I'm Back -- For Today

This week has 'flown' by... as I flew to the States a week ago on March 7th, a day before my sister's birthday.

And since I have been staying over at my mom's place, I have had no internet access.  But I can quickly summarize what I've been doing every day.

In the morning, I'd have breakfast with my mom and Daddy George. Then at 8:30, we'd be off to the exercise room.  I'd supervise Dad and Mom would do her own workout routine.

By 9:15, we'd be back home. I'd give them a snack or water or something and then we'd be off again.

I'd usually take them to one store or one place.

Monday was a full morning spent at the Veteran's Hospital.

Tuesday morning was spent at Goodwill.

Wednesday morning was spent at Costco.

Thursday morning was spent at Ralph's.

Friday morning was spent at 99 Cents Store and Big Lots.

We'd be back home by 11:30, when I'd fix them lunch.  In the afternoon, a lady would come to help give Dad a shower. Mom would get her antibiotics IV drip then she would take a shower.  I would clean around the house -- do a load of laundry, organize an area, etc. On Thursday, I bought a bread maker at Salvation Army and started to test the machine.  I had 7 days to return it if it didn't work. So, I started to make a loaf or two of freshly baked bread with a variety of ingredients.  The first loaf didn't come out so great, but it still tasted great. Each loaf after that has tasted absolutely amazing! I'm going to lug the machine back to Taiwan. (Oh I forgot to mention that the machine was only 13.50US$.)

On Saturday, we took off for a one day road trip to San Diego.  We stopped to see mom's old friend who just moved down to the Del Mar area a year ago.  God worked it out as we happened to arrive at their once a month Bible study potluck lunch which was hosted at my mom's friend's house!  Perfect! The lady is from Taiwan and there were at least 25 people there. Each of them brought a traditional Chinese dish!  I had a feast.

We had tried to book a hotel room before coming down, but everything in the Rancho Bernardo area was fully booked.  And when we went to Courtyard to check if there were any cancellations, the guy said NO. He was even kind enough to call around for us. And all the hotels were fully booked.

We will have to stay at Mom Bea's house.

I have one more week... So, after this blog, I won't blog again for another 8 days, which is when I'll be back in Taipei.  That will sure be nice!


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Family Time

If you read my post from yesterday, you might be wondering why I'm the only one who knows how to use the washer and dryer around here.

One reason is because I do 99% of the housework around here.  The kids help with the trash or the recycling from time to time. But really, being a student in Taiwan is a full time job.  Isaiah leaves the house at 6:40am and I don't pick him up until 7:15 in the evening.

Plus, we used to have machines that had ONLY Chinese.  Alan had no idea what those words meant. Tonight, I went over how to use the machines and where to put the detergent. And I asked them NOT to dry the clothes. Hang dry as much as possible.  That saves a lot of electricity.  We will see...

I did go to Costco and the frig is loaded.

I am also in the process of cooking spaghetti sauce to put in the frig as the kids don't want to be eating chicken nuggets and fish sticks for two weeks. Of course, Alan will take them out on the weekends.

And we had a precious family time tonight. I know that they will be fine. BUT I sure will miss them.


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Going to the States

It's been done.

I bought the ticket early this morning at 1am.

I'll be going on March 7th and will be back on March 22nd, late in the evening.

I've been setting up the schedule for Alan and calling and emailing people to cancel things.  I also went to buy detergent, tissue, dish washing liquid... etc.  As I don't want Alan to be going shopping!!! Why?  If there is a need for tissue, he'll just take whatever is there. So, it can be 7US$ for 10 rolls whereas there is another brand on sale for only 3US$ for 12 rolls.  Tomorrow, I'm going to Costco to stock up the frig with enough food for two weeks so that they can eat at home except for the weekends.

I also packed and went to the post office to mail off a birthday gift. I also paid all the bills. I put in money for the kids MRT cards and gave them their allowance for the next two weeks.

Tonight I will teach them how to use the washer and dryer!

Psalm 59:9-10


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The Care of the Heavenly Father

God is always in control. And His ways are always best.



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Updating What's Happening

First of all... my mom is out of the hospital. She went to the emergency room because the helper found her to be unresponsive and in a daze. She called Annie and they got mom to the ER.  After a battery of tests, they found that it was a blood infection due to poor hygiene.

She now has a pic in her vein and each day a nurse will come to give her her antibiotics for the next two weeks.

I am trying to convince my mom to come. She said she doesn't want to come for so long. So I had another idea. How about if she just come for two months?

So, I spent another day looking at flight options.  I emailed my siblings and I await their thoughts and then I'll call my mom again. Today I was on the phone with her for over an hour.

Please pray!

I don't know what will happen in the future.  I know God is in control. He is trustworthy.  I know it will be hard to have my mom here. It will be a 24/7 "job".

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SeeSawing with the Elderly

After prayer, I had an idea.

Bring Mom back to Taiwan, just for a few months, so that my sister can have some rest.

While Mom was at the hospital, Daddy George wasn't asking for her every three seconds. Yeah!

While Mom was at the hospital, Daddy George's stomach seemed to be doing better. We know why because Mom is not around to use her hands to put food in his mouth or to touch his food. Yeah!

I called Mom and she said yes!!! Triple Yeah!

I was then on the internet looking at all the tickets and how to arrange the flights.

Why?

Because I had to look for a direct flight since Mom probably can't handle a long flight with a stopover.  And it had to have a return flight that Alan can also get ticket for. This way she can be in the States from July to September and come back again with Alan in September.

Perfect! Found the flight and worked through the dates.  Emailed my siblings!  Yeah!

But I get a message from my sister -- Mom says  NO -- when she went over there to talk to Mom!

What?!?!?!?!

Going to spend tomorrow in prayer!


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Blessing A Dear Sister

Today was a day of parties.

For lunch, we had a group of 13 people with a couple of special guests -- Mark and Melinda Carlson. They are presently living in Thailand so we had Thai food!!!  It was such a sweet time!

After church, we had a baby shower for Christina. She is having her third baby. She is the first in our church!!!

The joy and laughter flowed freely... 

But the time was way too short...

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