My wife is out of town at what was supposed to be a wedding but turned into a fun girls weekend away due to some issues with the US consulate and a visa for the groom. So Sarah is in Connecticut and I'm batching it for the weekend.
But I got a call yesterday from a school that I had previously turned down due the course load they wanted me to teach and the compensation they were offering. So I met with the principal and they actually offered me less work and more money than before so we're praying about it but it looks like a good deal and it keeps me from driving down to Escondido everyday which is exactly 50 miles there and then 50 miles back everyday.
So I'll probably end up working there starting the end of August which is good but still means I am scrambling for work in the meantime but its okay.
-Adam
June 19, 2008
June 12, 2008
Thursday...
So I just got done mowing grass with my brother in-law and realized that I have been some what remiss in writing, its not that I have nothing to say but that most of what I have been learning is about doing.
Faith perfected through actions.
Its been an interesting and sometimes difficult couple of months for us. Most of my time has been taken up in looking for a job, since I lost my job about two months ago. I haven't found anything permanent yet, but have supplemented our family income through a lot of random odd jobs mostly involving some sort of physical labor. Which means I've got listening of different messages done and had lots of time to sit and think/pray.
Things I learned...
Walk in my gifting... When troubles come its easy to pull back from things and "wait and see" and really that's sin. Not to say that you shouldn't put some energy into providing for your family, just remember who you are and walk in that identity as best you can.
Remember my priorities... I got offered a job that progressively the conditions changed for the worse. At first it was full time, then fifty to sixty hours, then six days a week, oh yeah and they were going to nights for the next 4 months so I would have been working from 8 pm to 6 am seeing my wife for only 2-3 hours a day. And there were some who couldn't believe it wouldn't take it because it would have been so much money and i didn't have a job at the time. But I made a vow to my wife when we got married to do certain things that take more three hours to accomplish. She's a priority in my life.
Trying to reconcile relationships doesn't always work... But it doenst mean you shouldn't try.
Honor is a language rarely spoken... even in our Church circles. We forget the power of our words and when we rob people of honor, we acknowledge that and go back and restore that that honor to them. And if we see someone dishonored, and recognize it, then we ought to go and address those things.
Don't use pocket knives when you are tired... Which is why i now have an nice scar on my hand about 3/4 of an inch long and about 3/4 of an inch deep.
Family is important and I look foward to having our little family for a long time...
So tomorrow I have my third interview with Light and Life school in Escondido. We'll see what happens. The pastor has an integrated view of using the school to reach out and minister to families in addition to providing a Christian education to the students. If i get it, I'll commute for now, but who knows what the future will bring.
-Adam
Faith perfected through actions.
Its been an interesting and sometimes difficult couple of months for us. Most of my time has been taken up in looking for a job, since I lost my job about two months ago. I haven't found anything permanent yet, but have supplemented our family income through a lot of random odd jobs mostly involving some sort of physical labor. Which means I've got listening of different messages done and had lots of time to sit and think/pray.
Things I learned...
Walk in my gifting... When troubles come its easy to pull back from things and "wait and see" and really that's sin. Not to say that you shouldn't put some energy into providing for your family, just remember who you are and walk in that identity as best you can.
Remember my priorities... I got offered a job that progressively the conditions changed for the worse. At first it was full time, then fifty to sixty hours, then six days a week, oh yeah and they were going to nights for the next 4 months so I would have been working from 8 pm to 6 am seeing my wife for only 2-3 hours a day. And there were some who couldn't believe it wouldn't take it because it would have been so much money and i didn't have a job at the time. But I made a vow to my wife when we got married to do certain things that take more three hours to accomplish. She's a priority in my life.
Trying to reconcile relationships doesn't always work... But it doenst mean you shouldn't try.
Honor is a language rarely spoken... even in our Church circles. We forget the power of our words and when we rob people of honor, we acknowledge that and go back and restore that that honor to them. And if we see someone dishonored, and recognize it, then we ought to go and address those things.
Don't use pocket knives when you are tired... Which is why i now have an nice scar on my hand about 3/4 of an inch long and about 3/4 of an inch deep.
Family is important and I look foward to having our little family for a long time...
So tomorrow I have my third interview with Light and Life school in Escondido. We'll see what happens. The pastor has an integrated view of using the school to reach out and minister to families in addition to providing a Christian education to the students. If i get it, I'll commute for now, but who knows what the future will bring.
-Adam
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