Today, awakened with a start by the phone, I realized I was going to miss late teachers meeting. OOPS...being part time, it is an option. Then however, I was awakened again...My husband letting me know that morning classes and afternoon classes had been flip flopped. Now I had to slip into high gear. The test was ready, we wouldn't have to fight after lunch sleepiness; this is a good thing. Best of all, because it was late Monday, 7th period dropped. At 10:36 AM, I was done. Time to write a new test and prepare for other things this week. Or...I could go home and work on neglected projects. I am now free with the day ahead of me! Unexpected blessings and sense of gift to my day. Thanks Lord.
Softball, golf, weight lifting, and junior play practice have started. Gearing up for the end of the year, as people begin counting down. Paul still limps and felt the winter storm that came our way (before it got here), Aaron continues to build strength and agility,(both still struggle w/ pain and endurance at times) and Josh seems ok. The big prayer map at school is down, and the Seniors graduation board is going up. Mrs. Schimmer rotates between her wheel chair and walker, and she actually has her own shoe back on the right foot. She's learned how to bake from the chair and commands the seniors quite well from there. The crushed foot is still struggling w/ moving fluids back up and swells... they are working on that. All in all, its great to see her "bustling about" in her "wheeled" way. Life has obstacles and trials...they make us grow. But God means it for good, to grow us up.
Most of the biggest blessings that I can think of are not things at all. After this last "birthday" weekend for my daughter, my cup feels quite full. What a privilege to hang out, laugh, enjoy a cappuccino, cake with extended family, to love, to enjoy together, and to give gifts both silly and useful, to enjoy a meal cooked by my son, and hear the laughter of my son(-in-law). [Not sure why we must delineate "the son-in-law", he's just adopted and a son.]
Posts are a oddity to me, a public journaling, and a mystery as to what to write. I forget to check others blogs, as I obviously forget about my own. But.. here I have published a subsequent blog. Who knows, someone might actually read it. I guess that is the point after all.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Map At School
The day of, or day after, Mrs. Schimmer and the boys' accident and I heard everyone talking about people they had called to pray, I remembered that others before in this situation had used a map to remember and see how many people were praying with them. So, this is the map as we have gotten it so far.
At first the students were not quite understanding what the map was about, then several of them got really excited about it. It has been interesting to see them check out all of the town, states, and countries that are involved in our prayer chain for everyone involved in the accident.
I'm posting it here so that you all can see the tremendous response of the family of God. I'm so glad for that support and the power of prayer.
This is my first post ever so I hope I get it accomplished correctly.
Below I have copied the lists from the pages at the side of the map:
The State of Oklahoma
Corn:
Corn MB
Washita Heights students & faculty
Corn Heritage Village
Weatherford:
Assembly of God churches
Emanuel Baptist Church
Pine Acres
Servants Heart Church
Mid-First Bank
WOCS W’ford
First Baptist Church
Ada - Smith’s Church
Allen:
East Central University group
Church group
Bartlesville
Beaver - Hoover family
Canute – Kevin Merz, Principle (called to say they were praying)
Carnegie – Kathy Bittle
Clinton:
First Baptist Church
First Church of God
First Mennonite Church
WOCS
Trinity Lutheran Church
Custer County Election Board
Cheyenne – First Baptist Church
Cordell:
Cordell MB church
FBC
Custer City
Deer Creek - Area
Elk City:
First Baptist Church
First Love Church
Ladies Coffee Group
Patty’s Dentist – Mrs. Nix office
Enid – MB Church
Fairview - Mennonite Brethren
Fitzhugh
Goodwell - Ok Panhandle State
Harold Mennonite Church
Hobart:
First Baptist Church
First Born Church
Hydro:
Pleasant View
Bethel Mennonite
Jay – Carrol Norris
Lawton – First Baptist Church
Luther - Teresa & Larry Bittle
Meno - New Hopedale Men. Brethren Church
Mountain View
Mustang - Chisholm Heights Baptist Church
Bridge Assembly Church
OKC Area:
Memorial Road MB
Real Church
Nicole McCoy (Derineri)
Cicero International
Sardis Lake
Snyder - First Baptist Church
Stillwater
Stratford
Thomas:
Baptist Church
Bethany Brethren in Christ
Tulsa
Yukon:
Mr. Smith’s friend
Southwest Covenant
States:
Alabama
Huntsville
Birmingham
Tovar Family
Alaska - Sheldon Point (Whitmeyer Family)
Arkansas
Siloam Springs – JBU
Camden
California
Stacy & Carmen Reimer & Camp Jennes
Laverne Calvary Baptist School, Laverene
Huntington Beach – Connie & Duane Ratzlaff
Oakland
Colorado
Woodland Park - Quaker Ridge Camp
Denver
Durango
Gunnison
Florida
Key Largo - Mr. and Mrs. Cox
Tampa
West Palm Beach
Idaho
Sandpoint
Illinois
Decatur
Indiana
Winchester
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Kalona
Kansas
Barclay College – Haviland
Hutchinson’s Girls Home
Hutchinson Westbrook Baptist
Kansas City
Manhattan - Kansas State
Meade Emmanuel Mennonite
McPherson
Sterling
Tabor College - Hillsboro
Wichita
Louisiana (x2)
Lake Charles
?
Michigan
St. Joseph
Minnesota
St. Paul
Missouri
Branson (x3 groups)
Garden City
Raytown
St. Louise
Nebraska
Lincoln
Madrid
Omaha – JT Zahradnik’s church, & Grace College
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Mountain Air
Tucumcari
North Carolina
Durham – Loyd & Rebekah Nice
Burlington – Dr. Keith & Sami Nice
Oregon
Portland – 6 families
Pennsylvania
Auburn
South Carolina
Leon Sandy
Texas
DFW
ACSI – John Craig
Bedford
Dallas
Fortworth
Frisco
Lumberton
McKinney
Paris
Refugio - Blanconia Baptist Church
Richardson
San Antonio
Sulpher Springs
Pampa
Perryton
White Deer
Woodville
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Countries:
Canada – Vancouver, B.C.
“Mary”
Dominican Republic – Puerto Plata
Germany - Capt. Virginia Segul (US Military)
Indonesia – Enos Rumbiak – Freeport Company
Church for Semmy & Ratna Yapsawaki
Mexico – Oaxaca
Dan & Dorothy Case, Neil Nellis,
David & Wendy Nellis
Nicaragua - Aaron's family
Spain – Mercy Deriter
Sweden – “Emmelie”
United Kindom – Friends of “Becky”
Let me know if you have been praying and I missed getting your town or prayer group on the map and you would like to be included. I try to go through the comments at the Schimmer's update and include towns/churches. The last update: 11-20-08. I'm sure that I only have a fraction of those who got called the day of the accident and the days that followed (especially from the Schimmer side)...Thanks on the behalf of our students, teachers and parents.
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