Laura's Life

Hi all, I am so happy to announce that today is the day that my room gets emptied of all the big stuff (the small has already been cleared!!) and the carpet gets taken up. The landlords are hoping that the floor will be in good condition so they can clean it well and I can have wood floors I love that idea so I am excited!! Please pray for us to find good but dirty floors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you, Laura

Hi all This is not a story or anything but I wanted to ask you all for your prayers.. the last 2 days have been messy with my shower backing up and my house smelling like sewage.. I am sort of overwhelmed as my landlady had to have a guy tear up the carpet in my very small hallway because of yucky water and it it made its way to my room and under my dresser. needless to say I have had to clean up several messes which have not been to bad but today I saw the worst yet did not have to clean :) because of this my furniture in my room is all moved around and the cleaning chemical used was so stromng that it was suggested not to stay home tonight.... So I am at my neighbor's which is a 4 girl house and they all go to the same church and we get along very well.. we ae friends and they were very quick to let me stay with them!!

Hi I sort of promised a story and I am sorry that it has taken me awhile to to write one.. as I was writing about the RATS AND STICKS I thought of one that includes me on a chair and a little mouse running around so here I go... living in an African village for 9 years we saw plenty of mice. To make a long story short whenever we saw a mouse my job was to hop on a chair and yell there it is, no there etc.. while my dad and bro went around like crazy with brooms and sticks to kill it. Mice may be cute and small but they are rodents and have diseases.. Blessings, Laura

Hi all I am sorry that I have not shared more since the 16th but I will I promise!!!!!!!!!! I wanted to how you some pics of me!!!!!!!!!!!! BEWARE

Hi all it is late but I wanted to share that I will keep writing my stories of Africa maybe one a day so that you have fun waiting in suspense!!!!!! :) anyhow love to you all and thanks to those who have left comments very nice to see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laura

When I lived in the village we had small cute little mice (NOT CUTE) (another story) and then we had..... RATS not R.O.U.S (Rodents of unusual size) but they were certainly RATS!! Anyhow one of the good old times was watching young boys go after RATS and killing them.. These RATS would have these nice deep holes and so they had to be forced out of the hole! The boys were clever and so they would have a big bucket of water and pour that into the hole. There were always a group of the boys that had sticks whatever they could gather and when the RAT came rushing out they would proceed to beat It and chase it if need be.. When the RAT was deceased they would burn the hair off and clean it and in the very end eat it Happy RAT hunting!! :) Laura

HI TO WHOEVER IS READING THIS!!!!! I AM BEGGING YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART TO PRAY WITH ME AND MAYBE FOR ME AS I HAVE HEARD TROUBLING IN THE AFRICAN COUNTRY I GREW UP IN!!!! HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS PRESENT WHICH I DID NOT REALIZE. THERE ARE PEOPLE KIDNAPPING KIDS AND TRYING TO CROSS BORDERS!!!!!! THAT IS SO SAD AS I AM ATTACHED TO THE PEOPLE AND COUNTRY AS THAT WAS MY HOME FOR 12 YEARS!!!!!! MANY BLESSINGS

Hi I know I am jumping right out but here goes anyways-- I have just finished a storm of sobbing due to many things pain from my hitting my arm on the door maybe? I am sure hormones!! pain from emotional struggles that I am having... I do know why there is pain and junk.. Someone once said no matter what pain we face Jesus' was greater which I am sure is true!! We may not like to see it but it is there and we have to learn how to deal with.. Or better yet let God deal with it!!!!!!!!!! it may be a hard road but worth it I am sure!!! what do you do when it hurts so much? please tell me!!!!!!

Hi all I am so glad tonight as I have been talking with a good from the DTS I took in East TX!! She is coming down from NC in October for a cousins wedding HERE IN WACO!! and believe it or not her cousin is a friend of mine how random is this: moving to a new city finding a new church just randomly geting a ride from a stranger to home group and her being my friend's cousin form NC? well that is exactly is what happened!! I also get to1 travel sept 28 thanks to a v ery generous gift!! to Oklohoma where a DTS friend is getting married. that is so cool and I am so excited because not only will I see the bride but also 2 roomates also from DTS and some friends from Abilene they were my college leaders!!! all these dear people I have not seen in a couple years so I am sure it will so sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blessings Laura Just curious who has all of a sudden teared up from extreme makeover home edition I mean not a little bitty trickle!! please reply also someone suggested wri...

Hi There, I hope you are all well and I hope you all had a great day. I worked this evening and even though my client kept me hopping the last thing she did really touched me!!!!! I was finishing the dishes and she had her daughter bring her in and she gave me a strong hug and a kissand thanked me for all I did It was so sweet!! makes other times so worth it!! Many Blessings, Loved and touched, Laura