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Slowing Back Down

Well, tonight was the last night of revival. I have truly been blessed. Bro. Mickey was so encouraging to our family. He directed the church to get behind The FisherMan as their pastor and join together to accomplish great things for God. From the pulpit he reaffirmed my place as a wife and mother. He also took a genuine interest in The GuitarMan and his music. He and his wife homeschooled their 2 daughters throughout school. They had some extended family come for revival who also homeschool. So it was nice to "talk shop." I'm sure it was good for The Fisherman to also be able to "talk shop" with a fellow pastor this week. I can say it has been good to be in the house of the Lord! We have had an awesome time of worship and annointed preaching. Last night it was almost 11:00 pm before we got home. We had another man come to sing during the service. Then Bro. Mickey preached. Afterwards my boys quickly set up and treated us to what you could only say was a concert! Bro. Mickey's daughter came (she is also 19) and it so happens she sings in a praise band and plays a bit of guitar herself. So she got up there with them and they had a blast. How wonderful to see them using their talent to glorify the Lord!

It has been late nights and tired days for the last two weeks. It will be nice to get back in the regular groove of things again and slow down. We took the last few weeks off as a summer break from homeschooling, at least formal learning anyway. With VBS and revival it was hard to concentrate on bookwork! FlowerChild has begged every day this week to get started again. Isn't that great? A seven year old begging to do schoolwork! I have to say I miss it too. There are a few things I need to attend to before we get back at it so hopefully I can take care of those things this week.

But there is enough time for all that later. For now? It's time for bed! :)

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