Today was a beautiful day in the city of El Paso. The sky was a wonderful blue and the clouds were huge puffy and white. Very, very pretty.

We didn't do much today. We slept late and then headed out to just visit some local sites. We had planned to go to white sands, but it was supposed to be cold. We decided to wait until another day to do that.

As a mom I am really torn about Eric going on the mission field. This is coming from someone who teared up his freshman and sophomore years in high school because he was going to be moving away from home. I know this is how we raised him, but it doesn't mean I am going to miss him any less.

Dean is not sure we need another dog. If Eric were to move home like we hoped, we would have him here. It is not that much different - only Ranger minds him more than us. I think we will sign all three up for obedience school as soon as possible.

Tomorrow we are going to try the contemporary service at church. JA is going to try the SS class at 11. I hope she likes it. I asked Eric if we needed to find a Southern Baptist Church since he wants to go through their program. He said no. It is a good thing. We did not feel really at home at the SBCs we visitied.

I was hoping we could spend some time in Longview when we go home for Eric's graduation. Because JA is going to college, we won't get to. She is going to probably have to miss 2 days as it is. I don't think we can let her miss more.