We just had our first three-hour training session for Mexico missions today. With my uncertainty now about whether or not I can go (currently, I cannot get the time off cleared at work because I'd be missing a lot of key training sessions - unless the training gets pushed out, in which case I would be able to go), it makes this process so much harder for me. I know the more I train with the team, the more I pray for the people in Mexico, and the closer it gets to August, the greater my desire to go will be, and the harder it would be to stay back if I can't get the time off at work. I wish I could know right now, regardless if either way, if I could go or not. It would make it so much easier on me, but I know God doesn't always work like that. I feel like He has a lesson to teach me through all of this, yet it's so hard to be patient, and to have faith and know that His plan is always bigger and greater than my own. So now, instead of my prayers being "Lord, let me get the time off so that I can go," it's "Lord, grant me the patience to trust in Your plan for my life." - so that, whether I go or not, I have peace in knowing that I will be wherever God wants me to be. A huge blessing, though, is when crystal and I started talking about this, we thought maybe 5-7 ppl max would go. Now there's 20 people going! Praise God! :)

Yesterday was such a beautiful day - Canaan had a sports day, so we headed on over to Stevens Creek County Park to eat some bbq and play some sports (I sure have consumed a large amount of meat recently. Thankfully, we had salad for dinner to balance it all out). While I enjoyed the perfect weather and the outdoors, what did alinna and her sister do all day? Click here to see. They didn't even bother to open the blinds or windows! Just sat in the dark room, turned on the lights and went at it. alinna actually finished the entire 900-page harry potter book. Seriously, what kind of children's book is 900 pages? It'd take kids, like a year to finish! I guess that's a good thing considering how long it's taking for each subsequent book to come out.

On a totally different subject, it's pretty much 90% sure that alinna and I are going to get the big screen 50-inch tv out of storage and into our place. The only problem is that we can't figure out for the life of us how to rearrange our furniture so that everything fits and doesn't look weird, yet at the same time maximize the viewing space of the tv itself. If anyone has any suggestions, please tell us. Parties at our place! Now, anyone have a sound system they'd like to donate to us? ;)