I have not been very faithful at all with keeping my blog going... I apologize for not posting or commenting on ya'll for the past several weeks - I will try to do better in the future. I am going to try to get back into the habit of posting twice a week - once on Monday, and then on Thursday or Friday.

     Bible Quizzing is going really well. I'm currently the #1 quizzer, but I don't expect that to last for long, even if I want it too. :) 
     We are divided into six teams, and we have three teams competing against eachother in two rooms. Three of the teams have been neck-in-neck as far as scores go, although the three-way tie was broken, and I think that we're just one point apart from eachother. Anyway, next week, all three of us are scheduled to be in the same room. That is going to be interesting. And a lot of fun!! I hope my team wins.... lol.... everybody wants their team to win.

     I am officially done with science! I was supposed to be officially done about two months ago, but hey, at least I'm done. LOL. After all, Mom did say that it's better to go through it slowly and get good grades than to whiz through it and flunk. :)
     Now I just have a paper to write. Umm.... could I actually have more science instead? Lol... writing isn't my favorite.

     The reading program.... I have read a whole book and a half this summer!! Hehe... four and a half to go...
     I'm currently reading Do Hard Things, written by Alex and Brett Harris. But then you already knew that...lol. Anyway... about the book: it's great. Very challenging. If you think about it, the title itself is challenging. But when you read the book, it becomes ten times as challenging. I would encourage everybody to read it - if you let it, it will change your life.
     Hard thing #1for me: Let it change my life.

     Here is a more recent update on Rachael Kligmann copy/pasted from here:

Still waiting for MRI results.

Rachael moved her thumb in response to my asking her to squeeze my hand and then lifted a finger when I asked her to. Then I touched her left leg and asked her to move it and she did. The nruse witnessed the leg part. I let her rest for a few minutes and then asked her to lift her hand off of mine, which she did.

And YET...the nurse would not tell us anything about the MRI, the drs want to meet with us and anre conferring so I think they are going to tell us bad news about it.

And YET...if you don't look inside a closed box does it change what is inside it?

This is by far the worst rollercoaster ride we have ever been on. I think next time we should just go back to Disneyland.

Pete and I are wearing down fast. Jodi (our pastor's wife) promised us that this is the hardest thing we will ever have to do.

As soon as they tell us that she is likely to live through the night we can at least go home and sleep for a few hours and begin trying to figure out what our lives will look like from here, but she is still in critical condition.

It just keeps getting harder in lots of ways. But she is still alive.

     Keep praying for her! And her family - this is a very big trial for them. Most people would probably turn their backs on God, but they are staying faithful!

Ya'll have a fantastic day!! In Christ,

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