August 24, 2009

Our Life in the Ministry

Today marks the one year anniversary of the day the church voted Joe into being the Senior Pastor. It was quite a journey to even get to that point. After the former pastor left right before we got married, many people approached Joe to full the role. Even as we were decorating the church for our wedding someone called Joe about this. I said "Absolutely not!" I was excited about being a Student Minister's wife, investing in youth, and starting a ministry together.



Fast forward a couple of months. Joe at this time had been the interim pastor, filling the pulpit, and I could see that he really enjoyed it. One day as we stood in our kitchen, I told him if you wanted to put your resume in, that I would support you. I think I thought even then, we are so young, there is no way this could happen!



But one year ago today the church voted Joe in and we started this new ride together in ministry. We've had our high peaks and our low valleys. We've had days where we have barely seen each other or barely even seen home.




But there are somethings I have learned in the last year.




  • Ministry is way less about me and more about following God
  • The congregation is definitely observing you but will pick you up when you fall
  • I am a lot more sensitive to criticism than I realized.
  • There many more blessings than trials, but you need to look for them with a heart of gratitude.
  • That even in the valleys God is near.




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August 17, 2009

Locks of Love

I chopped 12 inches off my hair today.

That's the most I have ever cut off. I have been talking for awhile about cuttin my hair and with our church directories coming up, I knew now was the time. I have been growing my hair since before the wedding. I thought I would be more emotional about it, but I was happy to be off with it!
So without further ado here is me probably about a pound lighter holding my proud pony tail!







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August 11, 2009

Sewing

Last weekend, I finally took my sewing machine out of the box. Sadly, it had not been used since I received at Christmas.

One of my friends is an avid sewer so I went to her house for lessons. I learned how to thread my machine, sewing in straight lines, and I made an oven mitt!

So now I am practicing with my sewing machine on the kitchen table, making straight lines, and slowly becoming a sewer or is it seamstress?

I even offered Joe to hem one his suit pants but he politely declined!





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August 10, 2009

Annie

I haven't written on here about Annie in a long time. Annie came into our lives by surprise and definitely was been a handful! She is all puppy, full of energy, and loves everyone that she meets! It's hard for her to understand if someone doesn't want to stop and love her!

Cooper and Annie have become fast friends and she loves to wrestle with Levi.

Just like life with a kitten, I am not sure I was ready for a puppy. She is into everything, very hyper, and full of puppyness. But then all of sudden she will lay down next to you on the couch, give a puppy sigh and you automatically fall in love!








She's a keeper! And today she is leaving for 2 days to have her 'special' surgery! Hopefully absence does make the heart grower fonder.





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August 8, 2009

If You Thought It was Someone's Birthday...

....you were right! It's mine!



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August 6, 2009

Between minor floods, church activities, work, family, and weekend adventures....I haven't posted in awhile.


I promise to make up for that very soon!


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