Taryn received an email this week from the christian conference center in California to schedule an interview for the job she applied for there as a day camp counselor! Her phone interview is tomorrow, Thursday, February 16th at 4:30p.m. EST. Please pray for her at this time if you are able that if it is His will for her to be in California this summer to serve kids as a counselor, that the director of day camp would find favor in her answers and she will make it to the next step in the process.
Stephen is still in waiting mode in regards to any financial help with joining the year-round swim team at his workplace. He has been persistent about communicating with various higher-ups to consider helping him so that he can swim with the team sooner. We are hoping he gets a definitive answer soon and hopefully towards his favor. If not, an exceptionally fat tax return would probably help us to help him. Either option would be warmly embraced!
Paige survived her more-than-hectic schedule of rehearsals and performances. She had a theatre high and then a physical/emotional crash directly afterwards. She trudged through the next day of school without much energy, came home, napped, did some homework and then slept again for nearly 12 hours. She is now almost back to her normal self and a doable schedule.
Chris and Sam are in training with schoolwork towards working autonomously. To prepare them both for high school at a college-prep level, since February began they have had to read, research and answer questions for all their subjects, plan all their work in a planner and execute it on their own. We started out this fall through January reading all the history out loud and answering the questions together so they would learn how to find the answers they needed and form their answers reasonably. Now, after a few weeks on their own, they are performing better than expected. And as far as school goes for Chris, he is well on his way to finally feeling a part of this new group of kids. Many of the boys in his class have known each other for years and I knew it would take awhile for him to feel accepted but thankfully the past few weeks, he has consistently shared that he is enjoying the kids at school. That bodes well for his near future since he will be going to high school with most of these same kids in the fall and spending three full days a week with them instead of just once a week.
Sam has done it! He has memorized all his lines. Rehearsals have picked up to six times a week for 2-4 hours at a time. They are now working on mannerisms and expression. Next week, they can finally be on stage to practice choreography, lighting and have full dress rehearsals. On a funny note, Sam despises his costume. Opening night is already next Friday, February 24th! Please pray that he would stay in character, recall his lines and have fun with this opportunity.
As for me, as the boys are both heading towards high school and we have two more entering college shortly, my prayer is that the Lord would provide just the right job to help ease me into mostly full-time work in the next 3-5 years. Ideally, I would love a 10-20 part-time administrative position somewhere (by this summer?) which could possibly lead to full-time eventually OR two part-time posts. This will help us pay those college tuition bills and feed three growing teenage boys who seem to eat endlessly. Pray that wherever this job opportunity may be that He would open up that possibility in His timing and not in mine. I am just so impatient and want things to go as I plan when I plan it. Sound familiar? I'm sure none of you have ever struggled with that!
Lastly, Howard has a leadership retreat this weekend for our church. They will be determining the future of our church family in regards to moving into a new temporary building, possible church-planting, and more! Our church is young, only ten years old, and it is exciting to see where the Lord leads next.
