Needing Some Prayer

We are really needing prayer:

There have been several robberies, assaults, and would be assaults/robberies in our neighborhood - all of which are focused on the gringos from our school. Please pray for these thieves (who like to hold people up at gunpoint) to flee and for continued protection. All of these attacks have been in broad daylight and less than 1 - 5 blocks from our home and school.

Our family really needs prayer. Tonight we had a family meeting to try to bring some order back into our lives. I won't go into details, but please, please, please pray for our little ones and for their hearts. John and I are doing AWESOME, but we feel like our family is falling apart and that we are living an episode of Super Nanny. Seriously, it's gotten that bad! Avery's finger was crushed in the door today due to some disobedience issues at home, but praise God after a quick trip to the ER and a mangled looking finger (and lots of prayer) she was diagnosed as fine. And within 2 hours her finger looked much better. Still swollen, but not mangled. :) Just an example of why we need prayer for our family.

I am having a hard time this trimester. I'm not sure what is up, but Spanish is seeming ever so difficult where as last tri it didn't seem that way. My mind is kind of jumbled and no matter how much I work I am not making much progress. But right now, I really feel a need to focus 100% on the family but am distracted by Spanish. Or maybe it's vice-versa. Please pray I will have a clear mind, a focused heart and lots of peace.

Thank you for your prayers. Some of this is just life and some of it is spiritual warfare.