A Long Night

Last night was a very long night. At around 7:30pm, Halle tripped over a book and fell headlong into the corner of an open dresser drawer. She fell right on the corner of the drawer and received a deep cut above her right eyebrow. Needless to say, we were freaking out. Shan started crying and I ran looking for anything to stop the bleeding. Finally, we decided to drive over to the Welch's and have Sarah-Marie look at her. Being a nurse, she recommended we go in for stitches. AH! So sad! We headed out then for Central Baptist Hospital and the ER. Upon arrival, we saw the ER full of patients already. Finally they took us back and gave her 2 stitches. This was the hardest of all because Shan and I had to help in holding her down while the PA sewed up her wound. Thus, Mom started crying again. I am thoroughly convinced that an incident of this nature is harder on the parents than it is on the child. Halle pain is external; ours is internal. All said, we finally got in bed around midnight. Now our prayer is for her total recovery and as little scarring as possible.
Ah...and to think we have only been in Wilmore, KY for a little over a week. Let's hope there are no more incidents the next 10.5 months.

Leaving the WU...It's gonna be hard to do!

I am just now really starting to realize that in a little over two months, we will no longer be residents of Marion, Indiana. I never thought I would say this, but that will be a sad day. I mean, not that I don't have great memories of Marion from college, but moving here was not my first choice due to the natural beauty of South Marion! :) However, after being here 2 years, I have come to truly love the people and the town and the 2 colleges that are in the areas, being IWU and TU.

This picture of myself, Halle, and Lindsey Wachter at an IWU men's basketball game this year really epitomizes what I love about college ministry. Here is a success story in Lindsey. She comes from a non-Christian home and was in my youth group for 3 years. I prayed that she would attend a great Christian school like IWU so she could keep growing in her faith...and she did! Now she will be entering her junior year of college and wow! I am getting old. I have former youth group kids getting ready to graduate college. What is the world coming to? In fact, there are 6 alone that attend IWU. YaY God! That alone is a success in my opinion. Oh well, I do love this place, my ministry, and these kids. I can only pray God will take care of them and continue to grow them long after I am gone physically out of their lives.