I officiated a wedding ceremony back in Michigan for a former student that I had the privilege of discipling during his time in high school and beyond. It was an honor to be a part their special day. Beth and I were very thankful to them and his parents for making it possible.
When the wedding weekend was over Beth, myself, and our dog Edgar set out for our second cross country drive in a week. It's an even longer drive when you stop every couple hours to let your dog out! But we made it and Edgar loves his new home!
We are still working on 'come.'
We arrived back in Gloucester and reality began to hit. Beth still needed a job. I needed to adjust to being back in school. The house had(has) a few projects left. Oh...and we just moved 1,000(998 to be exact) miles away from our friends and family.
God provides.
Beth has been looking at jobs for months. Hours and hours of submitting resumes, searching jobs websites, and corresponding with different connections people gave us. Nothing. We would have been more frustrated but we realized that there are millions of people in need of jobs and we had only been looking for a few months.
As I mentioned before two of our good friends Bryce and Elyse moved out to Boston as well to attend a different seminary (traitors). Elyse looked into getting a nanny job and was blessed with one right away. In talking to her, Beth became excited about the possibility of a nanny job...it all depended on finding the right family.
Well two families responded to Beth quickly after she posted her profile on Care.com. The first family turned out to be a little creepy. The second family has turned out to be God's incredible provision in our lives. All three of their kids are potty trained (yes, that was priority #1 for both of us...not #2), they are well parented, and the oldest is a girl which was something Beth was hoping for.
Beth went through a phone interview, an in-person interview, and a job shadowing. It came down to her and one other person (who had ten years of nanny experience) and they picked Beth! They said her personality was a 10x better fit for their family. Beth and I are very humbled by and thankful for the blessing of this job.
Oh yeah, seminary!
Orientation week was a good time of getting familiar with buildings, a few classmates, and the routine of academic life (or so I thought). The first week of classes was a doozy. My class load this semester is Greek I, Spiritual Formation, Church History to the Reformation, and Old Testament Survey. The first week I spent 8-10 hours doing homework for the latter three classes and about 25 hours doing homework for Greek! But, I love it! It is a fascinating language and I have already begun translating little sections of scripture. I know I will write more about that experience in updates to come.
I know I've written a lot here and maybe you've just skipped down to this paragraph. But overall, God is good. He has provided time and time again. He is so faithful and wonderful to us.
Beth and I would also like to thank all of you for your amazing support. We are blown away by your generosity and your obvious love for us and the Kingdom of God. Keep praying for us...we will be praying for you.
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