Sunday

A few interesting things after I posted my blog last night.  It seemed Julia just got tired of being sad.  She and Libby were under a blanket together, and she seemed to finally just relax a little.  Also, Jon Eide, a local Mission to the World missionary called us and arranged for us to go to the church plant they are working with.  So that was the plan today.  We got up and started the day with no hot water.  It teased us - it wasn't freezing cold, but it would not get warm . . forget hot!  At least we were awake after our shower!  It wasn't really that bad. It was just a tad above the temperature that would make you shiver (can you really get clean if all your pores are puckered shut into goosebumps?). Jon sent a taxi for us, who took us out near where the church meets.  As it turns out, we were standing near a casino with a man-market going on while we were there.  We had flashbacks to our trip to Odessa.  We were just standing by the side of the road, we didn't know where we were going, and we didn't know how to get back to our apartment.  Fortunately, Jon's daughter walked up and took us to church.  We had a great lunch - we bought a chicken yesterday, so we cooked that, had mashed potatoes and salad.  Not bad, considering we never know what half the stuff is that we buy.  I had a mini-celebration seeing that Auburn beat A&M.  I was hoping, but would not have bet on it.  Today was much better with Julia, until I went and acted all fatherly and made Julia cry.  A necessary conversation, but also difficult.  As I'm sure you all know, it is not the first time I have made one of my girls cry.  But she and Libby are snuggling under the blanket again (an advantage to cool temperatures at night) and she seems to be okay.