Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend was good. I really don’t remember much about Friday, Saturday or Sunday. They were normal weekend days. But yesterday was a lot of fun, I think maybe it was simply that I had the day off from work. We slept late, played tennis, hung out with friends, and then played dominoes and ate pizza for several hours. I am very sore today from all of the tennis.

After our friends went home last night, Tim and I wrestled on the front porch for awhile. He woke up this morning with a big bruise on his wrist!  The only explanation we could think of was…me. I felt so bad. He doesn’t seem to mind. But I really don’t remember hitting him while we wrestled.

Today is back to normal…except I am sore.

What did you do for your Memorial Day Weekend?

Update: We figured out that I DID NOT leave a bruise on Tim. It was from his racket after playing tennis all day.

I may not have the sweetest husband in the world…but he is the sweetest one I have ever had

I love Tim so much. I was laying in bed last night thinking how truly blessed I am to have him. The Lord is using him to heal my old wounds.

Tim has been sick for the past couple of days. After him being asleep every time I have seen him for the past 5 days, yesterday he was feeling a lot better. I was sitting on the couch when he leaned over me. He looked me straight in the face and kind of breathed a laugh. I asked why he was laughing and he said that my face had been a blur in the past couple of days. He had forgotten how beautiful I was and it caught him by surprise. I love that man

I don’t know what to think…

Everyone has heard about Invisible Children. Oh, you haven’t? Go HERE.

“Invisible Children’s goal is to create awareness regarding the plight of the people of northern Uganda, caught in the midst of a civil war between the government and Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group that makes extensive use of kidnapping children and making child soldiers.” – Wikipedia.org

One of my husband’s best friends works for IC in California, so I have heard quite a bit about it. It is an amazing organization doing a lot of good, and spreading the word of this battle in Uganda to thousands and thousands.

As you see up at the top, Joseph Kony is the leader of the LRA. They kidnap children, very young children, and raise them to be child soldiers. They raise them to kill others. But they do not wait until they are grown to make them kill. Pictures of 8 years olds holding automatic weapons can be seen all over. It is heartbreaking to see what these people are making these children do.

I know what to think about this. I feel… anger, hatred, heartbreak, and much more. I want to become Lara Croft and Jack Bauer combined so I can go break those children free. I know that is not the answer. But, that is still what I want to do. I want to rescue these babies.

So, knowing all of that. Knowing what they do to these children, I don’t know what to think about this:

This is Joseph Kony. Remember? He is the leader of all of this chaos. He is the one giving the orders, holding the power. And the little girl and little boy on his lap? His children. What? Really? He is a father, and he can do this to other people’s babies? Like I said, I don’t really know how I feel. I do know there is something in the pit of my stomach that is not right though.

Fundraising Update

I don’t know why, but I just have not been in the mood to post blogs for the last month or so. Sorry for the lack of updates! I am even getting tired of Twitter and Facebook. Google Reader is struggling too. I don’t know what has gotten into me. Oh well.

Just wanted to give you some updates on the fundraising for our trip to Shashamene, Ethiopia.

Two Saturdays ago we had a yard sale. Honestly, it wasn’t as big as I thought it would be, but when is it ever? It was supposed to be this big community yard sale with over 10 or 12 families yardselling too. Well, we got there and there was only one other yard sale (whom we made mad and she yelled at me!). The lady who organized it all didn’t even show up! The high light of it all was we brought the litter of boxer pups that turned 6 weeks old that day. We had so many people stop by, those babies were worn out! I told mom at some point that morning that my goal was just to raise $100. Seemed realistic enough. When we got to $128, we called it quits. We had been there since 7am (with me not getting there the night before until about 10:15) and were pooped! So we packed up and went to my sister’s softball tournament. Man I wish I could go to more of her tournaments! She is so good and I love to see her play!

Yesterday, Sunday, we had what was supposed to be a Spaghetti Lunch, but last minute turned into a Sloppy Joe lunch. We had food donated at the last minute, so we switched the menu to Sloppy Joes. They were so good too! I cooked 15 pounds of ground beef yesterday morning and then served it! We had a blast. Tim and I used to both serve in restaurants. It made me want to serve again! I love being busy and organized! I asked Tim if he missed it, to which he responded with a laugh and a NO! Ah well.

At the lunch we raised $450 on the dot! We were incredibly excited and blessed!

So now I think we have some where around $4,000 left to raise in a little less than a month. Wow, that is a lot. But our God is BIG. If He wants us to go, it will happen. I am not worried

We have t-shirts if you would like to help out with the fundraising! Here are two pictures that pretty much show what they look like. One of the pictures is Afework, who lives in Shashamene. I just think that picture is so cool and makes it even more real that we are leaving for Africa in a month and 3 days! Holy Cow!!!

If you are interested in a t-shirt, they are $20 including shipping. Just email me at jessicatrivette[at]gmail[dot]com. I will update soon to let you know the sizes I have.

P/S: I am getting back in the mood to have a kid now!! I have been looking at adoptuskids.org for the last couple of days and falling in love with so many little ones! We are holding off for at least 3 more years, but oh I want one now! – Ok, I am done whining