He's Back!
Dear Blogland,
I must apologize for my unexcused absence...
When I looked at the date of my last post I couldn't believe how long it had been! I don't know exactly what happened, however, slowly but surely I got out of the daily routine habit of doing my blog-- and checking in on all my blog friends. I guess I went into self-preservation mode and only focused on "necessary" activities to ge me through this rather rough time of transition.
Before we made the move, I was warned by several people how emotionally difficult and draining a move can be. Suffice it to say that I basically ignored these well-meant warnings. After-all, our family WANTED this move-- it wasn't being forced on us. But, being separated from my family for two months, the stress of starting a new job (after being so comfortable in my last job of 9 years), trying to sell our house and looking for new houses here and now having all four of us living in a 800 square foot apartment-- has finally taken a toll on me!
There are many, many wonderful things about being here:
We love Austin--it is such a wonderfully cool place to live. We LOVE our new church-- there is a very strong youth group program and wonderful kids ministries, and we are both singing on the praise team. There have been baptisms nearly every single Sunday since we've been here. We love our kids new school-- Hill Country Christian School. Not only is it a very Christ-centered school, it uses a "classical" approach to education. It's a really, really interesting approach (based on Greeks and Roman's structure/philosophy) and we feel so blessed to have found it.
However, there are also many challenges to living here:
My job has proven to be very difficult and demanding of me and my time. I inherited a fairly complex situation within my department and have had to deal with some pretty big issues. I've been putting in way too many hours during this process as well, and that does not bode well at home! It has also been rough to not be "at home' in a house yet as well. My wife and I are big "house" people-- we spend a lot of time at home, we love decorating and gardening and are just very focused on our home. So, temporarily being without one has proved to be challenging to us!
But, at the end of the day we are very blessed and very happy to be here. God is good and feel strongly that He has brought us here for His purposes.
Father, thank you for your love and your care. Thank you for your faithfulness to us. Continue to bless us and keep us in your care. Amen.
I must apologize for my unexcused absence...
When I looked at the date of my last post I couldn't believe how long it had been! I don't know exactly what happened, however, slowly but surely I got out of the daily routine habit of doing my blog-- and checking in on all my blog friends. I guess I went into self-preservation mode and only focused on "necessary" activities to ge me through this rather rough time of transition.
Before we made the move, I was warned by several people how emotionally difficult and draining a move can be. Suffice it to say that I basically ignored these well-meant warnings. After-all, our family WANTED this move-- it wasn't being forced on us. But, being separated from my family for two months, the stress of starting a new job (after being so comfortable in my last job of 9 years), trying to sell our house and looking for new houses here and now having all four of us living in a 800 square foot apartment-- has finally taken a toll on me!
There are many, many wonderful things about being here:
We love Austin--it is such a wonderfully cool place to live. We LOVE our new church-- there is a very strong youth group program and wonderful kids ministries, and we are both singing on the praise team. There have been baptisms nearly every single Sunday since we've been here. We love our kids new school-- Hill Country Christian School. Not only is it a very Christ-centered school, it uses a "classical" approach to education. It's a really, really interesting approach (based on Greeks and Roman's structure/philosophy) and we feel so blessed to have found it.
However, there are also many challenges to living here:
My job has proven to be very difficult and demanding of me and my time. I inherited a fairly complex situation within my department and have had to deal with some pretty big issues. I've been putting in way too many hours during this process as well, and that does not bode well at home! It has also been rough to not be "at home' in a house yet as well. My wife and I are big "house" people-- we spend a lot of time at home, we love decorating and gardening and are just very focused on our home. So, temporarily being without one has proved to be challenging to us!
But, at the end of the day we are very blessed and very happy to be here. God is good and feel strongly that He has brought us here for His purposes.
Father, thank you for your love and your care. Thank you for your faithfulness to us. Continue to bless us and keep us in your care. Amen.
