Father's Day

Yesterday was our third preview service and we did a BBQ at the clubhouse where Marty and Lori live. The service was great, Marty taught a great, encouraging message for dad's, that was applicable to all. The BBQ was great, we had ribeyes! The kids fished, rode on the golf cart, and played in the sand. Marty taught golf lessons and it was a beautiful day.
Satan was at work too though. I just cannot believe him and the lengths that He is going to to make this too overwhelming for our family. I woke up in excruciating pain. It was like someone was stabbing me in the abdomen over and over. It was almost humorous that it was happening THE morning of a big day for The Crossing. I called my doctor's answering service and took some pain meds to get the pain under control and literally felt like crawling up in a ball on my bed. I also was really concerned that I was going to pass out. So I called my mom and asked her to come over. The pain meds quickly started to do their job and I decided that I should take a shower. Hey, I would either have clean hair for church or for the hospital. That is seriously the thought that went through my mind. I didn't want to waste time if the pain went away and my doc told me not to go to the ER because I didn't want to be late for church. But at the same time, I was waiting for the return call where he would tell me what to do. The pain changed into a dull, tolerable pain and the on-call doc told me to call my doc in the morning and that there was no need to go to the ER unless I started to get dizzy. It was scary. (I was also bleeding a lot and though I might be on the verge of hemorrhaging again. So. Not. Fun.)
But God showed up, helped me get through the pain and I was able to make it to The Crossing and the BBQ. My sweet mom helped me so much and I wouldn't have been able to do it without her. Also, my sweet sister came over and made the kids breakfast. Thanks Shauna. What would I do without my family?
I think I was THE happiest person to be at church bc of the lenghts it took to get there. Thank you Lord.
So, here are some pictures! The boys both caught their first fish! Thanks Dude, Jeff, and Pop!




















Much Love,
Mindy
Oh, by the way, my pain is not near as bad today. Well, it's the normal bad, not the " I am going to pass out bad." Geez Louise.
edited to add...We had 3 baptism's!! I left the BBQ a little early and didn't get to be there. By the time Jason got home Sunday evening, we were both so tired that we just went through the motions and didn't talk much. It wasn't until today that I found out about it! How Cool! The Crossing's first 3 baptism's!