It's just Me

Taryn is forcing me to post...just so you all know. I am tired and dont' really want to but she's making me.

So, what to post about. Nothing new and different is really going on in my life. With Jared gone, I have a lot of free time on my hands that I don't know what to do with, ecspecially since Taryn is going to Purdue this weekend, who knows what I'll do with my weekend. I never realized how much time I actually spend with Jared. We do everything together, clean our rooms, study, run errands. I really miss not having him here, because my favorite times with him are our random times, like when we are doing the dishes or something weird like that. I'm so thankful that God put him in my life and gave us our time together. Thinking back, there is no reason at all the two of us should be together because we really didn't like each other at the beginning, but I'm so glad that I just followed God's plan and here I am. I said I would never date a firefighter...here I am, I said I would never have a long distance relationship...here I am, and I could probably go on and on with the lists of here I ams. But I won't. I find myself worrying like crazy and I need to stop that. Because I know God is in control and I have no reason to worry because he has a plan. It's just hard sometimes not to worry. But I really am working on it and everytime I find myself worrying, I pray for all the firefighters there and all their families and it makes me feel so much better because it reminds me God is with them right now in control.

On to something else...

I love Thursdays. I love them. I love being with people. I love all the speakers that come in and all their messages are so powerful. They have all done an awesome job this year. I love singing in the viaduct. I love going to T's apartment and eating eating eating tons. We went to Steak n Shake tonight and had fun. Good times had by all.

Just a quick update on Jared in New Orleans. I talked to him a lot yesterday because they were stuck in Baton Rouge. Someone somewhere wouldn't let them into New Orleans for some reason or another. So Jared kept calling saying "I'm going in it maybe two weeks til I talk to you" then I get a call two hours later saying "ahh we've been stuck but now we're going in" then two hours later "We're never going in, we're coming home" after that one i get real excited but then, "Ok we're really going in now" and we talked until we lost service. So now he really is in New Orleans supposedly right now they are fighting structure fires, but I'm not really sure. He said from 15 miles away it smelled so bad he could hardly take it and that wasn't even in the city yet. I told him my wise bits of information from CNN, don't touch the water and ecspecially don't drink it or get it near his mouth and he was kind of insulted that i would even have to tell him that. he said "do you think I'm stupid". Oh well, I worry about him there. I just keep watching CNN hopeing that I would catch a glimpse of him somewhere. I haven't. Well, I'm off to school, if I hear from him today, I'll update. :)

Here are some pictures of the fires in New Orleans... Jared wasn't here when they were taken but I still thought they were cool pictures!! There will for sure be cool pictures when he gets home because he took his digital camera.... enjoy!!!

Oh yeah, keep praying because we know God will take care of these firefighters and use them to their best abilities to help all those that need help down there. He's in control and we can trust he's with Jared and the other firefighters right now!!

Kristi

My firefighter left me. Yesterday afternoon Jared thought he had a fire call and it ended up being a call that was maybe going to dispatch Woodford County firefighters down to New Orleans. Jared was kind of excited because he kind of wanted to go but we thought that this dispatch was going to happen in the next couple weeks...we were wrong. All day he and I helped with our church's hurricane project... www.1andonlyt.blogspot.com for that project. We got home at like eight o clock and we were helping my dad out with some finishing touches on the project for the day... I was typing in my computer figures and dad was calling people while Jared sat and kept me company. Next thing we know I was crying all night. Jared got a call and I think it was his dad saying he was heading down to New Orleans in the morning and the crew was full so Jared couldn't go. Jared came back in and was really disappointed and I knew he really wanted to go. Five minutes later as Jared was on the phone talking to someone, his mom called our house and I answered. She said she really needed to talk to Jared because there was a spot to go, and my heart just sunk. I handed the phone to Jared and the next thing I knew he was going to New Orleans for 2 maybe 3 weeks with driving time. We sat and said goodbye for like a half hour and then he was gone. I bawled and bawled and baweled because at this point I had no clue what he was going to do, how long he was going to be gone and if he would even have phone service. A half hour later he was back to say goodbye because the first time we just didn't talk enough and see each other enough. He told me how excited yet nervous he was, then we said our goodbyes again. This time he said bye to my parents and we had awhile to say bye. And then again... he was gone. So here I am a fit worrying about him and praying for him down there and bawling every second that I think about him down there. I talked to him a few times today and he was just riding on fire trucks down there. I found out they were staying in a tent city set up and that rumor was that Nextels had service. So I guess all I can do is wait and see. I know he's doing what he loves...being a firefighter and saving peoples lives...they need him down there more then I need him I guess, so all I can do is entrust that God is using him to his full abilities and helping people. And of course this will be an experience of a lifetime for Jared, I'm sure he'll love it and I'll hear about this trip forever. I'll keep you updated and please just pray...

Kristi