Almost Valentine's Day

My how time flies. It's been nearly a month since I updated this. My niece in Kansas City has her adopted son with her - he arrived two weeks after the earthquake. Here's the link to her blog: www.ataylor3@blogspot.com. Tomorrow is her baby shower in Kansas City - I'm sending a gift.

Our house is not move-in ready. We have the slowest carpet layer in town. All the plumbing is in, finally. There are always little fixes, and those are getting attention now. Unfortunately, it is too cold to continue the outside painting. It will be warm enough this weekend, but the painter still won't be there. We were supposed to talk to the landscaper a couple of weeks ago - nothing so far. Can you believe it's been a year since we started this project?

Today is the third funeral in three weeks for our church. Two were expected - one was a surprise. We are ready to stop losing our members!

Nieces are safe

We had two nieces in Port-au-Prince when the earthquake struck. Fortunately, they are fine, and one is backhome in Kansas City. The other chose to stay and help at the orphanage. However, we heard the orphanage collapsed but everyone is okay and staying in the church across the street.

We've had lots of progress on the house and should be able to move in within a month.