Valerie here :-)

A quick prayer update:

Mom and Dad arrived in San Francisco safe and sound! Daniel, Sarah, Robert, and I drove with them to the airport and saw them off this afternoon. They called around 5 pm to check in and were just settling into their room. Tomorrow they go in at 1 pm for the consultation. :-/ You're prayers are much appreciated!

All is well here, although not necessarily calm. :-) (Is it ever?) Nicole is finishing up her term and keeping up her work schedule and the youngsters and I keeping up with stuff at home. We're trying to keep the days as low key as possible and are filling our schedule with hiking, game nights, etc. to keep our spirits up. I'm very grateful for all the offers of help! It's been a great load off my shoulders to have so many offers for meals and "almost-too-old-to-be-called-child"-care. :-D We're all very grateful!

One quick prayer request:
At around six o'clock we had a policeman show up at our door and inform us that our neighbors' house had been burglarized during the day. He said that there have been several recent arrests made of some robbers that go door-to-door between 10 am and 4 pm (while most people are at work or school) to scope out the area and/or check if folks are home. We were on our way home from the airport when the robbery took place and our house was spared, but please pray for safety for our whole neighborhood! There have been several break-ins and thefts in our neighborhood with three or so on our street within the last year. So far we've evaded these due to our state-of-the-art, high-tech security system: an annoyingly noisy dog and an abundance of vehicles that lend the impression that someone's always home. :-D The policeman's report was rather unnerving, though, and prayers for safety, peace, and protection are appreciated!

Thank you!
God bless,
Valerie