Last week was filled with the excitment of Josh's Columbus debut, the busyness of making a huge circle through Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, and Virginia, and the blessing of spending time with dear friends and meeting new ones. As I wrote last Tuesday, Josh was promoted to AAA.
He had a great week there, pitching 4.1 innings, striking out 5, and giving up 1 run. After a great outing Thursday night, the AAA coach told him that he had done a great job for Columbus, but that he was going back to AA and that he would be meeting the team on the road in Akron, OH. Earlier that day, McKenzie and I had driven down to Richmond to spend the day with him. We had returned to Gainesville, VA that evening where we were staying with our wonderful host family from last summer.
Josh called me around 10:30 that night. After accepting my congratulations for his great outing, he told me that I needed to come get him in Richmond the next morning, and that we would be driving to Akron, OH that afternoon. I got to bed as soon as I threw two loads of laundry in and took a shower, knowing that I would have to get up early the next morning so that I would be able to pack and make the 1.75 hour drive to Richmond before 9 am. I think it was almost midnight when I fell into bed.
My alarm went off at 5:45, but I couldn't drag myself out until 6. Five minutes later, I was rushing around folding laundry, repacking the car, gulping coffee, and trying to look somewhat presentable although all I really wanted to do was curl up and go back to sleep. Miraculously, we only left 30 minutes later than I intended and pulled up to the Quality Inn in Richmond at 9:30. Josh was waiting in the lobby. After cramming his bags into the already overstuffed 4-Runner, we were back on I-95, heading north towards Akron and AA.
We are so thankful to be here safely and together again as a family and we are praising the Lord for Josh's successful week in AAA. Although it was brief, we are confident God had a purpose in it and are excited to see what He has for us the rest of the season. Thank you all so very, very much for your prayers. The Lord truly protects, guides, and shepherds us through the craziness of this life. Without Him, and all of your support and prayers, we couldn't do it.
I have lots of fun pictures from the last few weeks, but the computer here at the hotel is slow, so I will upload them as soon as I can.
Love to all!
Steph, Josh, McK
2 comments:
So glad Josh was at least given positive feedback! Will keep you in our prayers.
Dearest Bravehearts,
You are definitely ALL GUTS!! and all the glory goes to the GOOD LORD who has so graciously blessed you three in this 2008 Mudville adventure!
We are proud of your AAA pitching, Josh! Way to look mean out there--those batters were swingin' their hearts out!!
Our prayers for you all continue as the dog days of summer baseball draw to a close!
Always yours with love,
Momma et al xxxo
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