Oh my goodness. Blow the dust off your screens. It's been a while. I tried to clean out the cobwebs by getting a new background, but it's still awfully quiet around here. If you go over to facebook or pinterest, you may see more movement, but even twitter has gotten the shaft lately. There is just way too much going on in my over-stimulated mind to put down into 40 characters.
But since you obviously didn't come here expecting to spend too much time reading.... (Actually, if you are here at all, you must really love me. *By the way, Hi 'Chelle!) I will put down a timeline of what I've been doing over the past few months. August was a blur. September was... Wait, is September over already?! *sigh* I do heart fall. So glad it's here but I'm not sure that Texas got the memo. Maybe that's why I'm so discombobulated. I think I'll go back and start with July.
July 10 Shady Oaks Baptist Church calls Brad to be their pastor.
July 14 Brad & Luke go to Brazil (see Mission trip blog) while the girls & I go home and start staging our house to sell.
August 6 We receive an offer on our house. (Note: That's less than 3 weeks on the market, in a market that's not selling, in a town, much-less a neighborhood that's not selling....Oh, and at the end of a triple-digit heat wave, with a pool. Sorry about the heat wave, Kansas, but thank you, God for that selling boost!)
August 14 Last day at RiverPoint Church, Drive to Texas
August 17 Moving truck arrives at our rental house with all of our possessions.
August 19 Offered a job teaching voice at a middle school close to our new house!
August 22 Luke and Grace start school! Luke is starting 8th grade and playing football in his last year at middle school! He's in Advanced Placement Science and getting good grades in everything! Grace, after K-4 homeschooling, is starting 5th grade which here, is the last year of elementary school. We decided on public school after much research and have loved it! All 3 of Grace's teachers have told her that "the most important part about them is that they are Christian". Praise God! Grace is now Gracie to all of her classmates, but Mom's not budging. She'll always be my Grace Caroline! Grace enjoys choir and reading and has friends in our neighborhood that she wants to play with daily!
August 30 Moriah begins Preschool 2 days a week at a church down the street from our house.
September 3 Open House for staff, search committee and all those who helped us move in to our new house.
September 6 Start teaching voice on the days while Moriah is at preschool. Luke's football games begin every Tuesday in September & October!
September 15 SPARK SEATTLE trip - My favorite trip ever! God is so good.
September 24 My mom's surprise birthday celebration reunion with friends and family back in Kansas!
What miracles!!! See what God has done! I'm overwhelmed with His provision and love and blessing. My friend, Hopie, texted this a while back and I still think how wonderful God's blessing is....
Definition of blessed: "one is pronounced blessed when God is present and involved in his life. The hand of God is directing all his affairs for a divine purpose and thus the person lives before the face of God."
Hearing Rich Mullins' song "Hold Me, Jesus" the other day, I realized that right now....He is King of my glory. There are times in life, and have been times and will be times again when I need Him to be my Prince of Peace. But right now, I'm praising the King of my glory for directing all of His affairs for a divine purpose and that I am getting to live before the face of God. It's a beautiful place to be! *sigh* It's good to be back. Thanks for dropping by. I hope you are BLESSED today.
