Rain

It's funny how you have a certain perspective on things from living in one part of the country your whole life, and then suddenly you see something that shakes that. Last night it rained. I'm talking serious rain. Like Noah and the Ark kind of rain. I realized one thing for sure. I had never really seen a thunderstorm before. I have now. WOW! The sky was lighting up all over the place. We thought Kowe was going to die from a heart attack. She was panting, her heart was racing, her eyes were totally bugging out, it was pretty crazy. I wish I had a picture of that. I tried to take a few pictures of the rain but nothing seemed to capture the severity...

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Kindergarten Part II

Kimi and I have to make some decisions about Kindergarten for Hannah. She didn't score the necessary 98th percentile, though she did get in the 90th on the reading portion of the test. So we are still going to try and get her in to kindergarten as the psychiatrist felt that she was definitely ready. However, if she is turned down by the district we still have some decisions to make. We could simply say ok and wait until next year. Or we could pursue homeschooling for a year. But that would definitely add a lot to Kimi's plate. So - just pray that God makes it clear to us what we should ...

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Kindergarten

So we're trying to get Hannah enrolled for Kindergarten, and apparently things are different here in NC. The rule here is that if you aren't 5 years old by Oct. 16 then you can't go to Kindergarten yet. Hannah's birthday is the 21st of October, so she just missed the cutoff. We got a packet of paperwork from the office that will allow us to appeal to get her enrolled, but the lady pretty much said that once people see the requirements, they never come back. Well, we may be the first. Hannah is required to be evaluated by a psychologist (at our expense of course) and she has to take an aptitude test as well as a math/reading test and score in...

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Friends

I am so glad that we are here. I don't really miss our house, our neighborhood (haha), our little city of Yucaipa. But I'm realizing more and more I miss people. I miss seeing familiar faces, running into people I know, going to church with people I know, hanging out with friends, etc. I miss people walking in my front door and knowing they can hang out as long as they want and eat all my food. It's weird to be in a place where everything is new. Every face, every place, every church, everything. I'm praying for friends. If you think about it, pray with me, pray for ...

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Durham

So here we are. It's been a week and half since I arrived here in Durham. Kimi and the kids arrived the next day. I had a great trip out here driving the truck with my friends from Yucaipa - a group of guys I've been trying to disciple over the last six plus years. It was seriously a fun time. Almost every day was at least 500 miles, with only one exception - our short day of 350 miles. We stayed overnight in St. John's, AZ at my dad's place. It was great to see him and his newly opened restaurant. I'm happy for him, but I hope he doesn't work himself too hard. The next night was Erick, OK - which is just inside the Oklahoma state line. We had dinner that night in Amarillo, TX, and the guys were determined to get out of Texas as fast as we could. So we went another 100 miles and stopped in...

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