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Last night we heard an amazing message from an amazing man. Pastor R. has been on staff with our church for over ten years. I have laughed many times when I think about how much I used to dislike him. On the flip side, he has become a truly inspiring person. He passion for people and the gospel of Christ is like none you have seen before. Thanks Pastor R. for everything.

Moving on, here are a few things. If you missed our encounter service on Nov 15^th listen to the podcast. It was great. Also, if you missed the parenting conference this past week that some of the folks from our church went to, you missed it. So, the theme of this weekend was, “If you missed it, you missed it.” That is all I have to say. Have a great day.

Podcast

Here is the link form the podcast from the last post. LISTEN TO IT! It's very good.

Podcast

Change of Plans

Often times things happen that we don't plan to happen. That doesn't mean the things that happened weren't planned. This past Sunday night in encounter we heard a great message about the plans for our lives. Our plans are often not what God has planned for us. Most of the time we would never plan for calamity to come our way. I am surprised I just used the word calamity. Anyways, I want will leave this post at this until the podcast is up and then I will put a link to it. It is good.

Just Waiting

With all the busyness of life we are in a position of just waiting. We are waiting for some more money to do some more work in our house. We are waiting for an offer on our house. We are waiting for it to stop raining. We are waiting for for many things in the midst of all that is going on. I know houses are selling. My cousins have a house under contract. I am happy for them. That is a big relief. Live has been hectic and chaotic. It has been so wonderful to have nothing at the new place we are staying in. It is freeing to have nothing. I don't want anything either. I like having nothing. Just a place to live, the fam, my guitar, and a computer is about all we have. I would like internet. Maybe we will get it. I don't know. Anyways, keep praying for an offer on the house. It would be great to get one this month because the first time home buyer credit will be expiring soon. Seeking God's direction with a price is difficult but we think we have it priced appropriately. Time will tell and reveal God's direction.

2 Days In A Row

I was able to play golf 2 days in a row this week. The first round was with a few friends from church and we were in Michigan. It's a pretty decent course and costs almost nect to nothing. I was shooting a great round (for me) on the front 9 and totally blew it on the 17th hole. If I would have shot better on two holes the whole day I would have had a great round. Yesterday I played the WIU course for $18 with a cart and as much as I could eat pork sandwiches. WIU's course is very nice and challenging. It has some beautiful holes on it as well. I was playing very good again and my putting was dead on. My short game was decent and I had some really good drives. That was probably the last round of the season. I guess I need to clean my clubs now and put them away.

Staying Busy

We have been very busy lately. Moving to this other house so far from school really adds to the amount of time we spend in the car and takes away from other things. I have been working feverishly trying to get the house emptied out. Wifey was able to come out to the garage the other day and make a big dent in things. We only have a few things left to go through other than Wifey's clothes and #1's entire room. There are a bunch of other clothes as well. I would love to be able to be done by tomorrow. I took off tomorrow (Monday) and we should be able to do alot then. Maybe I can start patching by Tuesday. I am trying to have a goal of getting the house on the market by Nov 1st. Earlier would be better.

Being in this situation has really showed me how materialistic we have become and how much we have focused our efforts on the things of this world. This is not our home.

Guess What?

Guess what I have been doing lately? Let's see. It starts with "P"and ends with "acking". Ta da! Needless to say, I hate it. It is such an overwhelming task. Doing it alone isn't great either but I know it is totally worth it. Seeig as how my wife would be miserable spending time in the house, I can deal with it. She and her health is more important than a house or possessions. I want to be able to be packed completely by the end of next week. Hopefully it wont take any longer than 2-3 weeks to paint and put in new carpet. I want the hose on the market by November 1st. I know that it wont happen especially with all the stuff I have going on at work. We have been extremely busy with a bunch of senseless stuff. Not having my boss around for about 2 weeks hasn't helped either. I feel good and thank God for that. Even though I am working long hours of very busy and stressful work, I am doing good. Even with all the time I am spending after work around the house I am doing good. Even with all the sleep I am losing because of getting up earlier I am doing good. God has definitely given me the strength and energy I have needed to keep plugging away at things. The house still has a TON of stuff in it but it is getting there. Oh well, I am tired and want to go to bed....so I will.