For those of you who have just started visiting and reading decloned, you’ve come in at a weird time. Our family has been going through some major changes. My wife and I just had our first child, Aidan in January. Prior to that I left the church I had served at for about five years. My wife, Rebecca, went back to work full-time. I’ve become a bit of a stay-at-home-dad/blogger/freelance web designer kind of guy while I hunt down ministry jobs online. I’ve had several promising interviews over the last few months, but nothing has come of them. This last month, we got another dog. This last week we sold one car and bought another after we wrecked another car we owned. My wife and I have been trying various local churches to find one where we feel at home and where we can be ourselves again. We found another home for one of our cats and are looking for a new home for the other cat. My wife and I determined a few months ago that we just were not cat people at this stage of life since we had our son. Maybe we’d get another one someday when he’s older, but dogs work better for us right now.
In short Life Comes at You Fast. In one year everything has changed. I am enjoying being a daddy. I love my wonderful wife, Rebecca, more everyday. I really, really want to find a full-time ministry job that will allow her to be a stay-at-home mom. We are still working through paying off debt. I still desire to get a good camera (canon 7d in case anyone has the extra cash laying around). In short, there are still things we want, still things we desire and still things we need, but we are still here. God is still in control. My prayer life has taken a turn for the better (yet still needs work). I am learning to trust God more, to lay down pride in my life more, to be open more, and live a more honest existence. I’m not there yet and next year I probably won’t be either. God is though and He is still working.
Sure wish you all lived closer. Don’t have any leads on ministry positions, but I think you’d love our church.
I probably would. I don’t think I posted this above, but I did find a church yesterday that I think I like here in the area. They seem to be a pretty good group of people. I may try to jump in on one of their “community groups” and definitely hit them up again next Sunday. As for the job search, I am completely and utterly frustrated and at the end of my rope on… but sometimes that’s a good place to be too.