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Bahamas, Beaches and my Babies

Roger and I enjoyed a four-night cruise to the Bahamas this past week with another couple from our church. It was great to get away without the kids, and I’m so thankful that my parents are willing to watch them for us. The weather was beautiful and warm. The average temperature was between 70-80 degrees! J The beaches were beautiful and we enjoyed a boat ride, and banana boat tour and a snorkeling trip (on which we didn’t see any fish!). I have to admit I had a really bad headache most of the week, and I was cold a lot of the time. That might have had to do with a rather abrupt transition from Alaska to the Bahamas! J

Friends

It’s always nice to see the Lord at work, and we definitely saw His hand upon our cruise. First of all, when we came back from Alaska and saw where our room was located on the boat, we noticed that the room description said that the room could not be converted to a king bed! L After multiple phone calls and e-mails, it was confirmed that the ship was full and that we were stuck with the room that did not convert! I was very disappointed as I didn’t want to spend the week with a room like “I Love Lucy” (you know, the twin beds). We called the cruise line the night before we sailed, and the customer service representative said that we could upgrade as a room had opened up. The only problem with this plan was it was an extra $175.00 that we hadn’t budgeted for our cruise. After talking it over, we decided not to do it, and we would just live with the twin beds. When we boarded the ship, the lady mentioned that we could talk to guest services aboard the ship and see what could be done. So, Roger walks over to the desk and talks to the man in charge. He calls up housekeeping and they said, “Oh sure, it’s no problem to convert the beds!” WHAT!!! Apparently, if all else fails, talk to housekeeping! J So, the beds were converted to a king…happy wife, happy life! J (Just Kidding!)

The second area that we saw God’s hand was the blessing of the cruise. I’m thankful that we weren’t aboard the ship that was stranded at sea, and our cruise had a Southern Gospel Music Tour group aboard! None of the groups were on a pro-professional level, but more like church groups that had made cds and traveled in their surrounding areas. While I didn’t like every group that sang, I was delighted with many of the old Southern Gospel songs, and my heart was blessed and refreshed. It was just another reminder that God loves me!

We also met two older couples on board that ship that became good friends with us. We exchanged e-mail addresses and hope to stay in touch. It’s good to be around sweet older couples that still love their spouses and know how to have a good time. It was an encouragement to our hearts.

The Lord blessed and refreshed us with the company of our friends, Corey and Hannah. We enjoyed meals, spending time with them, and lots of laughter and memories. It was the first time we had traveled with another couple on vacation, and we would definitely do it again.

Thirteen weeks!

After a wonderful week away from the children, it was great to come home to them. I feel refreshed and renewed energy to take on the task of raising our children for the Lord. We also are announcing our newest addition to our family coming up in August! J The Lord has blessed us with another child, and I am 13 weeks along. We are excited about this addition and the boys have all declared that we have enough boys; they’d like a girl baby! J Well, I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what God has in store. We’d appreciate your prayers as we continue to seek God’s will for our future and our family.

Our love to you,

Sarah