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| Our little house on this beautiful second day of Fall! |
I have not done a good job at updating the blog recently. I feel like August 1st was yesterday and we're already mostly through September! So goes the life that is regulated by the academic calendar! Here are some updates from our lives!
Jobs:
Last week was GO Week at Union, which is one of the busiest weeks for our office! There were so many awesome events, from chapel speakers from the IMB and NAMB, to sessions about adoption and the gospel and the marketplace, and "Missions Late Night" about the persecuted church. On top of all of that, the early bird deadline for GO Trip Applications was on Wednesday. Tomorrow is the official deadline! I can't wait to see how the Lord puts together the different teams and will use so many students in His kingdom work over J-term, Spring Break and the Summer.
Austin is still working for Health Connect America in Martin. It is technically part time (this is determined by the number of clients- 8 is considered full-time), so he is trying to figure out what the best option is at this point. His supervisor is about to resign, so that may change some things in the office. We know that the Lord will provide for our needs in His timing.
Church:
A few weeks ago, we became members at First Baptist Church Humboldt! The Lord is at work there- it is such a loving, genuine body of believers. It has felt like our home church for a long time. We've joined the choir (it's been several years since either of us were in choir!) and we've begun working on Christmas music. This is the first church that Austin and I have been apart of as a married couple and the Lord has already been so gracious to us! The week after we joined, a newlywed Sunday school class began. The teachers are Tommy and Debbie Smith, who Mary lived with over the summer. They are such a godly, hilarious couple! We are so thankful that they are our teachers and that we will be able to glean wisdom from them. The timing is also really cool for us since we haven't been able to be involved in a Sunday school class since we've been married (due to Austin's security job).
Exercise:
Mary and I have still been exercising together at Union. Things have been so busy between Rush activities for Mary and GO Week for me. We haven't been as consistent as we would like. It's just a day at a time, though!
Food:
I promise there will be more "What's for Dinner" posts soon! I've been trying out some new recipes and have some posts ready for next week :-)
House Projects:
We're in the process of cleaning out closets, including setting up a place for all my crafting supplies! Pictures to come soon! I'm also super excited about pulling out my Fall decorations, especially my wreath!
What we've been learning:
The past few months, we have been learning reliance on the Lord as our provider in a big way, especially financially. It's not a comfortable place to be, but this experience is teaching us the importance of accepting situations as they are, doing our best to get through it and taking it a day at a time.
Looking ahead:
We're excited to announce that we will be co-leading the GO Trip to Honduras this Spring Break along with our friends, Joey and Katie Hale! I couldn't be happier to be going back to Orphanage Emmanuel and having Austin come this time too! We can't wait to meet the students who will be serving alongside us.
More posts to come soon! Happy Fall!
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