Thank you to all who sent encouraging words our way after the post about the school yesterday. We'll be in the "take a deep breath" stage for a while, and then we'll forge ahead with whatever is next. It's great to know lots of folks are praying for God to keep on working is whatever form he chooses.
I didn't have much time to process anything or even relax on Sunday afternoon. Jachin and Micah and Josiah came over to spend the night. And anyone who has spent time with three little boys knows that we had some work to do – an agenda to fill – a sleepover to revel in. I kind of expected a drive for playing baseball out in the front yard. That is usually the first thing the older ones want to do. However, this time Jachin had saved up his money and purchased a new video game for the Wii. So of course we just had to try it out. He had to show us how it worked. And how good he was at it. And Micah had to have his turns as well. Oh, did I mention what the game was? Baseball. Well, as close to baseball as the characters from the Mario Brothers universe can muster. The general game appeared to be the same. Three bases. Pitcher, catcher, fielders, batter. Three outs. There were some places where what appeared on the screen somewhat deviated from the norm. That hill in centerfield at the Astros stadium looked like a flat strip of the beach compared to some of the obstacles added to make the game more interesting. One field choice was entirely ice. On another the infield was paved with bricks. Another one had what looked like drain covers to the sewer all over the field, and they intermittently overflowed with water shooting to the sky. Still another had a train running through the outfield that strangely only seemed to show up when an outfielder was chasing down a ball. And the characters themselves had some unique throwing and batting styles. Donkey Kong (at least I think that's who it was) used a huge boxing glove instead of a bat. Some wizard-looking guy had the ability to suck the ball into his magic wand and spit it out. Most of the little creatures I didn't recognize at all, since I am not much of a video gamer. There were little tricks of the game that the operator had to know about ahead of time. Jachin had pretty much all of those down pat. He was also pretty good at not revealing those secrets to his unsuspecting opponents. Little things like how to steal a base or how to throw the ball to a specific base. Or how to give the character some secret super power. Kind of tough to compete under those conditions. Needless to say, Jachin did pretty well. Micah was good, too. The funny thing was watching Chris try to stay in the game with either of them. Every thing she did – or tried to do - was funny to the boys. I think she was trying to use her ignorance of the game to her advantage, though. If they were laughing, they couldn't think of all the little tricks that they could have been using, which gave her the chance to get up to speed on the game basics. She's a smart lady. Jachin was the undisputed champion of the day, though.
The weird baseball games returned yesterday when Uncle Nathan, Aunt April and Cailyn arrived. Fresh blood, you might say, for Jachin's prowess. Nathan did pretty well, though. I guess it's a generational thing. Josh called in the afternoon, so we even got to do some facetime with Zakary and Caleb. We did a big family fish fry to celebrate the holiday. Our immediate family representatives to the Memorial Day honors included my Dad, who was in World War II, my granddad - World War I, and Chris's Dad – the Korean War. We joined quite a few others in our neighborhood in flying our American flag.
1 John 4:13-16 says, "We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us."
Father, thank you for the love within our family. Closest picture I know of the love you have for us. Amen.
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