Withering!!!!

Have you ever done something, only to have it not turn out?  Like baked something but it's flop.  Or did a craft only to find out you missed a step and it doesn't look like it should.  You get the point.  You did the work but the end result didn't turn out.   Now on a bigger scale, imagine planting thousands of acres of crops, hundreds of hours of labor, only to not get rain and see them wither before your eyes.  That's what all these poor farmers are going through. The end result is out of their control.   It's a trickle affect.  Obviously it's the farmers and family's livelihood, it's the consumers food source, etc etc. 
Steve and I headed to Chicago this weekend.  A little anniversary get away.  Steve thought seeing pavement might be easier than dried up crops.  We had fun, alot of people watching (a very cheap and extremely entertaining past time), we also went to Museum of Science and Industry (where he found a combine).  We took the train, but once we got our van we "crop toured."  You can take the farmer out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the farmer. 

 All in all, we know where we belong.  We had a great time getting away, but we are at home right where God put us, with 5 amazing ladies.  Steve is doing well, despite the drought.  Obviously rain would make us very happy, but we are aware it's in God's hands.  Rain or Shine God is in control and will take care of us all.