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32+ weeks pregnant... 6.5 year old daughter who is unable to do any of her own activities (including walking)... 2.5 year old daughter who got thrown quite off balance by Daddy's 5 day absence for a support-raising trip (lots of tantrums)... heat index = humidity (mid to high 80's for both)... no AC... I'm actually LOOKING FORWARD to a "calm" air-conditioned, semi-seated 14 hour day at work tomorrow ( sorta )! ;-P

Medicaid won't cover a stroller-type wheelchair which is really what I use most for Gracie since it's lightweight so I (even at 32 weeks pregnant) can lift it in and out of the car. It's also smaller so it doesn't crowd up our little house as much as her "big" wheelchair does. But she's outgrowing the loaner stroller that we have, PLUS, it's a loaner so we need to give it back! So I won a Convaid Cruiser CX 14 on ebay for a nice price (less than $200, new they are at least $1500). It's in rough shape, missing parts, etc. But a little TLC should bring it up to the shape we need it in. I'm using the opportunity to make it into the chair that we need for rough-terrain use in Uganda. It's too big for her now but should last her into adolescence (unless she keeps growing so much!!). We received $500 from Gateways (the Area Agency in Nashua) for this chair project! What a blessing! Here's my plan for converting this chair - please co...

Here are a few sites that I read about moving overseas: http://www.rpbourret.com/kgallag/articles/movingoverseas.htm http://workabroadtravel.suite101.com/article.cfm/checklist_for_international_moving

Josh is on a trip to PA for support raising - pray that all goes well, he makes the right contacts, etc. The girls and I stayed behind in NH. Part of me wishes that we had gone along to hang out with my sweet friend, Gina and her kids, but spending a few days at home is essential as we head out to IL next week for a very busy family reunion. Josh will be much more effective and efficient on his own without having to worry about us, naps, food, etc. Gracie's enjoying sleeping in on her few weeks of vacation from school before summer school starts! We had our pastoral candidate and his family visit for the last week - we all stayed very busy with that visit, very hopeful that we may soon have a pastor which will take a lot of the burden from Josh and allow him to do more support raising so that we can meet our goal of being in Uganda in January. He loves full time ministry but does also feel torn with many responsibilities and roles. Exciting next few months! (I'm 32 weeks p...

I bought a book called, "The Book Tree - a Christian Reference for Children's Literature" by Elizabeth McCallum and Jane Scott. I hope to use this as a guide as I plan on the children's books to take to Uganda for homeschooling. We've already sent several boxes of books to Seattle to be on a shipping container to be sent to Uganda. Hopefully the books fare well in a container on a ship!

http://www.catalystspace.com/ content/read/june10_love_for_ orphans_transforms/ "Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory..." (Eph. 3:20-21)