A Long Overdue Update

Well, it has been waaaaay too long since I did my last update. I haven’t been the most faithful with blogging lately. Since I’ve started using Twitter I haven’t don’t it as much. But since I haven’t blogged in a while, I figured I’d catch my friends up on what’s going on lately.

Ministry Search
This is always the first thing I get asked about whenever friends or family see me. The short answer is we are in the waiting phase. I’ve sent resumes to a few places and had a few talks with a few places. The usual next question is, “Where are those places.” We aren’t telling too many people where those possibilities are. We aren’t trying to be jerks about it. We just don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up about us leaving or staying or about any particular opportunities. We’ve got some strong prayer warriors that we’ve been sharing specifics with and for the rest, we just ask that you guys keep praying that God will be very clear with His direction.

Substitute Teaching
Since I’m not working right now, I wanted to find some kind of part-time work to help bring in some income and also help me keep busy. (I get cranky when I sit around too much!) So, I’ve applied to substitute teach in Hanover County. I’ll hear back in a couple weeks. The crazy thing is that I had to get a TB test and it revealed that I had been exposed to TB. That means I don’t have the disease but I came across someone who did. So, I have to take some meds for 9 months! I also had to have some blood work done to make sure it doesn’t effect my liver but that revealed that I have some irregular liver activity! So, I go for an ultrasound tomorrow to find out what the deal is with that. More than likely, I’ll have to clean up my diet and do some more running.

Working Out/Running
I typically slack off from running after a big race like the half-marathon back in November. But this time I’ve put on a little bit of weight. I also started a gym membership back in the Fall that I haven’t been keeping up with. So, I decided to get back into it. Unfortunately, I typically don’t do a good job of doing both. It seems like when I’m doing good with working out, I don’t run much and vice-versa. So, with the free time I have right now, I’m trying to do both!

Family
Lastly, with all the free time I have now, I’ve had the blessing of spending a lot more time with my family. Ministry is not always a family-friendly job so this is a blessing. Just about everyday I spend the mornings with just Brennen. Watching cartoons and feeding him. (gotta love oatmeal!) It’s also been good for Beth to have me around. This time of year brings an increased amount of work and so I typically take care of the B Man while she’s working. The Wiggles and The Mighty Jungle have become my favorite shows to watch with him.

Selling Our House
Lastly, we’re selling our house. If you know anyone looking for a small house, perfect for a couple or small family, tell them to let me know!! Even though we don’t know where we’ll end up next, there’s a really good chance we won’t be staying in Mechanicsville. So, with the housing market the way it is, we decided to get our house out there as soon as possible. That means I’ve been working hard on touching up paint, cleaning, and replacing things to put my house in its best shape to sell.

So, that’s what’s going on with me lately. I’ll try to do better with updating. Most of our news and quick updates will be on Twitter/Facebook. Leave me a comment or shoot me a message on FB and let me know how things are going with all of you!!

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