I’M ALMOST THERE
 This has been the longest 8 weeks of my college times. These last weeks made getting my Bachelor’s degree a piece of cake. I can honestly say if it hadn’t been by the grace of my Lord and the love and patience of my family I wouldn’t be able to say that on Tuesday I will be done!!
I really think God has showed me so much of these 2 months. He showed me just how wonderful my family is (not that I didn’t know before.) I showed me that I cannot do this on my own (as my sister so lovingly tells me....I am not Super Woman – and no one but me excepts me to be.) He has reminded of His love and concern for me with each assignment I complete.
On December 19th, the day I am completely done, the first person that will get the thanks for this will be my Lord, then my husband and family. There have so many times that I have wanted to quit – but God reminds me that it was His will I do this. If I were to quit I would be quitting on something that God had for me. So, I continue – and am so much closer to victory!!
Thank you to each of my friends that have been patience and supportive of me through this all. I know that phone calls and emails have been few of late, but I want you each to know you are always in my thoughts and prayers.
This is what is left between now and Tuesday:
** A 25 page paper on International business practices of 5 separate companies (which I haven’t even started yet)
** A Power Point presentation to accompany the paper I haven’t written yet
** A final exam for International Business
** A final exam for Strategic Management
** A visiting missionary and his family
** A 3 game volleyball tournament on Sunday evening (that I can’t play in because I still have my pretty black boot on my foot)
See you all Wednesday – when my summer break truly begins!!!!
I knew this day would come
I have a box of “special Steven stuff.” To be honest, I haven’t opened the box since a few months after the funeral – that has been almost 9 years now. I just haven’t been able to bring myself to do it. I took comfort in knowing it was there, in case I ever wanted to go through it. Over the last few weeks Brett has been asking hundreds of questions about Steven. Today he asked if I had anything other than all the pictures he has seen. I told him I had a special box and his face lit up. He wanted to see the box. As I write this Brett is sitting at the table going through everything in the box. I went through part of it with him, but honestly – it hurts more than I expected. I want Brett to go through the box, to know the brother he never got to meet, but this is a lot harder than I ever would have thought it would be. There are things in that box I had forgotten about – reports he had written, letters to me, pictures he drew. Just tons of memories. I would love to call someone, but I don’t want Brett to know how much it hurts me....so I write. He needs to see those things, he needs to bring me things and have me read them out loud. He needs to know who wrote the letters and the poems. So I write.
Toto, we're not in Kansas any more....
I would love to be a storm chaser!!!! My sister, Margaret, and I used to day dream about it as we watched the storms out of our living room window. Well, if I still lived in Minot, instead of Bismarck, I would have gone chasing last night!!!! Here are the ones that went through Rolla and Belcourt last night. I'm not smart enough (or just too tired) to figure out how to put the slide show on here....but if your interested check it out. http://bismarcktribune.com/shared-content/story_tools/slideshow/?id=73 And I know this picture of Braden is old (he's 7 month's old now) but it is one of my favorites!!!
YEP....I'M STILL COUNTING
 This term is over on July 23rd...that is 19 days from today. In those 19 days I still have 17 assignments to turn in. I guess that let's you know what I'll be doing from now until then!!!!!
Yep, it's broken.......
For several weeks I have been saying  that the top of my foot hurt. Last night, after 3 games of volleyball, it was throbbing....so my loving husband massaged it for me. Well, I bit my lip holding back the scream of pain and had to finally ask him to stop ~ it hurt too bad. Today Jeff made me go to the doctor to have it looked at. Guess what they found, two broken bones!!!!  So, this is my new shoe for the next 4-6 weeks (that is if they don't have to do surgery.) I guess the massage was NOT a good idea. It complete moved one of the bones so that it isn't lined up at all. That is the end of my morning walks and my twice weekly volleyball!!! Plus I miss weekly door-to-door visitation!!!! GGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.........not how I wanted to spend my summer. I wanted to be up and about, not down with a foot elevated. Oh well, it should help me get less distracted so I can get me schoolwork done,
Who's Counting???
 What a week!! Who would have ever thought that getting a Master’s in Accounting and Business Management would require writing hundreds of pages a week???? (Okay, maybe that is a slight exaggeration, but I have still written A LOT!!!!)
I tried to figure out just how many pages I have written just this week and I stopped counting at 20. It got to be too discouraging. Maybe I wouldn’t feel that way if I was an English major – right, Teri?!?!?!? I feel like I’m writing a book.
I’m really trying not to complain, but I do admit that at 1:30 Tuesday morning I decided I was going to quit. I decided I didn’t want to do this anymore. Between family, church, work, and then my classes I felt like this was crazy. So, I shut the books, closed up the computer and went to bed. The next morning I told Nick and Jeff (son and husband) what was going through my mind. They were such an encouragement to me – and I am now trucking along.....and counting down the days until I done.
So here is the magic number as of today ~ June 14, 2008 ~ From and including: Sunday, June 15, 2008 To, but not including : Saturday, December 13, 2008
It is 181 days from the start date to the end date, but not including the end date
Or 5 months, 28 days excluding the end date
Alternative time units
15,638,400 seconds
260,640 minutes
4344 hours
25 weeks (rounded down)
Give or take a minute or two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TRUE PEACE
 Anyone who knows me knows I am the biggest cat lover there is. They bring me comfort, joy, happiness, entertainment....you name it – and when I am upset or feeling under a lot of pressure I know I can sit down, hold my cat, and immediately feel more peace. Think about it, look at a cat when they are sleeping. Doesn’t everything about them look peaceful? But I have seen something more peaceful than a sleeping cat. It is the look on a person's face who has just received Christ as their personal Saviour. The look may be tearful, but it is still a look of peace and serenity.
Unfortunately, some of you may have never had the privilege of seeing someone come to Christ for forgiveness and salvation. For you, I feel truly sorry. Seeing someone come to faith in Christ is a unique and wonderful experience that I wish you could all enjoy.
For those of you who have been blessed to see someone get saved - you know what I mean. You know the joy of seeing a family member or close friend accept Christ. You know the true joy of introducing someone to Christ and then seeing that person experiencing salvation and release, in some cases, from debilitating sin. There is no joy quite like it.
Romans 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Even if you've been a Christian for 68 years, like me, reading that verse is like getting a shot of Adrenalin. That is rue and complete PEACE.
Take time this week to witness to someone. Help someone find that peace that passeth all understanding.
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