Nova Scotia:- End of Week 4 - Skype

It's heavier then it looks

 Exactly a month from the day we left Lacombe, our stuff arrived on a truck – all 15,000 lbs of stuff. Honestly, I am glad it didn’t come right away. It gave us a chance to make room for it all and still we are short of space. As we unloaded I kept asking: “What else can still be on there? I am sure we must have it all by now?” But we still couldn’t see the end of the trailer! It is amazing how use to not having things a person can get, but once it all comes back it is kind of nice. You forget the small joys like sliding out of bed in the morning as opposed to rolling onto the floor. The house is looking  more like ours than ever before, which is quite something considering the silver kitchen cupboards.

Its lighter then it looks

I installed a d/w and slide-in range today, made me think a lot of working with my younger brother, Mark – the best appliance installer in Central Alberta, (he had a great teacherJ) - miss you Mark.  

Jaymie went to a friend’s birthday party today; small steps that make a big difference to making a place a home. Maddy’s bedroom progresses slowly thru the drywall stage, Sweis the Pastor/Drywaller has been a great help with this. Keep Maddy in your mind and prayers as she begin school on Monday.

Ashley visited us this week, it was great. Not in reality, but virtually. We “skyped” with her. It was kind of nice to hear her and Maddy laughing together as Maddy gave her a visual tour of the house. Technology is an amazing thing, sometimes we hear Jaymie in her bedroom “face-timing” with her friend Shane in BC. I wonder what prayer would look like if we could “skpye” or “facetime” with God? How much different would my prayers be? Would they be less self-focused and more God focused; more serious and less light-hearted or more frivolous and less serious? Would God share what is concerning him today, or are his concerns the same today as they were 2000 years ago when his son walked the dust in Palestine? For me, too often prayer seems like a one-sided conversion. I think I would like to “skype” with God, but it would probably burnout my screen, so I guess prayer will have to do.

Good Night - HJK