Bringing Home the Bacon

We just want to thank all of you who have been praying for our children and their job situations. Zachary has been able to get a full time job, his first day was today. Yea!!! There were many discouraging times this summer as he pursued different things for his future and doors kept closing on him. We are thankful for this full time job and the provision it is. Zachary is planning on working for the next year and applying to several colleges for next fall. We would appreciate your continued prayers for Caleb as he is looking for a job as well.

Original Soft Eating Liquorice

I have introduced you to some of the foods that Vern and some of our children enjoy eating. Therefore I thought I would introduce you to something that is high on my list of foods I enjoy eating. It is the BEST black licorice in the world. I have a love for black licorice and a few years ago when we were in Venezuela Vern's brother Murray came to visit. I don't think he even knew I loved black licorice but he brought us a bag of Darell Lea black licorice. And thus began my love affair with Darrell Lea black licorice. It is just so amazingly soft and delicious.(It is also 98% fat free.) It is made in Australia. When Murray came to visit in June he brought me back several bags of this treat. I have been rationing myself to only eating a piece every couple of days so that this treat would last longer. So all you black licorice lovers out there, you must try some Darrell Lea black licorice and it will change your taste buds forever.

Burrito Supreme

I have been looking for awhile for a burrito size cast iron pan and a few weeks ago I found the treasure I was looking for. It is one of those things that when you are looking for it you will never find it but while I was on the hunt for something else I stumbled on to this great find. I was excited to try it out yesterday. I took awhile to find something big enough to cut out the burritos with. I pulled out almost every large size bowl and pot lid to find something that would work. The pan is a couple inches wider then my taco size pan. The larger size shells will also make better size quesadillas as well as a nice larger size crepe. So for anyone out there who has also been looking for a burrito size pan, it can be found.

Better Late Then Never

Last night at supper we had our belated birthday celebration for Zachary. It was so nice to be together as a family again. We served Zachary's favorite meal and Ruth made an very yummy cake.

Meet The Rug Doctor

Zachary was our rug doctor today as he moved from room to room steam cleaning the rugs. We only had to rent the "Rug Doctor"; Zachary works for food. Great job Zachary! (smile)

In the Blink of An Eye

We started off on the road this morning and we headed straight to the border. It was such a difference from yesterday where there were HUGE line ups. We were able to go right up to the toll booth with almost no wait. The paperwork went very smoothly. Within an hour we were finished doing everything that needed to be done and we were on our way. There is more paperwork that Caleb will have to do here but we were so grateful that all went so well. After crossing the border we only had a three hour trip home. When we were about 45 minutes from home we made a stop. I was traveling with Vern in the U-Haul and I moved into the car with Zachary as we needed to make a detour to pick something up. Only a few minutes after, as Vern was leaving town, a car going the other way crossed over the yellow lines and came right into his lane. The driver was out of control. Vern swerved to miss him but the car did knock one of the side mirrors off the U-Haul. Vern had the window open so the mirror came flying in the truck and glass shattered every where. Vern got cut by one of the pieces but the other pieces went right where I had been sitting just minutes before. In The Blink Of An Eye so much can happen. Vern was just amazed that there wasn't a lot of damage to the U-Haul and that he made it out of there with only a cut. Caleb was right behind and swerved and went onto the gravel and could have so easily been hit by this guy as well. And if I still would have been sitting in the truck, I could have been shot with all sorts of pieces of glass. In The Blink of an Eye.... Our lives were spared. Thanks to all of you who have been praying for us. Your prayers carried us through!

Plan D

I figure we have already been through plan A, B, and C so now we are on plan D. As you can see our cars aren't sitting in front of our house. That's because we are in MI.still. We didn't get out of Chicago as early as we had hoped as we had to wait for a big down pour to pass before we could finish packing the last few boxes. Then as we drove through the city it started raining again so that really slowed things down again. Otherwise we made fairly good time UNTIL we got a few miles from the border. Then we were sitting bumper to bumper. We needed to get to an office at the U.S. border by 8:00 p.m. In normal conditions we would have easily made it but since we were sitting for 40 minutes and hadn't even moved one mile we missed the deadline. It is the longest line up I had ever seen on this side of the border. So we spent the night here in MI and will head out again this morning. We are hoping things have cleared up a bit and we won't have to sit for too long in line ups.

U-PACK

It is the end of a VERY long day. The truck is almost all packed up. There are a few things that we will have to fit in tomorrow. The truck is VERY full so packing it went slow. It was like putting puzzle pieces together to get everything to fit. Tomorrow we will get up early and finish up last minute things and then head out. We would appreciate your prayers that all goes well as we caravan back home. We have to stop at the U.S. border to do paperwork then we have to do more paperwork at the Canadian border. Needless to say tomorrow will be another long day.

Let The Packing Begin

We just got back from getting the U-Haul. We encountered a few snags in the process, one being that one guy wanted to charge us three times the amount then what we were quoted on line. We ended up going to a place that earlier said they didn't have the size we wanted. But when we arrived they had one and we did get the deal that was quoted on the Internet. So now Let The Packing Begin,

Thank-You

Thank-you for praying for Caleb and the different obstacles that he has encountered in making his move back to Canada. Things have now fallen into place for Caleb to be able to move back to Ontario. Vern, Zachary, and I will make a quick trip down to Chicago to help with the move. If all goes well we will be back here Monday. We would appreciate your prayers for safety on the road and that all the paperwork at the border would go smoothly. Since Monday is a holiday here in Canada we could be in for a long wait to reenter Canada.