Where do I start?

So, about the computer...

I have been known to maybe, be slightly addicted.  Like so many, jumping on for a few minutes turns quickly into an hour, usually ignoring everything that goes on around me.  Things have been better in the last year, as Bill and I have been here in missions training, but I still feel like the computer sucks me in.  Like it controls me, instead of me controlling it.  And frankly, I'm missing time with the kids.  Our oldest is already 16 1/2, our youngest 9, which means that Lord-willing, we have between 4 and 10 years left before they all go off and do what God is calling them to do. That's not a lot of time.  Also consider the fact that in a short while, we will be in another country, crazy-buzy with missions work, and time will only continue to fly by.

So, I'm starting a challenge.  It's a 14-day challenge to "really live the life we've been given.  We’re choosing to be intentional, to be free, to enjoy life, and to not let the Internet master us. We know that our lives matter, our time matters, and the souls in our care need us present and fully alive. And really, don’t we want to live full and engage in the life all around us? I don’t want to regret my life, and I know I will never look back and say, “I’m glad I spent all that time online.” - See more at: http://sarahmae.com/2013/08/the-unwired-mom-14-day-challenge-begins-today/#sthash.jaTb0Igj.Jf6nxtBx.dpuf

I'm already struggling with the challenge.  We've been away from home now for a year, training for missions, and the computer has been our lifeline so-to-speak. It's how we know what's going on back home in Florida, it's how we skype and see loved ones, it's how we let people know how to pray for us as we prepare for the mission field, it's how we know how to pray for those we've left. 

How will I do this?  How will I not get sucked in to the computer?  I can only say that Christ's sustaining power is greater than the power of the internet.  Only He can move in me to want HIM more, and the computer less.  ONLY by His power.

Actually, this comes at a perfect time really.  School begins for the kids and Bill and I in 18 days.  Frankly, I have a lot to do before then.  I'm excited to see what God is going to do in me.  I hope to be an example as well, as I see some of our kids getting sucked in to the computer, instead of going out and living.  YIKES!!  I think I'll do this with them.  Day 1's challenge is "Stronger with a Friend".  My kids are my friends, and we'll be a stronger family when we're not addicted to the computer, don't you think?  I DO!!