Rodents!

I don't know what the deal is but with in the last week it seems like we have been seeing mice and rats EVERYWHERE! I was sitting up with Keri and the boys the other night and as we were talking all of a sudden Keri screams and pulls her feet up on the couch. I hadn't seen it so didn't know what she was doing until she explained that she had just seen a mouse. She held onto the boys and I went to find a broom to try and chase it out the door. well once I got the broom the mouse was long gone and after searching under couches and pillows and other big piles on the floor we could not find it. I talked to Kirk the next morning and he told me he had seen a another one that morning but had not told Keri, and then that night as I was about to shut off my light and go to bed I just happened to glance out my window and there was a HUGE rat bottom and tail pushed right up against my window. Yuck! I didn't want to take the chance that it would still be there in the morning when I wanted to open my windows ( I only open them during the day because at night I have to keep them closed so the bugs don't come in) so I quickly flipped open the bottom slats of my window to push the rat off my ledge. Then last night as I was talking to Ryan and Nicole (my brother and sister in law) there were two mice playing on the office floor not really caring that I was sitting there watching them! Hopefully when all this rain stops they will want to go back outside and play! I do need to make a correction from the last blog entry. Little truitt plattner is doing better (PRAISE GOD) he DID NOT have a virus the Dr. thought the water might be affecting him so they had to switch to bottled water or boiling the tap water. Also a prayer request as we are settling into our routines here the jobs just keep coming and in missions training we are told again and again do not over load yourself or you will burn out very quickly. Please pray that we can approach this in a positive and wise way so when we do have to start telling people I'm sorry we just can't take on any more right now that they will not be offended and that feelings will not be hurt. Thank you! I love you! and wish you all a most Wonderful week. be blessed and be a blessing. -Erin