I never cease to be amazed at how quickly things can change! We have, for the most part, moved into what will be home for a few months. There are still a few items at the old house but nothing much to worry about. I am so happy that we have gotten this taken care of and now my family will not be living out of boxes for the holidays and I pray that Mark will have the peace he needs to focus on the next couple of months. The holiday season is always such a busy season in the church and now he is trying to transition his ministry to prepare for whomever will take his place when he leaves at the end of December. Our oldest daughter has officially moved into her own apt this week. Such a bittersweet time in our lives. I want so much as a mother to continue to protect her from all things but I realize that she needs to begin to live her life and become who it is that God has called her to be. With all of this going on it seems a fairly poor time to have contracted the West Nile Virus but it would seem that I have. I have had two tests now and they aren't officially diagnosing me at this time but one of the tests does show that I have recently been infected. I strongly suspect that is was late in the summer as I was spending a lot of time out doors riding my bike and walking. I am rather frustrated about this because it has just wiped me out. I am weak and tired and don't feel like I'm of much help right now. There are days when I feel normal for the most part so I praise God in those days...and in the ones that are not so good. I pray that God will give me the strength to pursue his will in this and not get hung up on a pity party (which I have been known to do). If I could communicate the desire of my heart right now it would be that God would heal me from this but that being said I pray that I would delight the heart of God by the way I handle this situation and that he would increase my faith and help to be a blessing not only to my family but to anyone that he would have cross my path. As for this day......I pray you are blessed.