Licenses/Passports

Well, life has been very busy for the Ragans, as usual. Skip and I completed our 15 hour motorcycle training/skills class and test last weekend. It was much more intense and exhausting than we thought it would be. It was also invaluable information and practice. Now we are fully licensed for the motorcycles. Speaking of licenses, Lord Willing, Skip will be receiving his 2 contractor's licenses in the next two weeks. They are in a mandatory 10 day waiting period before being released. That is a huge Praise to the Lord! A lot of hard work has gone into Skip getting these licenses. We will let you know when he receives them.

We received our passports in the mail the other day. As Jennifer said, "you are now free to move about the world." In between all of this we have been working and entertaining over night guests. Our best friends daughter and son-in-law stopped in overnight Monday evening. We had a great visit. They are on their way to Germany, for one year, to teach in a school that teaches missionary kids. This weekend Skip's brother and his wife are coming through to spend the night. We are so glad we bought a house with a spare room for guests. We enjoy having people stay with us. Besides that, keeping busy keeps us out of trouble, well maybe. :-)

Lots Done

Due to the strength that Jesus gives, we have accomplished much the first three days of this week. We had our appointment for our passports on Tuesday. We made a trip to Costco and stocked the pantry and freezer, in between answering business calls and making business calls. We finished the stack of paperwork necessary to apply for two contractor's licenses and had one meeting regarding that. The final meeting is today. Oh, and did I mention we both worked as well. It is only Thursday morning. I am moving slowly today. I am thanking the Lord for a slower day. :-)
Jennifer is feeling better, although she is still sore.
Joy and the baby are doing well. He is growing at the appropriate rate and so is she. :-)
Have a great day!

Jennifer

Hi all,
Tuesday we have an appointment at the Post Office to apply for our Passports. Another step closer.
We had a good time on the 4th of July. We had the Nelson's, Yvonne and Holly over. We ate, played Apples to Apples and watched the fireworks.
This morning we had a little scare. Jennifer woke up with extreme abdominal pain. She was bent over, white as a sheet, sweaty and had dry heaves. I took her to emergency and Skip met me there. Jennifer is very tolerant to pain and she was complaining so I knew it was serious. The attending assistant Physician thought it was either a kidney stone or her appendix. She was leaning toward a kidney stone, based on the site of the pain. Two and a half hours later, the tests were all done and they came back showing everything was fine. By then the pain had subsided some. So, bottom line is, either she passed a small stone here at home, or she had something going on with her ovaries. We are not sure. She is very sore in her lower abdominal region, but her color is fine. Poor Jenn. So, I thought I would let you know. We have been laying low for the rest of the day.