Sharing the Load

Posted: June 27th, 2008

As early as the beginning of the month of June my health was in jeapordy but, I did not realize it. Then, on June 10th my mother-in-law was taken to hospital where she still is today, in ICU. She is on the mend s l o w l y. That week was busy as family traveled in from all over Canada fearing the worst. Patrick is one of 8 siblings, between them all there are over 30 grown children most of whom have families of their own. As a result of a combination of these things I fell very ill shortly thereafter but am recuperating slowly.

I was back at church this past Sunday when I was reminded by a good friend that I need to be better at asking for prayers. She asked me if I believed in the power of prayer. Well, what a question – of course I do…I had been asking prayers for my mother-in-law almost obsessively since she was admitted. “So”, my friend said, “what about you”???

And, so, I am asking. Please pray for my health and the health of my mother-in-law Liz and the acceptance of all that God has planned and all that is to come.

God has really blessed our store ministry with generous staff and volunteers. Thanks especially to Janice and Debbie, I could not have gotten through the last few weeks without you.

Time to move the furniture

Posted: June 1st, 2008

Wow, this is our 3rd season of Easter, First Communion and Confirmations and it is busy, busy, busy thank you God!! All of the experts told us it would be 3-5 years to become “somewhat” established, this seems to be true.

We’ve revamped the store to accomodate the new steady traffic flow and I love it! The layout makes much more sense to me with the seating and children’s area tucked cozily in the back area making more room for books and merchandise in the front room. Feedback has been really good. And, Patrick is happy that I do this at the store because (he thinks) it might not happen at home as much…haha, good luck (gee, I hope he’s not reading this)!