What kind of parent am I?

OK, last night Jonah decided to throw a fit when told it was be time. One minute he's standing there fussing at me, next minute he's on the floor crying. Finally, to bed he goes; he ends sleeping thru the massive storm we had. 3:30 a.m. rolls around and he's up, standing there beside my bed. He says that his toe hurts, half asleep I take him to the bath room then back to his bed. 

I sent Jonah to school with the belief that he has probably sprained his foot. When I went to get him at daycare, there Jonah sat without a sock or shoe on and his foot up in a chair. His daycare teacher was worried, Jonah wouldn't get up and play; nor would he put any pressure on his foot. I called Rae and told her what was going on. Once Rae got to the church she sat down and looked at Jonah's foot and finally decided that she would take the him to Urgent Care to have the foot looked at. 2 hours later, the foot has been X-Rayed and the foot is BROKE. Man do I feel bad. Mollie and I left church and headed to Urgent Care. When I arrived at Urgent Care they were starting to put a splint on the foot. Jonah now has to see an Orthopedic Doctor tomorrow to see about a walking boot (he can't use crutches and may have to use a wheel chair).. My poor lil fella can't put weight on his foot so we are having to carry him around the house (the boy weighs a TON).. Right now he's asleep (thanks to good meds)..

I now sit here wondering what I missed, how did he get hurt and why was I not listening when he was trying to tell me he hurt. Jonah has a hard time getting his point across and I guess that I'm gonna have to try harder when he's trying to tell me something (even at 3:30 in the morning).. Guess I won't be winning "Father of the Year" this year. More to come as we find out from the doctors how bad of a break that it really is!!!!

Our God is an awesome God

Alright, we leave for Moldova on March 7th to work with Sweet Sleep in 2 orphanages building beds. We had a garage sale to help raise money to finish paying our way and to help buy needed supplies. That was OUR PLAN, not GOD's; nope on Saturday, January 31st two more people came forward wanting to go with us. Our garage sale raised just over $4500, we were excited with what we could do with the money. God provided the money and now we felt that he wanted us to increase our team from 4 to 6... Lots of questions arose as to whether there was still enough time to get their tickets and other things. A quick phone call to Jon at Sweet Sleep let me know that there was still time.

Here's how God truly works; if we had keep our team to 4 from our church, then our overall team would be us 4 plus 1 from Georgia and a member of the Sweet Sleep staff. Now by adding 2 more we are closer to achieving our calling "A Bed For Every Head". Thru the gracious support of our church the financial burden and worries of this mission trip have been taken care of and now we can focus on training and preparing for our work with the children in the orphanages.

While we are gone on our Mission trip (March 7th - 15th), I'll be blogging here so please add this site to follow our Great Adventure.

Wanna see where will be working? Then watch this video: 

Tournament Time

OK, for those who know me know how chaotic (coaching 2 basketball teams, my men's bible study (Go BOB) and trying to raise money for the Moldova mission trip) my life has become. Thru God's grace, a very understanding wife (can't say that enough) and a supportive group of friends and church; I just had to get thru Saturday, January 31st then things could slow down some. Problem is; my 2 basketball teams were going to be in a basketball tournament and the Missions garage sale were going on at the same time. We were to play at 8:30 and 9:30; if both teams won then we would play the following Saturday (and I could go back to the garage sale to work); if we lost, we would continue to play and no garage sale for me. My older team was undefeated and if they played like they had been then they should win and they did. 

My younger team is a different story, it normally takes then the 1st half to get warmed up and playing. Well, Jonah showed up ready to play and so did the rest of my team. Jonah played the first and third quarter and actually was able to tie up the baskeball (which was fun to watch). The rest of my team were on fire; we normally score 16-18 points a game, this time they scored 40 and win. 

I am so excited, both teams win and I get to go back and try and raise money at the garage sale. The boys were excited and now get to play this upcoming Saturday at 8:30 and 9:30. My hopes and prayers are that Jonah continues to want to play. As stressful as it is for me, he tends to bless everyone on the court and in the stands..

Dan