Well, it's one year on from our first blog posts, my first online grading as a teacher without a full-time office job, one year on from that year of new possibilities. And we're still in Chesapeake, still dreaming about Europe and listening to God's voice for the New Year.
Of course, the days zip by and it's already the 10th of January. Our days have been filled with: getting Emily to school and helping her with her homework; connecting with friends and doing Trinity worship; lusting after and finally buying a Samsung flat-panel! Andrew's currently watching some "Indiana Jones" on it, while Emily and Kathryn and at "High School Musical 3" at Cinema Cafe, Greenbrier....
My days have been filled with times at the library, grading my papers and brainstorming on what could come next with the "trek to Europe" saga. Listening to Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" on my new red Nano. My car also pulsing to the beat of the soundtrack from "Slumdog Millionaire"...
This post is pretty off the cuff, just a record of a moment in time. Talked to my Dad today, and enlisted his help in looking for job opportunities in the UK. Kathryn and I had a great date last night, seeing "Benjamin Button" at the Commodore in Portsmouth. Before it started, we compared notes on our brainstorming on what to do next in job/ministry hunting. Kathryn had a 1 page mind map. I had 13 sides of scrawling, semi-legible notes. This is our different styles!
It's a time of tension, as we're eager for God to give us our marching orders. But also an interesting time, when I'm praying more than I have in a long time, feeling the heat of spiritual battle, and also laughing unexpectedly more often (usually by a comment from Emily or Andrew!).
I have so much to be thankful for, I can't even begin to put it in words.....
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