Well, its been a while, but God is Good.

Here we are, its been months since I've written.
We've been through some really strange times, that you could probably call pretty horrible if you wanted to.
We are still wrestling through some of the loss that we feel in relation to Miracle, its not easy to explain and I'm not even sure that I understand it.
And since, we have lost our friend David Thompson, who lived with us for 2 years. A handicapped man who has been a part of our family for longer than I've been alive. He went into the hospital, but never came out again as his cancer got the best of him. He went to be with Jesus on April 9th, 2009.
Thinking about what it means to have and be a best friend, I would have to say that Dave was exactly that... always loyal, always there, always loving and always remembered to ask about the things that were important to you... what an amazing man my friend David Thompson was.

We'll miss him deeply and forever, not just as a friend, although he was that without question, but as a family member.

Losing him has pushed us into a situation of having to have Melissa go back to work, and I'm heading back to school in May for my masters degree, more busyness but most of it feels like we don't really have any options. We have a new exchange student who has caused us immense amounts of headache but we hope that we can come to an understanding and keep her around as she could be with us for 3 more years until her graduation.

So, the stress load is high, but somehow we feel at peace (usually) and God provides amazingly, we get through our days and are provided for in ways that don't make sense to our human brains. What an amazing God we have the honor of loving us.

So, I'm not sure why I decided to write today, but I did.