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February 27, 2007
The day after your birthday is usually kinda sad, because it's over, but I had a good day! It was a long day with Chick-fil-a, but it was good. OUr lives right now are especially busy. We don't have a night off this week, and our apartment is a mess!!! I hate having things not organized. I have a few short hours tomorrow night that I will have to clean, but that will be the extent of my free time this week until Saturday! I am praying that I get to sleep in on Saturday!
We haven't even had time to eat my cake yet! It's just been sitting in the freezer! Life is too busy sometimes! The good thing is that a lot of our business is together. So at least we're busy together! Oh, by the way, Ryan wrote that I am a half a century old......I'm not 50 yet! (NOTE: Ryan has since fixed his typo)
- Emily
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Febraury 26, 2007
I am 25 today! It was a wonderful day!!! My favorite part was dinner with Ryan tonight! He took me to Red Lobster and we had a great dinner! And I have to say, our waitress was the best waitress I have ever had! She was so very friendly! If only all waiters and waitresses were like her! She brought me ice cream and her and Ryan sang Happy Birthday to me! It was a great date!
My kids had a party for me this afternoon too, and we played the Limbo! One of the moms brought me lunch too! I got flowers too! Ryan also got me a ice cream cake from Dairy Queen, which is a favorite tradition of mine.
He's the best! There aren't many Dairy Queens around here, so he must have had to search for it!
I also got to talk to many famiy members and friends today, which was so fun! I have been thinking all day about how much the Lord has blessed me in the last 25 years! He has given me so much that I don't deserve! I'm so thankful!
- Emily
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February 24, 2007
Today we went to a Beth Moore Conference that was broadcasted via satelite to our church. It was very good! I am always amazed by the things the Lord teaches me. There are always ways in which i can grow, and need to grow, and I thank god for days like today when I can be challenged by others through Him.
Today there was brown dust filling the sky because there's so much wind. It was fun to watch it! i have never seen anything like that! The sky was brown!
- Emily
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February 23, 2007
Today was pink day at school! There were lots of students and teachers wearing pink! It was great!
- Emily
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February 22, 2007
I was so sleepy today! I took a long nap after school.
The subject of my kids' snack discussion today was ghosts. Do they exist?
Some of them thought they do and some thought they don't. And one claimed to have seen one. It was fun to listen to. We also made quesadillas in cooking today in class!
- Emily
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Fabruary 21, 2007
What happened to February? It's almost over!!!! It's been a great month though so far! Today it was like 80 degrees! Beautiful! We got to go outside for recess. I love to swing on the swingset with my kids.
Tonight we drove up to Frisco for work for a while, it made for a long evening. So much for going to bed early! It was fun to spend time with Ryan though. That's the good thing about living so far from church, we get to spend a lot of time together on the way! It's a good time to talk and laugh and sing to the radio! And get McDonald's Ice cream! That's the best in the world in case you didn't know! I started getting McDonald's ice cream with my roommate in college, and now it's Ryan and I's special thing. We actually went through the drive thru at McDonalds after our wedding before our receeption in my wedding gown and all!
- Emily
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February, 19, 2007
Today was a relaxing day. I slept in, then cleaned some and went to the gym. I actually ran outside, and there was an old man walking on the trail and he had a dog with him. It made me miss my dog, Gus. I used to run with him all the time. I wish I had Gus to run with now.
Tonight is a relaxing night too. I am planning our trip to Disney World, so that's very fun for me too!
- Emily
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February 17, 2007
Fun day today! I worked at Chick-fil-a for a couple birthday parties today, and Ryan did homework. Then our friends came over and we watched Mission Impossible 3. It was very fun!
I'm very tired now! Goodnight!
- Emily
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February 16, 2007
Everyday this week has seemed like Friday to me! It's finally here! It's been a good week! Kindergarten has been fun this week. I have been noticing improvement in a lot of my kids lately and I love watching them grow and learn!
Tonight we went to feed the homeless, and my friend and I were talking to this woman and she needed help carrying things to the place on another street where she's sleeping tonight. So Suki and I wanted to help, but we didn't want to go alone, so we asked Suki's husband to come, and we walked her to where she slept, a couple streets over from where we were. Aparently, this place where we went is like crack ally or something and we were scolded when we came back. We were told never to leave the property because people get killed there a lot. They said that someone was just killed there with an ice pick, and he tried to run away and didn't know that he was bleeding to death! And that they would cut us up into pieces if they thought we had two dollars! Scary stories, and they got the point across, don't walk there at night ever again! We were just trying to help!
God was with us!
Ok, Ryan just came and read my journal and he said that it's time for me to wrap it up - put it this way, sometimes the streets are verrrrrrry scarrrrrrry.
- Emily
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Valentine's Day!
What a wonderful day! Possible the most wonderful day of the year today is!
Incase you didn't know, or I haven't already said it in another journal, Ryan and I got engaged on Valentine's Day, so it's special to us! Ryan got me flowers today and a little stuffed animal and he made me a movie of pictures of us like he did when we got engaged. I have the best husband!
And he's planning an anniversary trip to Disney World for us! What a great suprise! I can't wait!
I had fun with my kindergarteners today! We made Valentines and exchanged Valentines and did fun activities all day. We had cookies for snack and I got to read stories. Also, thismorning a mom brought in two little puppies and we got to play with them for a while. They were so very cute! It was very fun!
One of my Kindergarteners asked today with a very heavy heart, "Mrs.
Flunker, what happens to Jesus on Valentine's day?" It hit me really, Jesus should be the center of Valentines Day. We need to be so thankful that God gave us our loved ones and He loved us first and gave us the ability to love others. I have been amphasizing this week that we need to love God with all of our hearts, minds, and souls, and love our neighbor as ourselves. One way we show that we love someone is to be kind to them. I'm not sure they have it yet, but maybe if they hear it every year, and see it modeled in their life, they will get it someday....I pray.
- Emily
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February 13, 2007
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day!
I'm so excited!
Boy am I tired!!! For some reason at the end of work tonight I got hit with the tired bat! Today was a great day! Tonight at Chick-fil-a we had a Valentine's party. Ryan was the cow for 2 hours. That is tiring! I'm sure he's even more tired than me right now! All the kids that were there got to ice cookies that we made. It was very fun! I love doing parties!
- Emily
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February 12, 2007
Today my Kindergarteners were playing American Idol at snack time. Three of them were the judges, and they spoke and acted just like them! They went around the room and each person auditioned, and Simon of course didn't like anyone, and he would say "you're not going to Hollywood!" And Paula would say "I'm gonna have to say yes." It was very funny to watch how they organized the whole thing! It is amazing how they can mimick what they see and hear. That thought is scary too!
I'm getting more and more excited for Valentines Day! It's really kinda a Valentines Week for us though. I love it!
Ryan was sick today and stayed home from work. We need to stop getting sick! We take vitamins and everything! Maybe some day we will get immune.
Until that day, the Lord continues to make us better each time we're sick, and we ar thankful for that!
They say maybe snow Wednesday!
- Emily
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February 10, 2007
Today is the 1 year anniversary of my journals on our website! It's always fun to get e-mails from family and friends who read my journals! It's been a great year! I like to go back and read about how the Lord has worked in our lives the past year!
Today was a great day! We went to Central Market with our friends who have never been there. Grocery shopping is very fun with friends! And my aunt called today and I got to talk to her, which was great! I miss my family.
I got to talk to my mom too. I love talking to them!
Thanks very much to everyone who reads my journals, the notes you write us make it fun to keep writing. On my very first journal I wrote "Our life is full of blessings!" And a year later I am still saying that!
- Emily
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February 8, 2007
Today was great! Tonight we went to buy groceries at Central Market. I love that place! I made the mistake of taking Ryan with me though. We always end up spending way too much when he's there! I'm pretty good at keeping in our budget without him, but when he's there we're in trouble! We got lots of yummy fruits and veggies though. We also got a stalk of sugar cane! Very fun! Then we came home and had a fun dinner together. And tonight my Bible study group got together to make picture frames and candles. It was very fun!
- Emily
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February 7, 2007
What a wonderful day again! It was beautiful again! And I just got done talking to my friend from Eleuthera, Tammy. It's always so fun to talk to her! I am anxious to get to Eleuthera full time. I can't wait to go in March! I am glad that the Lord made it possible for us to go. We have a lot of work to do while we're there!
- Emily
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February 6, 2007
What a wonderful day it was! It was beautiful here! Sunny and warmer, but still cool at the same time! So wonderful! After work tonight I left to find flowers in my car from Ryan, and a early Valentine's day card. What a wonderful gift God gave us in flowers! They are beautful and smell delightful and make you smile when you see them, especially when someone gives them to you. They make you feel loved by that person and by God who made them for us to enjoy! I sure am happy, and smiling!
- Emily
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February 5, 2007
I was so blessed today when I got home and found a card in our mail box from some friends from back home. They said that they are going to support us as missionaries. It's so encouraging to watch God answer prayers! I am so thankful for the people the Lord has put in our lives! God answers our prayers through so many people!
Ryan went to the doctor today and hopefully will be feeling better soon. We are very thankful for doctors!
- Emily
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First official day of February, 2007 (posted: 2.4.07)
Well, it's really Sunday, and as you notice, the dates don't match up. To the rest of the world today is February 4, but to me it's the first day.
Why? you ask? Well, February is my favorite month, and I have been sick last week and had a bad week, so I refused to start February until I was well again, today! I haven't even changed my calendars yet. I did start decorating for February today though. I am having to find cheap ways to decorate, so it's hard. But it's fun. I figure it's training for when we're missionaries and always have to make our own decorations. I took some material I had and cut out hearts and make two lovely framed pictures!
Pray for Ryan. I am getting better but he is getting my sickness. He's going to the doctor tomorrow. It's no fun to be sick!
We saw about ten minutes of the Super Bowl today. It was fun. Last night our friends came over and we watched "Open Season", which I have to say wasn't the best movie, but I thought it was cute, not one to buy though.
Ryan wanted to stop it half way through. It was fun to hang out with our friends though!
Friday I stayed home from work and did nothing but sleep and go to the doctor. I felt miserable. Remind me to do to the doctor earlier next time!
The Lord is good, and even in the sick week He has shown His faithfulness!
- Emily
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