Lots of News

Goodness what month!
Mom finished the first round of chemo about 3-4 weeks ago. She was a fighter and that was awesome! Tommorow starts round 2 of chemo. Keep my mom and dad in your prayers. Oct. 16th is her next scan to see whether the chemo reduced the tumors or not. Be very prayerful about this, please.

I went to a great and glorious OB-GYN last Thursday who is helping us find out some answers to some problems we are having and have had for many years. I won't get into in this post. She is a Christian woman, who is determined to help us and voiced that to us. You all have no idea what a blessing this is to me and she listened and did only what I wanted done. 'Lord, I praise you for this woman.' If any of you need a good gynecologist, The Hubbard Clinic is the place to be in Louisville, Ky.!

I started attending a Precept Bible Study, which I am really liking even though it is very time consuming. I don't get how our teacher has time to lead two precept studies and attend one on Isaiah, wow, she is my hero! I really want to learn what Paul talks about having a sincere faith and living with a clear conscience. That 'clear conscience' thing is really important to me. Because my mind is my battle ground and I want to serve God in purity and holiness, knowing that I can't be perfect myself, but that through Him I have the power of the Holy Spirit that can control me! And that's exciting when I think about it!

Hurricane Ike struck last week and it really shut down Louisville. Literally. Michael and I did not get power until Yesterday, Sunday. It was so weird...our power came on just about the same time our power had gone away the week before. It was pretty cool! Thankfully a friend had a generator and let us borrow it all week, so we were able to keep our fridge on! I really enjoyed not having power EXCEPT for no dishwasher, or hot water for showers. Those two things I did not enjoy. But, having no T.V. no internet, etc. I found it spectacularly nice! And the sky at night, Wow, it was gorgeous!

Last night Michael and I, and my parents attended Chick-Fil-A's 1st Annual Desert Cruise and it was the bomb-diggity! We had deserts from teh Homemade Pie and Ice Cream kitchen, Gordon Food Services and GODIVA chocolate(woo-wee, that one made me especially happy!). We ate great food, danced the night away and it was a blast. At one moment, us four were out on the deck and the DJ played the song 'unforgettable' and michael and I danced and dad just held mom as we overlookd downtown L-ville. It was a precious moment for us and a very precious evening! My mom had no idea I liked to dance so much and it was cute to watch her laugh at me as strutted my stuff on the dance floor. I just adore all of them!

Michael and I are really excited about youth ministry. The NOOMA videos have really sparked something in our youth group and last months study on doing a quiet time/getting rid of the noise in life to hear the voice of God... really worked well with our students! We are excited about what God is doing in us and in our students! I feel a revelution stirring!

How is everybody?
How can I be praying for you all?

Love you all lots!

NChrist,
Susan