Another Update

Well, after 2 weeks at Walmart, things are going pretty well.  Surprisingly, working at Walmart is saving money in more ways that one.  First (after 6 months) I get 10-15% off pretty much everything.  Since I pretty much buy everything at Walmart, it adds up.  Second, Walmart has partnered with tons of different companies to provide a discount.  The one I already took advantage of is my 20% discount at Verizon.  Pretty awesome. 

Those are just a couple of cool benefits.

Nicole got a job at Doane in food services.  She will probably start next week.  Sweet!  I'm really excited for her.  As of now, she's in the marketing department in food services.  She'll also be a "checker" to let people into the caf...kind of like a bouncer...but less intimidating.

Hopefully we'll get our own internet here in a week or so.  Hopefully.  That means we'll be able to update with pictures.  I like to see pictures of what everyone is up to, so I'm just assuming people like the same of us.

Gibson, our cat, has fleas.  Everytime I feel an itch anywhere I just assume I have fleas too.  I bought some flea stuff, but it was for cats under 5 pounds.  Stupid me.  Last time we weighed him, he weighed 17 pounds.  What a fatty. 

Things at the church are going really well.  Wednesday nights are going a lot more smoothly.  Sunday mornings are starting to get into a groove.  There's always some hick-ups, but we're starting to get into a routine.  But if there's one thing I learned, it's that once you get into a routine when working with people (especially children) it's time to change things up. 

A Long Awaited Post

Life has been super crazy lately.  After we moved in, we left for the holidays to go to Des Moines/Pella and Wahpeton, ND to visit family.  That went really well.  Then we came back to Crete.  We hit the job hunt and all of the places we applied to are either not hiring, or closing.  Seriously.  It's crazy.  I had been hounding Wal-Mart for about a month and the finally told me, "Hey, stop calling.  If we have a job open, we'll call you."  I thought that was a clear, "we don't want you" until 2 weeks ago.  That's when I got the call from the lady I annoyed asking me for an interview.  I, of course, took the interview and next thing you know, I become a deli sales associate.  

The job is pretty easy.  It's not stressful, it's not challenging, and I get to be bored most of the day.  That's when I let my mind wander to Children's Church and how to make it better.  But the definite bonus of the job is the ministry to the employees.  They remind me of when I worked at DQ.  They come in, talking about the party they were at the night before.  But honestly, that is the only job open here in Crete.  They job I talked about in the last post is still open, but it'll take another 2 weeks to open up.  Nicole is hoping to take that job.  I think it'll open up a lot of ministry at the college.

Things at the church are starting to take off.  We're already seeing growth.  We started with 6 boys and we just grew to 7 boys and 1 girl.  So that's cool.  The visitor that came last week, came again this week, and is planning on coming again next week.  Please pray for this family because you can just feel the rough times they're going through.  

Last week we went to a Minister's Retreat.  Basically all the AG pastors met in North Platte (don't worry, I still don't know where it's at) and had an inspirational time.  Mark Batterson was the guest speaker.  He's a cool guy.  He started a church in Union Station (DC) that just exploded in growth.  

Well, I think that's enough updating for now.  Nothing really is going on.  We're still using our neighbor's internet, and it's not always the fastest, so uploading pictures and videos will have to wait until we can get internet ourselves.  The first day we get it though, you can bet there'll be pics and videos up.