COMMON GROUND COFFEE HOUSE #59

I hope this shows i'm wondering where Diane is in this new Florida postcard.

-hugs Sue- My prayers are with her!

Look out for Jeanne she's going to be the next storm.

 

Well, we have had an interesting afternoon. Several folks are insisting that I not stay here during the storm. (Hubby's in Mexico, but I would rather stay here in our nice sturdy parsonage.) I even had one woman tell me that I HAVE to go with them to Memphis. And onether tell me that I WILL be riding the storm out with her (down her dirt road.) I think its very nice that people are looking out for us, but the thing is, I want to be able to get back home. I know there will be a lot of debris in the road, and its possible that the road will be blocked. Also, the girls and I are sick, and I dont want to take it to someone else's home. So, I really don't know what I'm gonna do. But, I will figure it out, and I will make sure my munchkins are safe.
Oh, and to make matters more complicated, a church member died today, and I have no way to let my husband know. He calls when he can get to a phone. The last time he went on a mission trip (in July) someone died and he had to fly home for the funeral. I dont know if thats an option this time b/c of where he is and the storm.
So, another day in the saga of my life...

 

You and your sweet family will definitely be in my prayers. While I do have some kin in Baton Rouge, we are up in the northeast part of Louisiana, so most all we'll get is lots of rain and maybe some strong winds. All my older kin live over in Brookhaven, but they've weathered storms before.

 

Lea, I'm in Georgia, due west of Atlanta by 35 miles and 24 miles from the Ala. border so no real problems here.

We sure hope you'll be safe Tater Tot! Do head for safety. I was born and raised in Mobile so know the effects of a storm. Blackbird's wife is alone too with her children.

 

Praying that TaterTot and her children are safe.
Praying for Sue, Courtney, and her family.
Praying for all the people in the path of the storm.

 

Sue, I'm praying for a miracle here.
Life sure can change fast.
Gina

 

Hi All, Gina... you are so right.

Gayla and the children left about 10:00 a.m. and are heading into some stormy weather. Hope they make it before the weather gets too bad.

Jim took Rob and Sheila (FollowingHim) to Lifeway Christian Stores where she found the book she'd been looking for. We were going to get Jim1999 to find it for us if all else failed. She was looking for 'He Chose Twelve' and it was 'out of stock' online. Now Jim's dropped them at the mall and I'll pick them up before 2:00 so I have plenty of time to pick up the afterschool children.

Tonight is church of course and Rob and Sheila are excited about attending our Prayer Meeting. They'll get to see the inside of our building. We've driven past the outside. They'll also get to meet some of my little Cubbie Friends. Rob and She are both so devoted to children and the children can tell they are loved. Rob's helped Nick with some experiments and work and Sheila and I have done some craft and recipe sharing. All in all.... it feels like 'family'... but GOOD family.

Here's a small photo of the 3 of us ladies taken today and then you can click for a larger one.

I'm the old one. It's Gayla on top, Sheila in the middle and then me at the bottom of the stairs.

Click here for larger photo!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHEILA

I love that picture Diane thank you so much for sharing. I hope that they miss the Bad weather. From what I can tell it's heading straight your way. I was watching the news and they said there were 36ft waves a few hundred miles out to sea


In other news, Janolin is back in school today. Still with a cough but, feeling much better. Anyway, i'm going to hop around the board and think about what to do next.

See you guys later !!!

 

Happy Birthday Sheila! isn't that wonderful, you and hubby in US soil.

Nice picture Diane! Who is that cute blond at the bottom of the steps?

 

Thank you to you all for your birthday wishes.
We are having a lovely time here with Jim, Diane and Nick. We have been made very welcome and we are so glad to have the opportunity to be able to be here and have such wonderful Christian fellowship. It was so good to see Gayla too with her children and we hope to hear soon that she has arrived home safely.
We leave tomorrow to fly back to North Carolina and then we fly back to the U.K. on Friday evening, arriving back home on Saturday morning.
I hope everyone is ok and I will catch up with the posts soon.

God Bless

Sheila

 

Happy Birthday Sheila!!

Does that make you older than me again .

 

Hello,

Diane and Sheila, we made it home at about 3:30, with 1 long (about an hour) and 1 short stop (to pump a little gas in the tank). [called and left a message on the machine.] It was a good visit.
The only moisture was some short sprinkles from the south side of Atlanta to Macon. Praise the Lord! It's just cloudy over the whole state of Georgia.


gotta get off here and get ready for church.

 

It's quiet out there,


too quiet . . . . .

 

Hi All! Sue!! Wonderful News! Praise the Lord!

We're just in and settling for the night! Rob and Sheila went to the mall this afternoon and then I picked them up just before going to the two schools for the children. It was raining so many parents were in line. It got home extra late, had to help 4 children with their homework, cook for the 6 children plus us adults and then got the dreaded 'Can't teach Cubbies tonight because my child is sick'. Loaded them all up, dropped two at their home and then off to church. We went to Wal-Mart after church and found it PACKED. Two men bumped into each other and almost fought over it.

So... school has been cancelled for tomorrow and maybe Friday because of the storm. We're very concerned that Rob and Sheila will get stranded in Atlanta and miss their Friday flight back to England. I wouldn't mind them staying!! Just don't want them to lose money!

What else? Oh well.... I was able to call on several moms to help us out and we had two teen girls and a dad to help with listening and bookwork for our Cubbies so the night went really well. Sheila and Rob then got to meet our Hispanic Ministers wife.. LOL... who couldn't understand them or ME when we were talking about the hurricane. We all pronounced it differently.

FUNNY THING!

The first day Sheila and Rob were here and I went to pick up the children I reminded the kids of our British visitors. One 9 year old asked.. 'Do they say Ta Ta, Cheerio Old Chap' and I replied that they did have a different accent than us and used words like 'torch' for flashlight. WELL later that afternoon, Brooke (5) asked Sheila to 'say cereal'. We finally figured out that she wanted her to say 'Ta Ta, Cheerio'. LOLOLOL At supper tonight, Brooke said to Sheila ... 'Y'all shore do tawlk funny'.

And with that.... I'm off to bed! Only 5 hours sleep LAST night and Ty will be here in 6 hours PLUS I'll have all the children since there is no school!

We're planning a 'hurricane party' tho. Nick and I have quite the ideas. Track the storm...., make pinwheels...., punch, veggies, snacks galore and we even have a Christian movie about a storm (McGee and Me).

Do pray Rob and Sheila are able to fly safely. I'm concerned since the major portion is to hit late afternoon and their flight out of here is after 5 p.m.

Night all... Cereal!

Diane

 

WOW, Sue! Praise the Lord! That little one sounds like she's doing just fine!

Batten the hatches, Diane. "Twister and Shout" - one of my favorite McGee movies. It's the only one where he doesn't get THAT Nick into trouble.

Stay safe and dry, all.