I spent today helping my friend Liz with her yard sale. Liz is a lovely woman who is trying to let go of things, in order to declutter her home. When I say "declutter" I'm serious. She bought me a book about decluttering a few years ago and it has been a contest to see who could do it best. I will say she did a great job today. Not to brag but I've done so well that I only had 4 dressses, a picture frame and an extra ironing board to sell today. Her next door neighbor was having an 'estate' sale today and I avoided it. That was really hard because I love to go to estate sales. That is kind of odd, isn't it. I even waited to look over the clutter Liz was selling until the end. She kept saying "you don't need it". She was right, I didn't. I did leave with one of her dresses and curtains she made and a hamper. I was proud of both of us.
I would like to share a few praises:
1. My little Maxwell has had amazing growth since being diagnosed with diabetes. He has grown 2 inches and before that he had not grown an inch in two years. The biggest growth has been academic. A year ago, I could not get him to focus even for a few pages in Math. He was struggling to remember his addition problems. He informed me a month ago that he was bored with math. He orally passed all his 3rd grade work, then his 4th grade in one day. He is 1/3 the way through 5th grade. He's still bored but I'm afraid to skip over too much. He does three lessons a day. He has been reading and writing and just blowing my socks off. I must admit that I was so scared for him academically. Please praise God!
2. When Steve left his job at the telephone company 8 years ago he gave bibles to 35 of his co-workers. Dave, a man he ministered to many times, recently found Steve on Facebook and thanked him for the bible. He said he has been reading it. That is amazing. Praise God.
Well, we move out of Florida in 3 weeks. Don't ask where to, we don't know. God is good and we have a few interim places.
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