TGIF!!!!!

I am SOOOOO happy it's Friday - you just can't imagine! It's been such a busy week I am very ready for some down time! And for the first time in over two months, I will have the house to myself for the weekend and enjoy some "alone" time! Well, not completely by myself, hubby will be home on his off hours but still .... it'll be peaceful. And the weather is so gorgeous today, if tomorrow is anything like this, I will be in hog-heaven! I can work out in the back yard and get some things ready for planting new flowers and clean up old dead leaves and stuff! Maybe get to clean off the back porch a little bit. Yea! Might even take time to lay in the hammock and soak up some beautiful sunshine and read my new Southern Living magazine. Won't that be great? Oh, yeah!
Our missions conference started Wednesday night and was really great! It being the first night, they introduced all of the missionary families that were here (14 in all) and they all came down the middle aisle of the church with one person carrying a real big flag of the nation they represent, then they each told a brief blurb about their family and how long they had been on their field. We had some great music and then one of the missionaries brought a good message. We didn't get home until 9:30 but it was well worth it. Then last night, we went also but before going we met a couple of friends at Abuelo's for dinner (which was great) then went on. The first missionary we heard speak was from Taiwan. He showed slides and answered questions, in a small group in one of the Sunday school classrooms, before the main service. He and his family have been over there for 16 years. Would you believe he actually knows Mark Lehman, of all things, isn't it a small world after all????? He had nothing but great things to say about Mark. Of course, Mark grew up in that country so it was no surprise when he said that Mark's knowledge of the language was superb! Then the missionary that brought the message was from the Ivory Coast, he and family have been over there for 20 years. We also heard a brief testimony from a single lady missionary who works with the deaf in the remote jungles of Mexico. It was inspirational to say the least. Very moving. Home late again, but again, well worth it. Such a minor inconvenience compared to what these folks go through on a daily basis on the mission field, in some cases.
Well, time to go wrap things up so I can hit the road and hopefully beat the 5 o'clock traffic!
Talk to you all soon!