A very interesting week

Well we picked up my sister in law and her family Monday. They came from New Zealand. I think they are enjoying their time. It can be a culture shock and stimulation overload coming here.

By Wednesday, we get an email - a friend’s future mother-in-law is kidnapped. Followed many hours later with a phone call, a friend of ours mother was dying. Many prayers lifted for sure. By Thursday night (which we had a 4.7 quake go by), the kidnapped mother was returned after a fraction of the ransom was paid. By Friday afternoon, our friend’s dying mother went to be with the Lord eternally. All this not with out other things going on.

Our son sprained his arm. Poor guy has a wrapped up arm and tiny sling. We’re a bit tight in project stuff. I’m not eating the ‘best’ things for me but I’m enjoying our company and excited about more next week!!!

Love to you and your family. If you haven’t… I encourage you to seek, accept, and live Jesus!

Praying for Clayre’s Family

I belong to a Mom’s group for us who had babies in February. Most of us have been on since we found out we were prego. Well I just got back from our trip and was catching up on the group and found out that sweet Clayre has drowned in the family pool. The email from her mommy was this:

“Clayre drowned in the pool this morning. We are absolutely devastated and completely lost. She was our first and only and Joe and I feel so empty. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE- if you have a pool safeguard it! You
never think that it will happen to you but it can happen to the best parents with no warning. The pool fence had been ordered and was 2 weeks from being installed. What else is there to say? This is a nightmare…”

Please, if you have a pool, put up a Pool gate, alarm, or fence for the safety of your children and other children that might wander in you rback yard (relatives or neighbors). Lets not let this tragic accident be forgotten for all who have a pool.

The paper article is this:
http://www.lasvegas sun.com/blogs/ cops/2008/ apr/07/1- year-old-drowns-pool-henderson/

Her mom also emailed us that a fund has been set up at Bank of America #501000262965 “The Clayre Rukavina Funeral Fund” She says, “ALL proceeds will go to families who can’t afford pool alarms/ covers/ gates.”

DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for anything other than passing on this information. You give money at your own risk. I know I will give as God leads us to. I am a stickler for SAFETY!!!!

 

 

Sweet Helena, we’ll miss you & pray for your three blessings!

I just found out today that Helena Kemp has passed on from this Earth. She was on a PCOS Moms list we’ve been part of for years! She has sweet 5 year old triplets and now they are with out parents. See Helena’s husband passed on before her nearly 2 years ago. WOW! Our list is numb. We just found out.

Her blog | Obit 1 | Obit 2 | PCOS Quilt Square | Photos 

She is a sweet dear woman who lent me a dress to wear to my brother’s wedding in Dec 2006. She told me to pass it on and let it get used. I was 8 months pregnant and had no winter dressy clothes. I feel priviledged to be gifted this from her. She wore it when she was prego with her dear triplets and went to a formal event for the Jewish Community with her beloved Andrew.

We hope her family will contact us and let us know what we can do for the children. They are loved by all of us who know Helena and all she went through to concieve them with Andrew, have them, love them, loose Andrew, and be a single mom of three. We now pray for the family in their time of grief and taking care of these precious three.

Love and miss you Helena!