I thought it was time for a nice update on our lives. I wish I had nothing to say, but instead I have a ton!
In December Josh started talking to a church plant in Columbus. After several emails and a Skype interview with the lead pastor, they asked us to come meet them and their growing church. Josh and I were able to go by ourselves, we thought this way we had one less distraction. We had a great weekend seeing downtown Columbus, OSU campus, and meeting several families involved in this plant, which is about a year old. On the drive home Josh and I talked about the whole weekend. I was all for it and Josh was... mostly there. When Monday came around we were prepared to tentatively say yes, but the voice on the phone gave a "No." Let's just say I was not happy. I was silent the rest of the night.
We thought we nailed this job. They weren't looking at anyone else. They made it obvious that they liked us. But instead we got a "no" and "we really think you need a ministry with more stability" and an underlying "you still have some bitterness to work on". Of course we have bitterness, did you think it would go away over night?! Stability in ministry, what is that?? I was ticked. And to top it off Josh told me he wasn't real comfortable with the job anyways, but was willing to take it for my sake since I didn't like our other options. Yeah that didn't make me feel better. After several days to think, pray, and reflect about the weekend and our conversation as a couple we realized that we mostly wanted the job to escape from Muncie. It was an easy out and we saw that.
Unfortunately things didn't get any better. We were back at square one. We had no real plan and Josh needed to get a job in Muncie ASAP, which he did. He is currently subbing for three different school districts and, while this is not his dream job he has especially enjoyed subbing for the elementary music classes. We are hoping things pick up with that and I start a regular babysitting job next week. We are just hoping to pay the bills!
So with coming back to square 1, Josh took about a week to get back on the horse and look for a ministry job, which now leaves with two possible roads: ne is going to Emmanuel Christian Seminary and Josh getting his Masters, or to get back into campus ministry. Which actually, a job has recently landed in our lap and we are looking into it. I won't discuss the potential ministry until/unless things are more definite. We are being patient this time, but it's hard!
Everyone is slowly getting healthy again. Cadence is pure entertainment for us all and Josh cut his hair! If you saw his hair about three weeks ago you would of thought, as a sixth grader told him, that he was Shaggy from Scooby-Doo. Continue to pray for us with some major decisions to make and life changes in the next five months!
