a word??) with snakes, spiders, and scorpions. I knew that they were all waiting for me, just waiting to jump out at me. I was real nervous about that. Then I had a friend from Bullhead City who gave me wise advice and I gave it over to the Lord. He made them. I just asked the Lord to keep them out of my way.

I was given other advice about how to keep scorpions away. One was to have chickens. Umm... I not really big on that idea. My son is trying to wear me down though. I thought wouldn't the scorpions come because of the chickens. The feed and all that goes with it. They aren't as easy as one thinks they are. The other advice was to keep the house sprayed once a month inside and out. That I can live with. Once the food supply (ants and spiders) is killed then the scorpion has no reason to come into the house - unless it simply wants to die!!

Today, I am not as nervous as I first was. I even allow the kids outside! LOL!! We are learning about those "s" and to know which is dangerous and which is not. That way they won't come running in and tell me that they saw this massive spider and not know what it is. I look at it this way. It is a good schooling opportunity in science. They don't even know that it is a good school opportunity. They just like to find the worst one and then discuss it and then try to get me believe that one is lurking in the closet!!!

Looking for a building

Pray for us as we search out a building. We were quoted $1,000 a month for a small 1 room unit in a shipping area. My mouth fell open!!! Okay. While a the library we saw on the board that there were several places that were offering a room for use. So, my husband will be checking them out as well as the schools.

We are seeing an interest. I have had an opportunity to speak with my landlady. She brought her daughter in law over to speak with me about some physical and spiritual trouble. I had a good opportunity to speak with her. She is suppose to get back with me concerning doing a Bible study. Pray for that. She is struggling with the snares of this world and is going on her own power. Pray that we will have an opportunity to help her meet Jesus and that she can go on His power.

Everything is finally here!!

We finally got our container. It was so nice to see everything again. We basically have been camping out at the house. Amazing what you can make with very few kitchen items. It sure was easy to keep the house clean! Now, it is time to unpack those boxes. My husband kindly put them in a storage unit so the house is over ransacked with all the boxes. He brings me home a few boxes and I can deal with them as we go. Much easier that way.

Thursday, 15 January 2009

Hello

Ok, I haven't posted in a LOONNNGGG time. Things have been kinda of busy around here these past few months. Finally, we are settling down and I will have more time to start updating this blog. Stay tuned.