I know I know I know...I haven't updated in forever! Life has been crazy busy (to say the least).
Home Life:
We have been in our new apartment for 3 months now and we are loving it! It's great to have our own space to spread out and be contained to one room. And I love using our wedding presents! Once I get through decorating (yes I know it's been three months, but life is busy and decorating takes extra money) I'll post some pictures.
On to a sadder point...our A/C has been out for a week now and for all you Eastern Shore people know this is not a good thing at...well in AL period this is NOT a good thing! Last weekend maintenance came and put a window unity in our living room and well it is less than sufficient. The A/C was supposed to be fixed by Wednesday but here it is Saturday and all we have is an additional window unity for the bedroom. Fingers crossed everything will be fixed on Monday!
To a happier note...Married life is amazing! We have been married for 413 blissful days! Jared is the greatest!!!!
Work Life:
Less than desirable! Don't get me wrong I love teaching...LOVE children! But God is showing me in many ways that it is time for me to move on...not from teaching but from where I'm teaching. When it gets to the point of dreading going to work EVERY DAY something is wrong. I've been looking deep inside and praying over the situation and I've been under TOO much stress lately...yes I know preschool can be stressful, but what I'm going through is ridiculous. To hit the high notes of my stress: 1) I am to my co-workers as Southern summers is to Northern winters 2) I am the three-year-old afternoon teacher and I have 11 children in my class, one of which has Down Syndrome, and I have no helper/aide...just me! Thomas, my child with Downs, demands all of my attention and if I don't freely give him ALL of my attention he acts out.
Yesterday I went and applied at this other center here in Daphne, and I'm praying with all my heart, soul, and might that I get this job. This place is called Christ the King Early Childhood Development Center and it is just like Dawson (the preschool I worked at in Birmingham) I've been longing for a place like Dawson ever since we moved and now I've finally found one. Please join me in this prayer!
Church Life:
IS AMAZING! Coastline Community Church is wonderful...the people are great and our family is growing! God has amazing plans in store for the Eastern Shore!
And for now that is my life! Miss you all that are not here with us on the ES!
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Here Lately...
Here's just a little update on my life "Here Lately" :
Jared and I are making some pretty big plans (unspoken to most of the world so far) and we need some pray in that. (I'll expound on at a later date) Just know these plans do involve us having more money coming into our family. Pray that God opens the right doors at the right times for this to be possible. (sooner than later if preferable) *And no I'm NOT talking about the "pitter patter of little feet"*
We are also making plans on traveling during the Thanksgiving season to Birmingham to do Thanksgiving with my side of the family. This is setting up to be the craziness trip between here and there we have ever made. Seriously, now that I (FINALLY) have a job (at Pier One Imports) our plans might be kinked...we were planning on Jared possibly being off work the Friday after Thanksgiving (eliminating any rushing)...leaving here Wednesday after Jared gets off work and coming back late Friday. But now that I have a job (unless I can get a late shift on Friday) the "rush" as been throwing back into the equation. :-/ Oh well...(I can finally say again) at least I have a job!
I did a super deep cleaning of our room yesterday and now my back in killing me! (little random add-in...no worries...free of charge)
Please be keeping Coastline Community Church (the church we moved down here to help plant) and everyone helping in your prayers. Allen and Stephanie Drew (the pastors of the church) are starting our meetings tomorrow to introduce the vision of the church and to take those helping out throw the growth track and introducing them to the "Highlands DNA." We are super excited and KNOW that God has a ginormous plan in store for the Eastern Shore...and it just makes me giddy to know we get to be apart of the huge move that is going to take place for His Kingdom!
And that is all for "Here Lately"
Jared and I are making some pretty big plans (unspoken to most of the world so far) and we need some pray in that. (I'll expound on at a later date) Just know these plans do involve us having more money coming into our family. Pray that God opens the right doors at the right times for this to be possible. (sooner than later if preferable) *And no I'm NOT talking about the "pitter patter of little feet"*
We are also making plans on traveling during the Thanksgiving season to Birmingham to do Thanksgiving with my side of the family. This is setting up to be the craziness trip between here and there we have ever made. Seriously, now that I (FINALLY) have a job (at Pier One Imports) our plans might be kinked...we were planning on Jared possibly being off work the Friday after Thanksgiving (eliminating any rushing)...leaving here Wednesday after Jared gets off work and coming back late Friday. But now that I have a job (unless I can get a late shift on Friday) the "rush" as been throwing back into the equation. :-/ Oh well...(I can finally say again) at least I have a job!
I did a super deep cleaning of our room yesterday and now my back in killing me! (little random add-in...no worries...free of charge)
Please be keeping Coastline Community Church (the church we moved down here to help plant) and everyone helping in your prayers. Allen and Stephanie Drew (the pastors of the church) are starting our meetings tomorrow to introduce the vision of the church and to take those helping out throw the growth track and introducing them to the "Highlands DNA." We are super excited and KNOW that God has a ginormous plan in store for the Eastern Shore...and it just makes me giddy to know we get to be apart of the huge move that is going to take place for His Kingdom!
And that is all for "Here Lately"
Monday, November 2, 2009
Prayer Request...
So there has been a lot of stress that Jared and I have been under lately. I have had to hardest time finding a job, and some people are thinking I'm just being too picky...saying, "It's all about the money" to just find something that pays well. And no, I'm sorry tis not all about the money. Tis better to be happy than wealthy. Yes, money help us get through life, but tis not all there is to life. I've always told myself I'm not going to work somewhere where I'm not happy. It would only be a "chasing after the wind."
What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He had made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from the beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil--that is the gift of God I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.
Ecclesiastes 3:9-14
Some days I feel as if I am living in Ecclesiastes...while it is one of my favorite books of the Bible, I don't feel like always have to explain myself to the same people on almost a daily basis. I want to work at a place I enjoy, so I don't toil in vain...so I won't be chasing after happiness in a place where it won't be achieved. I choose HAPPINESS!
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
So to the prayer request the title insinuates...There have been a lot of open doors for both Jared and I that right as we start to step through they slam in our faces. Yes...yes...yes I know this means that they weren't the right doors, but it seems for me since we've been down here no door has been the right door, and here recently a huge opportunity opened up for Jared and totally clasped right in front of him. What I'm getting at is we need the right doors to open and stay opened...we need a way to get out of his parents' house and begin married life the way it is meant to be. We are praying for a better job opportunity for Jared, he has a great job has it is and get paid well, when he has the hours, but down here there isn't a high demand for his work right now meaning low hours. We either need a higher position, with guaranteed hours or salary. And for me I just need a job period...I had a call this morning for a job interview on Thursday, and I really need prayer on this one...prayer for peace. We also need prayer for wisdom in the steps we take and the way to handle certain situations. And a big one is prayer for understanding for both Jared and I on why things are going the way they are, and also for the people we are dealing with to understand why we live/make decisions the way we do (Biblically) because for some reason they aren't understanding.
What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He had made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from the beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil--that is the gift of God I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.
Ecclesiastes 3:9-14
Some days I feel as if I am living in Ecclesiastes...while it is one of my favorite books of the Bible, I don't feel like always have to explain myself to the same people on almost a daily basis. I want to work at a place I enjoy, so I don't toil in vain...so I won't be chasing after happiness in a place where it won't be achieved. I choose HAPPINESS!
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
So to the prayer request the title insinuates...There have been a lot of open doors for both Jared and I that right as we start to step through they slam in our faces. Yes...yes...yes I know this means that they weren't the right doors, but it seems for me since we've been down here no door has been the right door, and here recently a huge opportunity opened up for Jared and totally clasped right in front of him. What I'm getting at is we need the right doors to open and stay opened...we need a way to get out of his parents' house and begin married life the way it is meant to be. We are praying for a better job opportunity for Jared, he has a great job has it is and get paid well, when he has the hours, but down here there isn't a high demand for his work right now meaning low hours. We either need a higher position, with guaranteed hours or salary. And for me I just need a job period...I had a call this morning for a job interview on Thursday, and I really need prayer on this one...prayer for peace. We also need prayer for wisdom in the steps we take and the way to handle certain situations. And a big one is prayer for understanding for both Jared and I on why things are going the way they are, and also for the people we are dealing with to understand why we live/make decisions the way we do (Biblically) because for some reason they aren't understanding.
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