Life With Us...

The weirdest thing happened today during Bible Study. The power went out. A few minutes Pastor came in and told us the power would mostlikely be off until at least noon, and we might want to adjust our schedule accordingly. Not bothered by the idea, the teacher returned her attention to her book, and I said," God can turn the lights back on whenever He wants, Pastor." as soon as I said those words, the lights came back on! More joking than not, I turned to the lady beside me and said," all He had to do was say 'let there be light'!". Then we noticed… the kitchen lights still didn't work… of the (I think) 6 rows of lights in the Fellowship Hall, only the two rows over us came on… the heater was only working on our half of the FH. And the TV and DVD player worked for us. Brad spent the rest of the morning trying to figure out why only some of the lights were working. The TV and DVD player quit (thanks to Brad) just as the DVD segment for today ended. A f...

We took Thomas, yesterday, to see the allergy specialist. We got news that wasn't too surprising: his allergy to milk and soy are gone…. We also got some news a little more surprising: his sensitivity to peanuts has quadrupled! On a scale of 1-???, where 14=a 100% chance of reaction every time exposed to the food, three years ago he "scored" a 15, yesterday we discovered that he is now a 60! Doctor said T is guaranteed to react and pretty significantly every time he encounters peanuts. Considering it's a life threatening allergy, I appreciate the peanut-free policy our church has adopted. I know there are some who assume it's because of our son (the assistant pastor's child), that the policy was adopted… no, it was because of T the importance of protecting the kids who come and we are unaware of their allergies the policy was put in place. Peanut allergy is the most common food allergy, and it is a life-threatening allergy. People say, watch your kid and le...