I have been working hard and that is a good thing. God has made me able to earn a living so that my family can enjoy the benefits of our traveling life. I am a thankful man today for the family God has given me. The stay here in MD has been very different. We are set apart it seems from the rest of the world. It is so quiet here. Our neighbors have lived here forever! He is a waterman. He gets up at 3 and goes out and crabs all day. The have a lovely house with a nice pool. "Come over anytime, please! Use the pool whenever you want!" His wife says to us. They are extremely friendly! It really is a small place. The bay is beautiful all around us. It has given us opportunity to reflect on life. What is really important to us as a family? It has brought us closer together. We spend all our time together just about. I truly enjoy my children's company; what a blessing! Usually by the time they reach the teen years, there is conflict all the time! We are not experiencing that. Sure we get angry and frustrated with each other, but the Lord is keeping us together in spirit. I think a big part of that is praying for my children daily as well as having a wife who does the same. We try and read the scriptures together each day too. It has been so exciting to see how far Michael has come in his reading. It brings my heart joy to hear him read the word of God out loud to all of us. Grace and Katie are reading at an alarming rate! They definitely read far more than Catherine and I. I cannot keep up with those two! It is a delight.
We made a decision to not get cable TV while we are here. I think I am struggling the most with that decision! I am a self-admitted TV junkie! So now we just watch a DVD here and there but get no stations on the set. The kids seem fine with this. It is me who misses the dumb programs! I think this will benefit them greatly in the long run. I wonder if we can do it at our next assignment also? They are keeping themselves busy. Michael has met a couple of nice kids in the neighborhood. JT comes to the door earlier everyday and knocks on the door. When you open it, he doesn't say hello, or good morning. He only says one word....Michael. I guess we are supposed to know this means could I please see Michael this morning because I would like to play with him today. So now I make him ask for Michael. The other day he comes and we hear a weird bang on the door this time. We open it and it's JT. He is knocking on the door with his head! "What are you doing??"
"Just knocking for Moy-kll", he says with that strange accent of his. The other boy is named Dylan. He seems like a nice kid too. He's a little bigger but seems kind. They ride their bikes all over the roads where we live. It is a very safe neighborhood for sure. It's kinda nice to have a house. I have noticed some real beautiful scenery around town on my ride back and forth to work. I have an urge to pull over and paint certain scenes I see on my way home. Perhaps I will just take a picture here and there. Well, that's all for now.