After applying at 20 some different places, visiting each Manager with a resume in hand and following up with a phone call... I finally landed 4 interviews and 3 job offers. Just last week I was starting to wonder if I would ever get a job and now I need to make a decision. This is a much better week. Thank You Jesus!

This week has been kind of hard. I have been struggling a bit with not having a job. But I believe that I have been missing the picture a bit. I have been focusing so much on finding a job with my own strength and not seeking Gods direction in the little aspects of my days. So I am deciding to turn around and be more occupied with allowing God to use me how he wishes this week.

I love Shawna because she is constantly helping me to become a better man. She helps me become more like Jesus every day. She can say an encouraging word to me like no one else. She believes in me more than I sometimes believe in myself. She has strength when I don't. This is just a a glimpse of how much better she makes my life. But what is most impressive, on top of all she does for me, she still manages to chase down bold dreams of her own, give the most sincere and heartfelt gifts to others, serve her friends and church in many ways, write stories and poems that entertain the masses and seek God with her whole heart. She is a beautiful mystery to me. I love her.

update:

Shawna had an interview today with Pier 1, it went very well and she is supposed to hear from them by Saturday.

I am still looking for work, the Lowe's HR Manager will not be in the office until Monday. So I will be at Lowe's Monday morning begging a job.

Shawna and I are learning the area very well and beginning to feel at home. But not to at home. We like to be just uncomfortable enough to follow whatever crazy thing God says to do.

Derek, Daniel and Fred will be arriving this weekend. It will be nice to have a few more close friends near by.

We had the pleasure of meeting our neighbors on both sides. Tiffany is a young single mother, we are really praying for a good relationship and that God would use us somehow in her life. Norvel and Leeann are an elderly couple that love to keep an eye on everything outside their apartment. We are so happy to have such great neighbors.

and lastly, I am so excited for the beginnings of our worship team. I am so thankful for the opportunity to learn from Jeremiah, Charity and Steph Modder. God has used them to teach me so much. Please be praying with me that God would direct me to people that we could teach and disciple to be worshipers for Him. Or that people would be directed to us. However the way, that God would grow this team and our leadership and wisdom to be affective leaders for Him.

We've begun our job search here in Tulsa. So far I have applied at Lowe's, Barnes & Noble, Starbucks, Guitar Center, Seatles Best and Boarders. I would really like to work at Lowe's, I go in Monday to meet Julie in HR, please pray with me about that. I had a little bit of difficulty choosing where to apply because all I want to do is ministry. But now I'm thinking that I've got a lot to learn about ministry. I am actually getting excited about all that God is going to teach me as I work to serve Him and work to be able to serve Him. Serving God is a privileged not to be taken for granted.

We arrived in Tulsa this morning at 8:30. I Can not remember ever feeling the way I feel now. Absolutely dependent on God. I have no clue what tomorrow will look like for us. But I am certain that having such amazing friends (now, more like family) pioneering together with us is going to make it easier to be away from our families and friends in Pennsylvania. I am so thankful for the faith in Jesus that bonds us together, so though I am 1200 miles away from loved ones, I am close to them in Christ.

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I'm a very different person today than I was 4 short years ago thanks to Gods amazing grace. Today I visited a very beautiful place. Pictures just don't do it justice because this place has an aw about it. At one time a came to this spot to get high and do other self destructive stuff. Today I was out for a drive to spend time with God at my wifes request because lately I have just been hurting for some various different reasons. Thank God for a wife who knows that Time with God is so important. As I stopped at this beautiful place, I had to just let God know how glad I am that he saved me and I am living my life for Him now. I am so greatful that I can come to this place simply to meet with Jesus and leave with more gratification than anything I could do on my own.


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