Slavery

Our church is offering a Connection Class (adult Sunday School) that's called "Setting the Captives Free."  Now, I'm not attending the class (I'm going to an Apologetics class), but one of the teachers just posted on Facebook some information on a new website that I checked out and found very interesting (and disturbing!).  A little background is that research shows that sex trafficking increases exponentially in cities hosting Super Bowls.  Indianapolis is hosting the Super Bowl this year.  This is one of the reasons our church decided to highlight the problem in one of the Connection Classes.  The website that Debi posted is not so much about sex trafficking as it is about human slavery, and our impact on it.  I encourage you to check it out; take the survey to see how many slaves are working for you!

Slavery Footprint Survey

Routine

We are well into the swing of things this fall.  We have plenty of commitments to keep us busy: community group, Bible Study, Awana, soccer, youth group, softball.  Most of our weeknights are booked with something, so we've been trying to get things done on the weekends and when we have an unexpected night free.  On top of that, Jonathan was gone last weekend moving his Mom to Indianapolis, so not much was accomplished over the weekend.  Today I'm playing "catch-up".  I'm doing laundry, moving too-small clothes out of kids' dressers, cleaning out the van, doing dishes, and if there's time, maybe I'll sand another skim-coated master bathroom wall.  And I'd like to get all that done before 2:00, so that I can take a well-earned nap.  Tonight will be another "rush to eat dinner" night, as the boys not only have soccer, but it's also picture night, so getting ready will take a little longer.  I think we'll have leftovers.

Today is the Day!

Today is the day that Anelise moves into her big-girl bed.  I really hope it goes well, because the crib is taken apart and put in the closet.  And it's not easy to put back together.  We moved Ethan into his bed around 20 months, and Caleb right around 2.  Both of them transferred to the bed so easily, so we decided to move Anelise at about the same age.  She's 23 months.  I found a duvet cover that I loved, and it arrived on Tuesday.  So yesterday during Awanas, Anelise and I went to Target to find sheets, a mattress pad, and a pillow.  Today I washed everything, took apart the crib, put the mattress on the floor, and put the bedding on it.  I also rearranged her room, which I enjoy doing every so often.  Eventually we'll put the box spring under the mattress, and after that, we'll get a bed frame.  For now, with just the mattress on the floor, it doesn't look very permanent, but I'm still pleased with how it looks.