Busy Week

Lot of things happen in a week. Since I do not yet have internet in my house it is harder for me to keep this updated like I want to.
So...what has happened...
We got our tickets to the west coast. That is exciting. Our trip begins on April 6th. We plan on driving up to Wisconsin and seeing our friends for a few days. There is a "bereavement" seminar up there focusing on people who have lost children. It is only one day and some of the workshops are issues that Jen and I have been going through...so we thought it would be a good idea to go to that. We thought that since we were up there we should just fly out of there. So we leave Milwauke and land in Boise, ID on the 11th.
Jen and I are excited to see our friends from our church in Weiser, ID. We will visit everyone there and stay for Easter Sunday and the drive down to So. Oregon to visit our families and home church. We hope to have a little memorial ceremony for our Anarazell while we are there.
We will be back here in MO. first week of May. SO we are going to gone from here for over a month! Crazy...just the way things worked out.

We have a prayer request...
Our friends Kris and Mary-Jane just had their third daughter, Ayla Joy. She was 9 weeks early.
Sine Christmas break Mary-Jane has been on bed rest because of complications in the pregnancy. They have a 4 and a 2 year old as well, so Kris has been Mr. Mom for a while. So when we got back in Jan. Jen made it her personal mission to help them out as much as possible. Jen has been doing laundry, dishes, cooking and cleaning house for them...anything to help.
Well, they had to go to a hospital about 1 1/2 hours away to deliver the baby and now she has to stay in the NICU for quite a while. Thankfully she is doing well, she doesn't even need oxygen. She was 3 lbs 15 oz...17 1/4 inches long. And we thought Anarazell was tiny!!!
So Ayla has to stay in the NICU anywhere from 1- 2 1/2 months. So please pray that she stays healthy and no coplications arise with her. Also for her family as Kris is going to stay here on campus with the other two children and try to continue his classes and Mary-Jane is going to live close to the hospital. Lot of things going through their minds and hearts right now.