Update on T's Shins...

T's body coach has made adjustments to help T with his recovery from shin splints.  He is working on them this week and probably for the next 5 weeks before T returns to normal training.  A lot of T's body training will be core training until he gets fully recovered from these shin splints.  His core will be solid after these five weeks.  Looking forward to seeing how much this core strengthening helps him when he does the clinch drills with his teammates.  Much improvement should happen these weeks while he's healing and taking a break from normal training.  Enjoy these pics I got of T training in Daytona.

Mom is moving back home…

Mom is going back home. She feels she’s ready to go back so we have been dealing with getting her all moved back to her house today and tomorrow. We are getting her all set up for success at home. At least that’s what we are shooting for anyhow. We will be minus one on doing our puzzles so it will probably take us much longer to get them done now. Scot and I have enjoyed doing them. It hasn’t been all that bad having her here. She’s had her own privacy and everything. We had her set up quite well here. Hope she adjusts well to being back home. While it will be nice having it back to just us it will also take a little getting used to with her not being here. It won’t be too much longer, I’m sure, before she will be needing to live with me more permanently so she doesn’t have to climb stairs anymore. We are gearing ourselves up for when that day occurs as well. We are also hoping and praying we will be able to either renovate what we have, build new on our property, or purchase a new house/land altogether when that time comes so we can accommodate her better. 

Pray 🙏 for America

This is a great post from our Pastor’s blog:  Pray for America!  Give it a read. It’s a good read. 

Another Puzzle Finished!

Mom, Scot, and I have been enjoying doing puzzles in the evening after dinner until bedtime when we have time to sit down and do them.  We've been going through them pretty quickly these days.  This is our last puzzle that we just finished.  3 people doing these makes light work.

Don't Make Converts, Make Disciples!

On the whole, the modern church hasn’t discipled their converts. The emphasis has been on getting people born again, but the follow-up has been poor at best in most cases. The pastors have become absorbed with bringing a motivational message that might encourage someone or meet a momentary need. Very few ground their members in God’s Word to the degree the individual members can receive from God on their own. Hence, the body of Christ is dependent on the clergy to get any answers or insights from God. That is not what Jesus commanded. The failure to disciple converts is the root of most problems in the church and society today.

Take a moment and read this blog post.  It's on Discipleship vs Evangelism.  It's a very good read.  Check it out:  https://www.awmi.net/reading/teaching-articles/discipleship_evangelism/?fbclid=IwAR0cP_UULy7yA_xPb7fovU2QVhsvUHuyi92eAE8lglfdCLbXWRpTrO8Z0gs.  

Roe v Wade Overturned....What does this mean???

So today history has been made and the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade.  What does this mean???  Really all it has done is take it out of the Supreme Courts hands and put it in the hands of each individual state to decide on whether they will ban it or not.  Forbes did a likelihood of what will happen should it be overturned by the Supreme Court:

The picture shows that roughly 26 states will for sure ban abortion.  So what does that mean?   It means that women will travel now in order to get abortions so we really haven't solved the problem.  It's been shifted to the states.  Now the real work begins and that's where Christians pray for all states to eventually ban it and save the lives of our unborn children and give them a voice.  So many precious innocent lives have been lost over the years to this decision that was made, by the Supreme Court, that should have never have been made in the first place because it was never the Supreme Court who should have decided any of it to begin with.  

So much in our world is upside down right now.  There are so many more challenges that our kids are being faced with, sexual orientation for one, besides this decision.  So much cheering is going on and even though it is a win there is still much work that has to be done to make things right again.  This is a beginning but there are still so many challenges that lay ahead for us that need our attention and need to be dealt with if we are going to really make a difference for our kids and their kids futures.  So keep praying and seeking God as to what part you are to play in restoring things for the future of our kids and our kids kids and generations to come.  There's still much work to be done and we have got to be about doing God's business!  We've got to make a difference now!  Change things that should have never been allowed or tolerated now!  We've got to make a future that is secure and thriving for generations to come now!  We've got to make a difference for God now!  The longer the church doesn't stand up and make a difference the worse things will get.  That has been proven already because of so many churches staying silent when they should be roaring like a lion!!!  Don't count yourself out!  No matter how old or young you are God has a job for you to do on this earth!  It's why you are still here!  Find out what that job is that He has for you to do and do it to the absolute best of your ability and with excellence!  Make A Difference!!!  

Thank you Lord for this win today.  Work in the hearts and lives of your people, even me, and help us to pull up our sleeves and get to doing the work that you have for us to do!  In Jesus Name, Amen! 

T Helping With Class Tonight

T is loving helping with class while he recovers. The little kids really look up to him. He seems to really enjoy helping them. Love seeing this side of him. 

It's Official...

Yesterday an announcement was made via a live video stream that USAT is in fact moving to Charlotte, NC.  We couldn't be more pleased with this change because it will mean more events on the east coast and less having to travel across to the west/central side for competitions.  At least that is the hopes of everyone on the east side who have traveled for years to the central and west for stuff.  Only time will tell but it is exciting times right now with this change.  

Another Puzzle Done!

 We got another puzzle done and have started another one.

T's Recovery...

So T is dealing with a growth spurt which makes the Osgood Schlatters in his knees hurt extremely bad.  Then he is also dealing with Shin Splints which we got told today that it takes 4-6 weeks to completely heal from and if you don't allow it to heal then you make an already bad situation worse so that puts T out of being able to do the PATU President's Cup in August because he won't have enough time to train to be ready for it so we won't be wasting our time or money on going to it and let T get completely healed from the Osgood and the Splints.  It'll be good recovery time for him and his body coach is going to adapt his body training so that he doesn't make anything worse.  I have a feeling there is fixing to be a lot of core workouts coming T's way from his body coach...LOL!!  There's always something with this sport that athletes have to deal with.  This is a high intensity and high injury sport with things such as pulled muscles and shin splints and things of that nature.  It just kind of comes with doing this sport.  Every sport has their own challenges and this is TaeKwonDo sparring's challenges.  At any rate, T rests and recovers and does what his body coach tells him that he needs to do in order to completely heal up.  The really good thing about this is that he can eat and grow while healing.  That's a huge plus for T.  And even though it's painful T is really glad to have Osgood happening right now because he knows that means he will be getting taller and, of course, height matters in this sport.  

This picture was taken after his last fight and he got his medal and was making his way back to take off gear so we could leave the venue for the day.  He's looking so grown up.  #GodsPlanistheOnlyPlan