Good News!!!

So the home visit from the Honduran adoption agency went great and the Schuberts have been approved and will receive their new Honduran daughter in about a month. This has been a great answer to many people's prayers. I am excited to have a little one in the house and to help the Schuberts care for her. Other than this news, which we received on Tuesday, not too much has happened this week. Me and Ed dug some trenches in the back yard to extend some plumbing pipes that ran right into the back yard creating a nice swamp effect. We also cleaned up all the trees in the back and began leveling the yard so that we can mow it. We worked pretty hard on Monday and Tuesday and I was pooped and had a sore back but I felt like I was useful those two days so it made me happy. Wednesday Val and I went to the city to run errands. I have become Val's bodyguard for her weekly trips into the city, she needs someone with her especially at this time of year because people are more desperate around Christmas and more likely to rob someone. It was a long day but I enjoyed it. Me and Val got to talk on the drive there and back. We usually have some pretty good talks and yesterday we got to talking about how I talk to others and how strong my words can be at times. Of course I wasn't realizing it until she told me but I have been pretty impatient with Wes because he is very frustrating at times. She told me how he just shuts down when I get like that so I told her I would work on it and I also told her when she catches me doing it. I have paid more attention to it today and tried to not be destructive with my words towards him and everyone in the house today seemed to just be in a better mood, especially Wes. I'm glad that Val pointed it out to me so now I can work on it. I don't like the thought of people feeling bad and torn down from the things I say so I'm gonna keep working on it. Some bad news this week was the fact that Wes' next set of videos for school haven't come in the mail so I've had to teach 3 out of his 5 classes on top of all of the things I was doing before. It takes up a lot of time but it has also helped me to explain things more in depth to him and help him understand everything a little deeper. The classes I've had to teach him are geometry, english, and chemistry. I feel fine with math and science but I'm pretty sure Wes has more knowledge of english than I do so I'm hoping his videos come soon. I'm pretty excited to come home in a few weeks and see everyone. Christmas is going to be even sweeter this year since I missed Thanksgiving. Well I gotta get going. God Bless you all and your families during the holiday season. Good luck on finals everyone who is still in school. Adios.