Road Trip

Greetings from Washington, PA. Jeremy and I are returning home from a weekend in Kentucky/Ohio with our friends Ian and Meg Murphy where we visited the Creation Museum.

Tonight we're staying in a cheap, very shabby Red Roof Inn off the highway... and by cheap and shabby I mean, we stopped at a rest area in Pennsylvania and found a coupon book that offered tonight's accommodations for nex' ta' nothin'.

Anyway! That doesn't matter. We're having a lovely weekend. Ian is one of Jeremy's best friends from high school. His wife, Meg, is natively of Carver. They currently live in Brockton and this road trip/Creation Museum outing idea was all theirs.

I should note, however, that the shabby Red Roof Inn is all my doing and Jeremy's. Today, Ian and Meg jetted ahead in their journey since they'll be traveling all the way home to Brockton tomorrow. We decided to stop here and cut our day shorter.

The Creation Museum was very good; very informative; very well-presented; and very well-AC'd (thank goodness!) I will post pictures as soon as I can. I can't wait to share our little adventure with everyone.

Until then, we'll be on the road. We're planning to stop near Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Fallingwater home tomorrow morning to stretch our legs and see the waterfalls. Then, we'll head straight home to Devon. See ya then!

2 Years Today

This morning I didn't even have time to shower. Happy Anniversary, babe. I have to laugh... this is so our life!

Two years ago---on a day almost as steamy hot as today---we became Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Powell in the same church where we grew up, met, worked together, fell in love, and got engaged.

Since then...

- We've moved to a new state (Pennsylvania)
- Lived in two different apartments in two different parts of greater Philadelphia
- Eradicated the smell of Cat from one apartment
- Joined a new church
- Each started a new job
- Completed 4 semesters (or two years) of seminary together
- Made countless trips up and down Route 95 between Philadelphia, Massachusetts and Maine
- Saw Meredith and Kyle get married
- Enjoyed visits from family
- Walked and hiked through Valley Forge a million times (and counting)
- Experienced a devastating miscarriage
- Experienced the joy of a new pregnancy --> yes, we have a "bun in the oven"!
- Realized the depth of our commitment to one another
- Realized the depth of our commitment to God and ministry
- Affirmed that our life is in God's hands...

Happy 2nd Anniversary Jeremy. I love you.

Home Sweet Home

I'm blogging from my old bedroom at 12 Allison Road, Middleboro, MA this morning.

Jeremy and I spent July 4th weekend in Maine with the Powells and now, we're staying in Middleboro for the week as Jeremy "shadows" our home pastor, Peter, to earn Mentored Ministry credit needed for seminary.

This morning, Jeremy joined Peter at a local prayer meeting. Then, he went straight to work preparing a sermon to preach on Sunday, and later, he's going on "visitation" with Peter to greet and encourage some of the church's elderly members.

Throughout the week, Jeremy's "office" is a spare office at my dad's Charis building behind the church. At noon, they carpool home for lunch together and Mom and I get to spend some time with our guys.

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PS---While Jeremy is working, I'm reading Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick. About five years ago, everyone went gaga over this historical account of the Pilgrims voyage to America and their first years in Plymouth and now I know why!

This book is great. I can't put it down. The first two decades in Plymouth were one near-death (and death) experience after another.

The Pilgrim's grit and sheer determination to cling to life in the face of starvation, dodgy Indian politics, and swarms of new English settlers is astounding. If you haven't read Mayflower, I implore you to read it!