Faith Through the Journey

For the first time in almost a week, I’m able to use my computer again. The poor thing “caught” a virus somewhere and needed some intensive care. Thankfully, it didn’t require a major surgical overhaul (wish I could say that about my digestive system!) and I’m back in business. We were traveling out of town so that was actually good timing.

One day last week I received a strange text message on my cell phone. The name identified as the sender was my son, so that made the message seem even more out of the ordinary. After a few texts back and forth, I finally figured out that I was NOT talking to my son, but someone who had received his old phone number after he moved out of the area and got a new phone and number. That number was still in my phone, however, and I finally figured out I had hit the wrong number by mistake when I was trying to send my son a message on his current number. Fortunately the person on the other end of my texts was nice so I’m not worried about being stalked or anything like that! My husband got a good laugh out of that incident, mainly because it sounds like something that would happen to him! Now I just have to figure out how to delete it from my phone…another tech mystery to unravel.

I just thought of more C’s in my life that are relevant at the moment: my daughter and her current place of residence. Courtney is working at an internship in Colorado Springs, Colorado, reporting online for USA Volleyball during the next 6-8 weeks. As any parents would be, we were naturally concerned when we heard about the fires that are currently threatening property very close to where she is working. She called my husband from the airport in Colorado Springs, letting us know that she was on her way to Columbus, Ohio for the next twelve days on an assignment, so for now anyway she’s out of harm’s way. She didn’t know if she’d be able to fly out of there due to the smoke, but got out before it became too hazardous. She’s living at the Olympic Training Facility, and the office where she has been working has been closed for a couple of days due to the smoke. With what we experienced last year in Texas, we have a pretty healthy respect for the power and destruction fires can have in a short period of time. We are thankful for her safety and pray the same for all of those who may be affected by these fires as well. Courtney is writing a blog now too, so I look forward to hearing more about her variety of experiences both in connection with her work and also the amazing experience of living with Olympic athletes for the summer. Loving the Olympics as she does, it’s pretty much a dream come true for her!