What's happening with us?

Early April and some, at least of the Christisons are in a regular spring rhythm. Emily is doing great in school, even ace-ing a math test which we were nervous about, laughing and joking with her school friends as I pick her up from school, being more aggressive in her soccer games and being such a delightful 8 year old. Andrew, too is energy and enthusiasm personified, especially when donning super-hero outfits or pajamas, taking entirely too long to eat at dinner time, relishing his weekly gymnastics lesson and too often being too cute for words. Well, he was always cute, but now he's learning eloquence as well!

As for the big people in the family - well, I'm going to have to encourage Kathryn to write her own entry, as I don't want to speak for her. For me, I haven't felt a quick or smooth transition back to normal Chesapeake life since coming back from the UK just over three weeks ago. Of course, we don't really know what "normal" looks like! As I mentioned in an earlier blog, my recent trip had the effect of bringing home to me just how much I enjoy living in the US and that it is my home more than anywhere else on the planet! 

I periodically go round in circles, trying to interpret what God has been saying to us and teaching us since September 07 when it was a No or not yet to church-planting in Europe. It's tiring and I probably overanalyze (will my wife giggle at this slight understatement?? I hope so!)

Having good friends to catch up with from church, ex-work and so on has been refreshing, but the ever present "are we going anywhere or not" question is always hanging in the air, along with the "I'm not paying the bills at the moment" question.

We need prayer. For anyone reading, please pray!

I'm going through Psalms at the moment in a fairly informal way, just reading and writing down verses that strike me. The one for this morning was Psalm 27: 14:

"Wait for the Lord; be strong, take heart, and wait for the Lord."

I'm going to take this one to heart....