It seems I am saying this every other week now.  ”I am waiting to hear back on a job out of state.”  It’s always true, but different distances are always involved.  The church I put a resume in at was supposed to meet last night to go over them and decide on who to interview or take further in the process.  Keep them and us in prayer as we continually look for where God leads.  It’s a associate pastor position that would be primarily Youth Group and Family ministries.

For the last six months Becca and I have been thinking about how our family is structured with the animals.  Aidan is just over nine months old and he will be walking soon.  We are looking at jobs all over the country.  We know that wherever we go, it would be easier to get an apartment with only one type of animal rather than both a dog and cats.  So, we made a decision to find a new home for the kitties.  My parents took Elijah so we are happy for him.  He will have a playmate named “Sadie” there.  As for Keena, she has been having bathroom problems and not going to the litter box like she should and we were thinking about trying to find her a home if only just for this reason.  We are going to be dropping her off at a “no-kill” animal adoption agency.  They have a pretty extensive interview process before you can adopt an animal so we are confident that she will find a good home.  We will miss them both.

As for Dugal, we are keeping him.  In fact, over the last few months since we’ve had Aidan we thought it would be beneficial for Dugal to have a doggy playmate he could romp with since a lot of our attention is going to Aidan now.  Also, walking two dogs in no harder than walking one.  So we have a new puppy.  We have named him Rogin after the red dwarf in Chronicles of Narnia.  He is a small red cocker spaniel just like Dugal, but only about nine weeks old.  So far they are doing pretty well together.  Dugal is getting used to him and occasionally playing with him now.  Dugal has a “mini me” which is pretty cute in and of itself.  I’ll post some pictures of the two together soon when I find the camera.  So we are not getting rid of the kitties to just get a puppy.  We are getting rid of the kitties because our family dynamics have changed considerably over the last year and dogs work better for us.  Since having Dugal and now Aidan we have come to realize that we are in fact, “Dog People” rather than “Cat People”.

In other news, we are also selling our car.  We are pretty much selling it and figuring out a new mode of transportation all in the same day.  Tomorrow.  I am going to go finalize some of the paperwork later today so we know exactly what we will be dealing with when we go over there tomorrow.  We know that we will need a form of transportation that is more reliable especially looking at moving a longer distance in the near future.  Right now, that looks to be out west somewhere in the Rocky Mountains.  Think somewhere between Arizona and Montana.

I think that is all the news for now other than I just got over a cold and Becca is fighting it now.  Hopefully she will feel better in the near future.  I am on the other side of it with just a stuffy nose.