REALLY! WHAT NEXT??????

This week has felt like a real roller coaster ride.  We started out in the week with school orientation.  We got to have an oral exam and then a written exam so they would know how much spanish we truly DON'T know. So then two nights ago we were getting ready to go to bed and Darin heard someone crawling on the roof.  So he goes outside and I of course lock the door behind him and praying that nobody would jump down to get him because I was not going to open the door and let them get to my sleeping babies.  So we were looking around for about 30 minutes. Darin said he couldn't see completely on the roof because they could have just been laying down. So we came in turned all the lights off, got in bed and about 20 minutes later we heard it again. They were trying to hurry and crawl off of the roof though. So we finally got to sleep around 1:30 and are beautiful kids decided to wake up at 5:30. We were exhausted.

So yesterday we are at the school with Cooper and Avery waiting to have a scheduled meeting with the head person at the school when all of the sudden everything was shaking.  It kept going and going and everyone was running out of the buildings and the Tico's were crying. It was pretty scary. Well, it ended up being a 6.1 earthquake. Cooper enjoyed it of course.  But I actually got pretty dizzy. It didn't just have a sudden stop.  It just kept going back and forth slower and slower. The head lady has lived here for 20 years and said it was the worst she has ever felt.  Then later in the news they said it was the worst in 25 years and two girls did die in a landslide that was caused from it.

Then later last night we were getting to skype with Nana and Papaw and Cooper was all excited to tell Papaw something and he slipped off the chair and hit his eye on the wooden arm of another chair. It immediately started swelling and then turned blue.  He screamed and screamed and we actually had to get off with them.  Sorry Papaw and Nana, we love you all and hope to skype again soon.  So we got him calmed down and to bed.  Then I heard a gecko in the house. So some say it is good to have them in here but I am no Ace Ventura so Darin had to catch it and get it out of the house.  So we then got to bed around midnight and Cooper woke up with a nightmare around 2am.  So we were calming him down and he asked Darin to pray for him, which almost put me to tears.  Just a reminder from my three year old son that we should take everything to the Lord first and foremost.  Then right after he feel asleep we heard someone run across our roof, again.  So we stayed up for quite a while and we prayed about it.

I felt so relaxed after that just knowing that the Lord is so much bigger and that Satan is doing everything he can to frighten us.  Which don't get me wrong he is getting his job done at times.  But just the reminder of God is in control and only his grace is sufficient.  Look at what he has got us thru already: Lost luggage finally arrived, Cooper's surgery two weeks into our stay, a mouse was caught in the house and there is much more.  So who knows what Satan or the Lord has in store for us, but all we can do is just Praise the Lord for each trial, tribulation and victory.  The Lord has put us here for a reason and we must give Him all the glory!

So this morning we start out tired and one with a black eye, but we just ask for your pray for strength, wisdom, protection, energy and most of all that we acknowledge the Lord in everything we do.