Back At It

Micah begrudgingly went to school today. It's time, really it is. I have a lot I need to get done in the next few weeks so that my final paper is completed and my focus can be on other things. As you now know, this blog has gone private and can only be accessed by invitation. If you know of someone who would like to view the blog, tell them to email us - I didn't have everyone's email addresses, and if someone hasn't read this for the last busy month, they would not have known that this was happening.

There are some pretty major things happening in our life that we don't feel like talking about to the whole world. Also, potential employers look for these kinds of thing (including Facebook at times) to make judgments of character and such - it's not intended for them. It's for people who are actually interested in our lives and are willing to walk through it together with us. So here we are, back at it, writing and looking forward to what God has planned for us in the coming days.

For instance, I am actively looking to work in a Christian ministry position, though it isn't clear how God is leading me at this time. I have one resume at a camp to become director, one at a small church to be youth pastor, and one at a large church to be worship pastor. I am anticipating God's answer to all of these and know that he will lead us, but any job requires a move for us which complicates life immensely. This is because we have laid other important groundwork while we've been here.

We have completed our paperwork in Saskatchewan for an African-American adoption in Florida. This is the big news that we have been holding off on sharing until we had a smaller readership. It has been quite the nail-biter so far, and we had all but given up because of the government here. However, if we move now, we may have to gain approval from another provincial government and make sure they are aware of all that must happen, find someone to complete our post-placement reports, and have our homestudy updated. I will explain all these things later. For now what you need to know is that this is a dilemma for us. The other crazy bit is that we are unemployed, and that doesn't look good for any birthmothers who are looking at us as potential parents for their child. It's a real catch-twenty-two. The simple solution is to stay here and wait while finding a job in Moose Jaw to pay the bills and look better to birthmothers, but I need to concentrate on completing my final paper to do that which may take me a few months. In the mean time, Faith has volunteered to work, but I am afraid that if she does that I won't get my school work done and we may just create more chaos.

So you see, we have woven a web (or circumstances have woven one) that is very complex. It would be great if we were trying to catch flies, but we don't think they would taste very good. We know that this web isn't the only way. Please pray for clarity and healthy perspective for us. If we get too bogged down with the details of this mid-sized picture, we miss out on the bigger picture of what God is doing and how he has loved us through this wild ride we've been on. We need the smaller focus on our family and the good we have been given today without allowing this looming mess to take it away. We need to be thankful and hopeful in spite of confusion and chaos that seemingly surrounds us at the moment. Again, please pray with us.

- Mark