Praying for Good Luck!

I realize that I haven't posted recently even though a lot has been going on. I have mainly been working on homework for my School Law class that meets this weekend... on Valentine's Day weekend. The class is very interesting but the homework gives me a migraine. The first task was to write two case studies on court cases that have occurred within the last 10 years. I found a court case on a school district that makes all student who participate in extra-curricular activities take a urine test to prevent drug use. All extra-curricular participants including athletic teams, educational teams, band, chorus, future farmers club, future homemakers club, etc. A little extreme, maybe? My other case deals with different religious groups challenging student-lead prayer before football games over the PA system. Both interesting but a little over my head when it comes to summarizing. I'll summarize it for my readers in a nutshell- drug taking is okay, prayer is not... GO FIGURE! :( My other assignment was to write an eight page paper summarizing our school's elementary handbook. I'm just wrapping up all assignments with a few days to spare before class actually meets!

I have two major prayer requests for the week:
1) Doug has an interview with Masterbrand Cabinets in Arthur, IL tomorrow morning for a pre-engineering position. They have reviewed his resume and have called him for an interview... good news, eh? The position sounds like something Doug would really enjoy and he is SUPER excited about the possibilities all while trying not to get his (and my) hopes up. Of course we know, if it's not meant to be, bigger plans are already in the works.

2) My dad has been struggling with losing the feeling in his arm and hand lately. He of course tries to act "tough" but the rest of us have become VERY concerned. He went to the dr. today for some Xrays. The doc thinks his carpal tunnel (which he had surgery on both wrists not too long ago) may be back AND he may have should impingement syndrome which would lead to a MAJOR surgery. Ugh! Everyone who knows Dad, knows he is a workaholic so this news is KILLING HIM! We are praying that the test results come back with positive news and that the numbness can be solved with minor procedures. Looks like Dale's may see more of Daddy Doug in the next coming weeks!

On an exciting note: My school is going to participate in an attempt to break a Guinness Book record. The last Guinness record in the category for "Most People Reading Aloud Simultaneously in Multiple Locations" was set in December 2006, when 223,363 participants read from E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web." Our school, along with millions of other students, plan to break the current record by simultaneously reading the Gettysburg Address, in celebration of Honest Abe's 200th birthday! It is organized and will be on webcast through the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum tomorrow morning at 9:30a.m. Abe Time (central time) when the reading takes place! The organizers have also heard from schools in both Germany & Japan that are interested in participating! This really will be a global birthday celebration! My class is super excited and have been practicing daily for our participation in what will go down in history. If you are in Blue Mound tomorrow at exactly 9:30 and have nothing better to do, Meridian Intermediate School would love to have you in the gym when we start our "Four score and seven years ago..."

I will of course let you know tomorrow how our activity goes! I bet Lincoln would be amazed at how technology has been developed since his time and make it possible for the entire world to not only participate, but also watch as his historic speech is recited again... to make history... again.