We had a great trip to Michigan this weekend. We got to hang out with Chuck and Juli Cason, two of our best friends from VA Beach. They adopted 3 year-old twins from Haiti and they are a riot! They also have a 9-month old baby who is adorable. I loved watching my kids interact with the twins. They were so encouraging and helpful; totally putting the twins above themselves and their comfort. They had the best attitudes!
Vince preached at Kensington Community Church 4 times this weekend. We also got to spend time with the McGlassion family from Paradox church and Nick and Amy Boring from Kensington.
Detroit reminds me a lot of Buffalo, NY, where I grew up. The city is totally run-down, the population is diminishing, and they both have easy access to Canada. Because of the Canadian connection they both have Tim Hortons Donuts! This is big plus for me because of my love for peanut donuts. I had about 10 this weekend!!!!
One of the highlights of the weekend was actually seeing green grass and trees! I miss the color green so much!
Our flight home was a mess. I was near vomiting the last part of the trip. We had a launch team pool party scheduled at our house at 5pm. We arrived home at 5:30pm. This wasn't a very good plan. All I wanted to do was jump in bed, but instead I had to play hostess with the most-est! Upon entering the house, several kids came up to me screaming, "Kuma (our dog) has human poop all over his face! He was drinking out of the toilet bowl and someone didn't flush, so he got poop all over his face!" I wanted to run out of the house screaming. Don't even get me started on why there was poop in my toilet.
Do you ever have a time like this, where you have to make a conscience decision to have a good attitude? Where you have to choose to ignore yourself and put other people ahead of you? It's sounds easy in theory, but actually doing it is a little more difficult.
I sort of succeeded. I put on a happy face for about 1 1/2 hours and then couldn't take it anymore so I took a nap on the couch while people watched the game (I have an amazing ability to sleep anywhere, anytime. It's awesome!).
I realized this morning that I need to have a better attitude. Next weekend we have the same exact situation to go through. We will be in California and will arrive home around 5pm, right when our launch team meeting starts at our house. I'm going to pray that God gives me a whole new attitude (an attitude like Dawson and Marissa had with the twins), that I will have a hospitable heart, and that I will view the situation in a more positive way...and that Kuma doesn't have poop on his face when I get home.
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