Sometimes you have to wonder........

Well, a bit of bad news. The St. Paul administration building was broken into and robbed the Monday night. The culprit took loose cash and stole Nick's laptop. It unfortunatly gets worse - the computer guys at church didn't have his laptop connected to the server, so ALL of his hours and hours of work were lost. Needless to say, it wasn't a great day yesterday. So, last night I tried to make things a little better. I made a manly man's meal of meatball subs and we watched a movie. We also prayed for the safe return of the computer.

This morning when Nick got to work, he was greeted and then sent down to the police station. Why you ask? Well, it turns out that the robber (aka idiot boy) was caught trying to break into the middle school building last night. Hitting up the same spot two nights in a row! That's smart. Doesn't this dude watch Cops? It sounds like it was quite exciting, though. The superintendant was called out at 1:30 this morning and there were 6 units, a canine unit, and a helicopter! That would have been a sight to see. Despite finding Nick's laptop bag, on him, idiot boy said it was his "friend" that hit up the admin building the night before. Riiiigghhhtttt. That's why Nick had to go down town - to identify the bag.

Unfortunately, the computer was not in the bag, but perhaps there is still a gleaming ray of hope that we will get it back.

P.S. This upstanding citizen has a record. He was caught breaking into another church in town not too long ago. What a winner. Someone made the comment, "Isn't that like a straight ticket to hell? That's like mugging a nun or something!" I thought that was pretty funny.

Ah, speaking of God working in mysterious ways, my sister is going to come home to my mom and dad! At long last, our countless prayers have been answered (at least partially). She was recently diagosed with fibromyalgia (where your muscles just hurt all over for no apparent reason), and this was the straw that broke the camel's back. I am so thankful, and will continue to pray for all since it is going to be a long hard road for all physically, emotionally, and financially. Please keep everyone in your prayers!

I do have to report some happy news, though. It can't all be depressing or deep! I am getting close to finishing my first knitting project! Picture to come soon..... :)

Knitting, although much more tedious than crochet, is way too cool and I can't wait to get better and better!