Entry for May 23, 2007

Wow! I sure did not intend to wait this long to create another entry! So much for doing this on a regular basis!

I'll give a brief update now, then get on as soon as I can again with more details and pictures.
The house: We have one outside wall left on the second floor, then we will begin the roof. Once that is done, things should move along much faster. We do have subs coming in for the inside work, so they can be doing that while we work on siding and the shingles. Our finish goal is August. We will be meeting with our carpenter this weekend to come up with a schedule. Yay! I will post more pictures when I have a little more time.

Jenalyn: We had an awesome, incredible act of provision by God last week. We have the rest of what we need for the remainder of the agency fee (which we thought we had, but our home study fee came out of the funds, so no-go), plus enough for at least one of us to travel to get her. Only one of us has to go, but we are hoping and praying for a little more so we both can. We are trusting God for that! We received a phone call from the agency a couple of weeks ago that Jenalyn will be going in for her medical exam, I believe the last part of the process (visa medical exam), and we should be able to travel next month. This totally caught us by surprise, as we hadn't even sent in the remainder of the fees and paperwork yet. We sent the paperwork and what we had, and now that we have what we need, we are definitely ready to travel next month!
Medical transcription internship: I am plugging away with this. I am not reaching proficiency as quickly as I would like to, and it is mostly because of dumb errors. But I am still working hard at it (the sooner I reach proficiency, the sooner I get paid!). I LOVE it, though! And as I slowly regain my health and energy from being so sick (another story in itself, for another time), I am working more and for longer periods of time.

School is out in 10 days (school days), and then I will get a break. I am looking into temporary, preferably home-based jobs that I can do until I get income from the transcripiton. I am ready for the end to be here, though. Next year, Alex will attend Belgrade High School as a freshman, and Kati will attend Belgrade Intermediate School part-time as a 5th-grader. We are still working out all the specifics of that. As for Jenalyn, we are not sure at this point where she will attend school next year. We will figure that out when she gets here!

And that is it for today's brief summary of our lives!