Starting to feel a little more superstitious... (a post by Dan)

So did anyone notice the date today?  That's right, Friday the 13th.  Unfortunately, we haven't been able to forget it.  We are holding yet another yard sale today that's been running a little slow.  What's worse is that we been the victim to theft.  A few minor losses of items we've noticed are gone, but haven't been sold.  Even worse still is the stealing of Jen's phone.  By re-tracing the events up till noticing it being missing we have the culprits narrowed down.  Unfortunately we have no way of tracking them down.  It is a very violating feeling when you have such personal items stolen from you.  Right now someone is invading the privacy of, basically, Jen's whole life.  Her contact list has people with whom she is close to on it.  She has pictures of her own precious memories (nothing she would be ashamed to show people).  Essentially, a piece of her is missing, and it has shaped the course of today.  What was supposed to be a nice romantic night of dinner and enjoying each other's company will now be spent obtaining a new phone for Jen giving us a constant reminder of a not-so-good day.  To sum it all up, this hasn't been one of our better days.  But even in the midst of our hardship we still recognize God is faithful to us, and has prepared us to face this very day.  We trust His sovereign control of this situation.  Anyway, not the type of post we want to make a habit of sharing with you all.  We consider anyone reading this blog to be very dear to us and we want to be transparent and offer you both our joys and sorrows.

So, thank you all for your loving support.  We look forward to a brighter day tomorrow.  Today is almost over, and we are glad that we never have to re-live it ever again.