day one

So I started my first job coaching assignment today, well actually I start the assignment proper tomorrow.  I walked over to NIST and was amazed, it's a government facility and full of scientists, in fact a physicist or something ended up giving me directions.  When I finally hooked up with the supervisor for the individual we will be coaching, or one of the supervisors, we started our trek to the building in question down elevators, through cooridors, and up elevators.  It was like an austin powers movies,  There was even a room with a, (pinky on mouth,) "Lazer Beam."  I am excited to be starting someting new and to be starting at Rising Hope.  My dad has a job now as well which is great, we are still carless and have to wait and see what God will do to fix that, but we are going to just have to be patient.  At least there will be another check coming in and that is huge for me at this point. 

I have an idea for a logo for the Kids Ministry at Rising Hope.  Let me know what you think. 

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Steps

Big step today, adding someone from my past, who is doing and being not just what I was but at a place that I was that thing.  In the idea of moving on and being a different person, it's time to look at it as the past and not be so caught up in what was.  Life is constantly moving and changing.  So are the people we know and the people we will know.  Shoot everything in life changes and evolves, it has to or else there is no reason to live. 

Making the call and taking a position that is at a methodist church is very intersting/liberating.  I'm not sure how it's going to work or how I'm going to be but I know that the people decided I was worth a shot which is a big deal.  I hope and pray that I am able to be what is needed and that M25 can take off there.

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Is that your final answer?

I struggle with where to place this post.  It has to do with God but it also has to do with family and even some of my neo-religious thoughts .  J and I have talked about and I have been struggeling with an answer for the methodist church.  I want to do it but there is the whole travel thing, which didn't disuade from New Castle but that was almost 10 years ago and things were different, and wow there are just so many things that make me wonder, and yet I can't just ignore it.  So after praying and talking to J we decided to set some boundries make it really be a 20 hour deal and take the job.  It will be a stretching experience for me, however we will see what happens.  I think it will be a good thing, and I'll still job coach when that comes available.

If you do talk to the one who made it all, however it was done and say a word for us.

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stupid human tricks

Okay so it's not really a stupid human trick, but I'm calling it that.  Last night I was going camping setting everything up and then was coming home to pick up the girls and take them out for camping on Saturday.  Then the car decided that it wasn't going to go any more.  On 270 south, 18 miles from home, and yes dear reader I walked home, all the way home, all 18 miles of it plus the three or so that I walked to get to the gas station for oil.  Now you would think that being on 270, a major highway, where you are not supposed to walk, that one of the many state troopers would see a guy walking down the road and stop.  Yea not so much.  I got passed by at least six cruisers, when I finally did speak to a trooper when I got to the Gaithersburg exit,  he said they probably didn't want to stop for some crazy bald white guy.  When I finally got home at 5:45 this morning I realized something, when J was telling me to get out and take a walk or someting I don't think she meant this.  I am so soar, and my feet are swolen and blistered and even bruised but I also realized something, the potential for the Human Body, and the human spirit.  I wanted to see my family, I wanted to get home and so my body was there for me.  Am I paying for it, of course but it was okay because at the end of the trek my family was waiting and my wife was there to take care of me.  Here is the rout that I took.

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So there ya go, comments would be appreciated as would anyone who has a decent car that they are looking to give away lol.

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How far we dare go?

Over the past few day's I've taken time to read some of my blog posts, and also looked at where I have come from and where I was, but more importantly what I was.  I was a very sad person.  Sad not in the way you may think of sad, I dont mean I was sad, although there were times, I mean I was so caught up in things that were supposed to be certain ways and that were supposed to have certain outcomes that I completely left out the people that matter most.  It goes without saying that I was trying to be my own savior, even though I have always said and taught that this is impossible, somehow it didn't really apply to me, anyway.  that isn't what matters.  I had made the statment that I would just never work in a church setting again, and yet I am interviewing at a church type thing tomorrow, the second interview no less.  I have been candid with the people involved, it's not a regular church at all and it looks like I will have the opportunity to build a Superkids program from the ground up if we decide to do this.  I am excited and frightetned all at the same time.  I am just praying for God's guidance,  I do not want to jump into anything or do anything that will cause problems for any one person.  I still can't wait to see what God is going to do.   If you do talk to God and shoot a little message about us to Him.  I am also looking forward to possible other interviews, and getting ready to take the plunge into school.

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Too Good to be True????

Interveiw went great,  going back on Friday at 2 for all the information,  The question is is it too good to be true?  I am so used to things not working right or not going well or being not what they seem.  Last night the Fridge went out to add to the rest of the problem, so the question is is this too good to be true?  I hope and pray not.  They are going to work around my schedule for the girls till school starts,  we will have to see what happens Friday.

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Where does it come from?

If you read last nights post, you will realize that Amberly had her first ever sleep over. I think they went to sleep around 11 or 11:30 ish.  This morning at 6:45 AM they both came bursting into our room telling us that they had made breakfast.  Upon getting downstairs it was found that they had made a pot and I mean a POT of oatmeal with a cup of white sugar.  not the best.  Now they are playing and being generally pleasant with each other.  Of course at 7:45 the first question out of their collective mouths was when does the pool open, to which I replied in 5 hours.  Still all in all the sleepover is somewhat of a success.  I just want to know where they get the energy for all of this and still dont look tired.

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Fourth's and Firsts

Yesterday was pretty cool, I really enjoyed the day.  The family and I spent the day together, a day dedicated to independance,  no year like this year has the thought of freedom really meant as much.  We spent the day getting ready for the Capital Fourth Concert, and the fireworks, we got to see them both in a pretty good way.  Here are a few pictures just so you can get a bit of an idea.





Pretty cool, so to contiue the wow aren't you cool parents things tonight we are having Amberly's first official sleep over.  She has one of her little friends over from church.  We brought her home from church and then they both begged to be allowed to have a sleep over.  So now they are.  I read the Bible and prayed with them, J is reading stories.  One of the most intersting parts of all of this happens to be the fact that Z is so very jealous and wants Amberly's friend to be her friend too.  Not really going to happen, to large of an age difference.  Still you feel bad because you want your kid to be inclueded, even if it is with her own sister.  Mr. Mom is making pancakes tomorrow,  hope it all goes well.

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Reasonable service and the extra mile?

“So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.”
(Romans 12:1 MESSAGE)

Recently I have become more and more convinced that the church in general has decided to hunker down.  Not all churches but a good majority.  Don't get me wrong, there are all kinds of good things that the church needs to do to help and nurture it's constiutency, or customer, or member or consumer, depending on the current churcheese.  The problem that I have seen happening for years is that for some reason churches seem to be about members and not about meeting needs.  They want to help their members, empower members, grow members.  I think that they forget that they are not supposed to grow a church.  When we look at Jesus and where he ministered the most, who he touched what he wanted, what he owned.  He was always reaching, always touching need, always offering grace and mercy and forgiveness.  Even when confronting religious leaders he did it out of a desire for them to realize what the truth was.  His anger was not born out of hatered or bitterness for the person but out of a need for humanity to understand that it's not about an earthly kingdom, in fact I am beginning to belive that it's not even about a Heavenly kingdom.  Think about it, Jesus came to earth he left heaven to reconcile humanity back to God.  It wasn't so we could be in Heavan as much as it was so we could have the realationship that we were designed for. 

When he said he was coming back the disciples stood there.  Watching the sky, Jesus had to send some angels to tell them to stop staring at the sky and start doing what he told them to do.  So why is it that Christians in general seem to always struggle with staring at the sky. 

So much of the Bible is given to how to live a life that is pleasing to God here on earth.  One book in the new testament and one book in the old testament are given solely to talking about the end of it all,  there are mentions small ones in other books but I tend to think that those were not put in to make us preocupied with the end, they were put in to make us realize how much we need to work with God at helping his desire that none perish but all come to repentance.

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Embracing the Smash

Question... if one adds egg to ramen noodles for some protien content does that make them a healthy lunch?  It seems that my children love ramen noodles.  Little Monster (Z for the rest of you)  loves them.  She wants wamen NOOOODLES, every day.  Now I happen to like ramen noodels whole I never broke them up, I also like them a bit dry, To me they are noodles, not soup.  The kids however are really into smashing them up.  Today I had a break through.  I Embraced the smash and watched my two girls enjoy breaking up the noodles.  Made them happy and I was able to just laugh a little.

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