Joy Unspeakable

I am SO excited!!!! I just found out!! I've met her twice, seen her LOTS. She goes in between Anchorage and Juneau and Fairbanks ALL the time!!
She is SO nice and down to earth!!!! WOW...I wasn't excited about either McCain or Oboma, but thought McCain was the lesser of the two evils. This is exciting!! At least for me.....=)

I have a friend that is going through something. If you could, please say a prayer for her. Also, please pray for me...I want to say the the right thing!!!

We are home again....boy.....I don't want to go anywhere for a while. During the night last night I woke up with four charlie horses. Man, they hurt! I can only remember having two others in my life. I can only think that they are from sitting SO much. Between the flights, and driving all over MN and WI this last week....

Tomorrow, will be our first Sunday in our new church building. I'm really excited. Today, we set it all up, which was fun. Also, because I'm WMB, I got a big WORLD map and got push pins to mark where The Church has been established through out the world. I'll have a whole wall to do with it what I want! Cool huh!?

Ok, I'm beat....later! =)

We got into the cities yesterday evening,. It took longer because the flights were full. We wound up going through Fairbanks to get to MSP. We then stayed the night at the Thompson's. Pray for Autumn Thompson. She went into surgery today to remove her thyroid because it's cancerous. She's in high spirits though and is her bubbly self. I know prayer surrounds that young lady.

Tomorrow, is the funeral.....

We got Caribou Coffee yesterday!!! SOOOO YUMMMY There is no coffee like Caribou Coffee. My stomach was fine, but I made sure I had plenty of food in it.

Grandma is with Jesus. What an Awesome thought! I thank God that she went so peacefully in her sleep.

Tomorrow, Mom, Dad, Joleesa, and I head out NWA to Minneapolis/St.Paul. We again go stand by, but this time a an emergency priory. I thank God sooooo much. I didn't even know where to begin to put flights together for us, but management -Alaska Airlines took care of it all for us.

Please be in special prayer for my Grandpa....Grandma was his whole life......

Wow…..we are in Anchorage FINALLEY! I was thinking about all the different obstacles that have come up between all of us, getting to and from the Assembly. Whether it be cancelations or delays… no delay was short and all were with the chance a cancelation.

-Over booked flights too Charlotte
-Tornados in Chicago
-Volcanoes in Alaska
-Mechanicals in Chattanooga and in Chicago
-Dense fog in Juneau
-Passenger manifest discrepancies

At the close of the Assembly, or rather the last night WE were there. I knew the devil was going to attack. I was so blessed at the Assembly ….and wanting to do whatever it was the Lord wanted from me. You could say a complete surrender. I asked the Lord to help me not be blind to the enemy, and recognize it for what it was. It upsets me that the devil can hit me in a weak area….in the process making me wrapped up in me and less able to see what others need and showing them the love and peace found in God.
It’s kind of ironic though while the devil was trying to destroy my joy, my faith, and trust in God on this trip. I just recognized it for what it was…..the devil. I have to laugh……the devil sure put up a good fight, but God, as always, came through and answered the prayer that I had prayed.

Yup. That's right. I don't all the details, but somewhere along the Aleutian Chain there is a volcano erupting. No flights going in or out of Anchorage. Sooooooooo, me, mom and Jenna are stuck in Seattle. For who knows how long. Their not re -booking passengers until tomorrow night! YIKES!


BTW!!!!!! THE ASSEMBLY WAS AMAZING!!!!!! AAAAAAAMMMMMMAAAAAZZZZZING!!!!!!!!! I think this is just the devil trying to steel our joy and excitement. Well, he's just trying. It won't work! HA!!

Mom and are I are here in the Chattanooga airport hoping that our flight doesn't cancel. Although it looks like it will. We had seats and everything. We had to be up by 4a to be here by 625a, and the next flight doesn't leave out 210p.......I wish now we would just tried the 210p flight. Dad and Joleesa got seats on a Northwest flight when they checked in, but they may get bummed as well if this flight cancels or if there is too many tight connections.

I really would prefer not to go threw this again.....I'm already tired..........


Mom and I both have to be to work tomorrow. Mom, in the morning and I at 630p. Please pray....I was hoping that it would be easier this time.....

We made it to the Williams! Wow, it was stressful though! We made it into Charlotte at 830p on Sat. night. We made the VERY LAST flight out of Chicago. I admit I was worried. I had felt like God was going to take care of it. Regardless, of how bad the flights looked. Then flight after flight was too full and we didn't make it. US Airways agents weren't very friendly and weren't helpful at all. I can't tell you how frustrating the whole ordeal was. I was So tired, and felt like it was my fault if we didn't make it. Finally, I went into the bathroom and prayed. Prayed for a miracle. That last flight was over sold and it seemed that we were pretty fare down the stand by list. We made it though!!! That last flight, and the last seats. Praise God! I know God was testing my faith. He told me we would make it the day before....why didn't I trust Him??? *sigh* It's a lesson for me I guess. What He says, He will do!!

Today, we head for Cleveland. It's about 6 hours away from the where the Williams live. I'm looking forward to the drive. I love the Williams So much!!

It IS SO HOT HERE!!! It's almost 100 right now!! crazy huh?? Much too hot for me. I don't feel like moving or doing much of anything when it's this hot.

OK, gotta get of this thing!!