Bad Day

It's only 11:09am over here and so far the day has not been so great.

It began at 1:45am. The phone was ringing and both Anne and I stumbled out of our bedrooms with a "Who the crap is calling us at this hour?!" expression on our faces. It turned out to be Anne's pastor's wife back home who told her that her dad had taken a turn for the worse and was in the hospital. Anne had already booked a flight back home for Monday morning so that she could extend her stay with her family over the holidays. However, her mother had told the pastor's wife she needed to get home asap.

We tried calling my friend Carly who helped us get the earlier flight home (she works for an airline back home) but the number wasn't right. We finally called my dad who so graciously helped us book her another flight online (our internet has been down forEVER so we had to do it this way). She booked a flight that would put her in Philly around 6:30 pm EST. After we got off the phone there were a few more calls to make and lists of things that she had to get done or that I needed to pass on to people at school. I finally went back to bed around 4:30 only to have the alarm go off 2 hrs later. I didn't really sleep much...just off and on for those 2 hrs.

At school now and completely exhausted. Unfortunately, I can't go home until later tonight after our Christmas play is over. I'll be running on the strength of God and pure adrenaline until then. Thankfully, my kids are understanding of all of this and have been reading quietly and enjoying a day of freetime. Hurray for Fridays.

Please pray for Anne's dad and for her family. I am extremely worried for her and very, very sad. It was a long night last night and has now gone on into the day. It is difficult for me to keep my eyes open as I type this, much less to type on the right keys! I know that His strength is perfect and that He will never give us more than we can handle. But I also know that this is one of those times where I can be completely blunt and honest and say I don't understand why He's doing this. Especially at this time of year. I know that it's OK to feel this way and that it's OK to share this with you all, my faithful readers. This makes it even more real to know that God is bigger and that He is sovereign. His will for our lives is such a mystery at times like this. And yet I know that through it all, Anne will be a stronger person at the end of it.

If you're reading this around 9am EST please pray for continued strength. It will be 3pm my time and the day won't end for me until around 9pm my time.

Love to all.