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I wish I had a way to get the photos off of my ghetto camera phone and post them on here, so you can all see evidence of the crime-filled adventure I had last week.
A while back, I lost my wallet and some fraud charges were placed on my card before I had a chance to cancel it. (Yes, the responsible adult I am, I waited till AFTER the New Kids concert to call the bank, but whatever....). I had finally said goodbye to my security and resigned myself to a future in the DMV line, when lo and behold two police officers come banging on the front door. They had pulled over a guy, and found my ID and various other cards on him. They told me I had to go to The Sands Motel to meet the officers who had found it, and identify the wallet.
So off I went to a seedy 50 buck a night joint surrounded by cop cars...they were handcuffing the guy and his sidekick, who I will hereafter refer to as sleepy smoker chick, just as I was walking up. The two of them were holed up in a motel room at The Sands with stolen goods and a stack of credit cards & IDs. When the police tried to come into the room, someone inside shoved a screwdriver through the lock and the door frame to attempt to slow them down. The geniuses then tried to start flushing the various cards down the toilet, including Sam's medical insurance card.
Long story short, the cops had to rip the toilet out of the wall to get my stuff back (gross!) and I got to watch the two fugitives get thrown into squad cars. I am not one for revenge.....but this was pretty cool payback.
And I'm glad I didn't have to waste a million hours of my life at the DMV. I'm gonna be more careful with my wallet now, especially since my new one is pink, which is obviously much better than the former brown one I had been toting around.
In other news, SAM IS HOME! He came home last Sunday, and there is a goodbye video and photos on his website. We haven't been sleeping much, but we are ever joyful and grateful for the way God has worked so many miracles in our lives! We are really sorry we haven't gotten back to a lot of emails and phone calls yet.......we will! We have just been insanely busy with our little guy.
It's fun to watch him just hang out and relax with us :)
My parents came up for the weekend, and I am SO grateful for my mom's help. She just snuggled Sam for hours, she is so in love with him, and it's been really fun to watch her take on a whole new role in life.
The rest of life carries on. I have to do some major writing tonight, and dance is going okay. I need to continue to stretch myself....there is always room to be challenged in ministry, and right now I am definitely challenged. I could go on and on about what happened this week, but instead I will leave you with this.
"Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live." - 1 Thess 5:16-18
It'll all be worth it in the end :)
A while back, I lost my wallet and some fraud charges were placed on my card before I had a chance to cancel it. (Yes, the responsible adult I am, I waited till AFTER the New Kids concert to call the bank, but whatever....). I had finally said goodbye to my security and resigned myself to a future in the DMV line, when lo and behold two police officers come banging on the front door. They had pulled over a guy, and found my ID and various other cards on him. They told me I had to go to The Sands Motel to meet the officers who had found it, and identify the wallet.
So off I went to a seedy 50 buck a night joint surrounded by cop cars...they were handcuffing the guy and his sidekick, who I will hereafter refer to as sleepy smoker chick, just as I was walking up. The two of them were holed up in a motel room at The Sands with stolen goods and a stack of credit cards & IDs. When the police tried to come into the room, someone inside shoved a screwdriver through the lock and the door frame to attempt to slow them down. The geniuses then tried to start flushing the various cards down the toilet, including Sam's medical insurance card.
Long story short, the cops had to rip the toilet out of the wall to get my stuff back (gross!) and I got to watch the two fugitives get thrown into squad cars. I am not one for revenge.....but this was pretty cool payback.
And I'm glad I didn't have to waste a million hours of my life at the DMV. I'm gonna be more careful with my wallet now, especially since my new one is pink, which is obviously much better than the former brown one I had been toting around.
In other news, SAM IS HOME! He came home last Sunday, and there is a goodbye video and photos on his website. We haven't been sleeping much, but we are ever joyful and grateful for the way God has worked so many miracles in our lives! We are really sorry we haven't gotten back to a lot of emails and phone calls yet.......we will! We have just been insanely busy with our little guy.
Click to viewIt's fun to watch him just hang out and relax with us :)
My parents came up for the weekend, and I am SO grateful for my mom's help. She just snuggled Sam for hours, she is so in love with him, and it's been really fun to watch her take on a whole new role in life.
The rest of life carries on. I have to do some major writing tonight, and dance is going okay. I need to continue to stretch myself....there is always room to be challenged in ministry, and right now I am definitely challenged. I could go on and on about what happened this week, but instead I will leave you with this.
"Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live." - 1 Thess 5:16-18
It'll all be worth it in the end :)