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So, this morning I realized that it had almost been a week so I last blogged. Lots of happenings, so I thought that I would update you on our lives at this moment.
On Wednesday, Merle arrived from Caronport and it was great to see him. On Thursday, we went on a road trip to see his folks in Fairmont Hot Springs. The road trip was very healing, to be in a different place to see different people and to be with a friend who understands me, and was just there to listen, to care and to laugh. We had a great time and we hit two hot springs on our trip. We also went to Radium Hot Springs, and is it ever nice there! It is the nicest between Farimont, Banff and Radium in my mind. We also stopped in Banff for supper at my favourite restaurant the Stump and Magpie - it is a Tex-Mex place and it is great. It was great to see Merle's parents - they are retired but have spent over 45 years in ministry and have been through the bumps and agony of ministy - it was great to get their perspective, hear some of their stories and to hear that our God always redeems, renews and delivers.

The weekend also brought Andrew's baseball team playing in a tournament in Lacombe. Andrew did well and is one of the stars on his team - as the season progresses, I am sure that his play will only get better. Yesterday he pitched for an inning and got one of the Okotoks players to hit into a double play, he threw a guy out at home from shortstop and was 2 for 3 at the plate with three stolen bases, a couple of runs scored, an rbi, and is cemented into the leadoff spot in the batting order. Mom and dad enjoyed the tournament too, and we are getting to know a lot of the parents from the team, which is nice.

Yesterday we did not go to church, mainly because I had to rake the baseball diamond. It would have been hard to go to church. Yesterday and today have been the hardest days for me so far. I am feeling overwhelmed with feelings of sadness and pain. God is good and this morning I was reading in John 21 and it was very encouraging - but the pain is still there and I know that this is part of the journey and that through the pain, we will come out the other side better, better than what we are right now and better because the journey will chip off areas that need to be chipped off, but also our relationship with God and our friends and family will be deeper, more authentic, more real. So this journey we will go and see what we become through it.

I keep coming back to Jesus saying, "the truth will set you free" and that is keeping me going today. I know the truth, God knows the truth and at this point that is all that matters. Thank you for your prayers and love - we need them.