GNOM visit to our house

We had a pretty busy weekend, met some new friends and got to see some friends from long ago. Our family spent Friday evening hosting the Love and Respect DVD study and fellowship time. We spent New Year's Eve with some of the Christians here in McDonough, but got home long before the new year arrived in the Eastern time zone.

Sunday, our family went to Gwinnett Bible Chapel just north of here, met some families that were quite welcoming, and we also saw our friends Sam and Elsa Matthai from Dallas. They were visiting for the first time also, so it was providential that the Lord let us see them for a quick visit after the meetings. I was invited to speak during the teaching hour, but due to seizures I was not able. I had a 5 minute long seizure that led a string of other seizures that lasted 1/2 hour or so. Tough morning, but I only had one seizure that night during the meeting at the Scarbrough home. One brother, John Michael Thomas, who we had met at Gwinnett that morning came to visit. This was a blessing, as he shared from God's Word in a lesson that blessed the youngest to the oldest in our group.

Also visiting our meeting in McDonough Sunday evening was the Groover family from Augusta, GA area. One of the ladies Sara meets with regularly from our church was not expecting to see her mother, brothers and sisters all show up at the Scarbrough home, but it was a welcome surprise. We had a blessed time of fellowship and fun, and then came the GNOM team!

The young men from Good News on the Move arrived at 730pm and the fellowship turned up a notch. This lively, fun, godly young men brought lots of energy and joy to our meeting, and we had a blast. Last night, JJ Ferrier, Caleb Harris, and Josh Baker stayed with the Scarbrough family, while Caleb Caeton, Josh Blessman, and Ian Milbrath stayed at our home. This morning the Scarbrough family had to drive to Albany for a funeral, so we hosted the team for breakfast. We then spent the rest of the morning talking, preparing them for Florida, and playing games on the Wii. You can see pictures, along with Mark's tongue-in-cheek commentary on our Picasa album online.

All in all, we had a great time with the guys, especially seeing Caleb Caeton again, with whom Mark had a great talk until about 1am. After the guys left about 1130am, Sara headed for a nap (missed 2 days worth of naps with the chaos of the weekend) and Mark kept the kids under control. That was all fine, well, and good until Mark had another string of seizures that lasted about 15 minutes and was more difficult to recover from than most events like this.

That is our update for the day. Sara is feeling better after a good nap, Mark is recovering and writing this all down as folks have asked for more information. Sara is talking with a friend on the phone while Nathaniel makes supper, and the youngest three are playing princess and prince. Some sort of argument about princesses, ballerinas, and what a servant's job should be. Just another day here at the funny farm.