Catching up....

This summer and fall I was part of something that I am so humbled and grateful that I was able to experience. In the late spring of 2010 I got the name of a horse rescue from a friend. When I was younger I lived and breathed horses. Since getting married and having kids though I have put that passion on the back burner. Not only because of the finances you need to be a part of that world but more so because of the time involved. So now that the kids are a little older I thought I could manage to go out on Saturday mornings and volunteer at this horse rescue just so I could be near horses again. After a few emails going back and forth with the farm manager I finally made it out to the rescue. I loved just being around the horses again, but going out regularly in the summer proved to be more of a challenge than I had anticipated. So I got out there sporadically, which to be honest was disappointing and frustrating.
At the same time I had started volunteering with the youth group at our church. For the summer they were doing service projects. They needed one more so I talked with Chrissy who was in charge of the service projects about the Horse Rescue. She thought it was a great idea. I was so excited. The rescue needed to have a lot of things done and I thought with as big a church as we have that there should be a good turn out. Well the date drew near and we ended up with only six youth who came and two adult leaders not including myself. My kids came too and a friend of mine came with her two kids. It ended up being a great service project. Everyone seemed happy with the end result. What I did not know is that God was working in a much bigger way. He had more planned that I did not even know about.

Chrissy was also working on a service project day for the entire church. One where the actual church services on Saturday and Sunday would be canceled and we would go out and "be the church" not just go to church. Chrissy saw right away that Horse Net needed a lot of work done there and asked Melanie(the farm manager) if she thought we could include Horse Net on the list of places to volunteer. Melanie was happy to have the horse rescue on the list. Then Chrissy asked me if I would like to be the point person on this particular project. I said YES!!! I was so excited about this opportunity. Well after several weeks of sign ups and prep work the weekend came and it just blew me away. I was so humbled and honored to work with the people of my church. Our projects ended up being so many that we had a crew come out on Saturday of about 30 people and then another crew on Sunday of a little more than 100 people. Everyone came to work, I mean really work. We got so much done. Not only did we get so much done at the horse rescue but reports were coming in from all of the 70+ service projects that God was working as only God can. It was amazing. Not only for me but my whole family was a part of it. I dragged Clint into it and also several good friends. The kids got to see first hand what an effect we can make when we all work together in the name of Christ.

I always think that once God brings me through something I know how God works. Then he does it again and I am humbled beyond words and I am so thankful that my God is so much bigger than I can comprehend. There is an immeasurable peace and comfort in knowing that my God will never fit in the tiny box that I create for Him.

I have also been blessed enough to find a way to regularly volunteer at the horse rescue-just an added bonus!!!

Well now....

Where do I start. It has been so long. I have let life get in the way and have had some hassles with my sign in and email that is connected to this account. I have also started a new job. A job in which some days I still am not sure of. I had started looking around for jobs as a preschool assistant. What I ended up with was a job where I am the preschool teacher. This is not that crazy as I am actually for the first time since shortly after college using my degree. It had been so long since I had been in any kind of teaching position that I thought it best to look for an assistant position. I had one interview and did not get the job and a two other responses to the resumes that I sent out which never turned into anything. Then I ran into a friend of mine when we went out to dinner on the spur of the moment. She teaches at a local private school and off and on either I have asked her if the school was hiring or she asked me if I was looking for work. This time I asked her. She said the school was desperate for substitutes. I said oh that sounds good and thought I would look into in the next couple of days. Well the next day there was a phone call from my friend saying the school was looking for a prekindergarten teacher. I was a little hesitant but we really needed the extra income and I decided to go and see what it was all about. Well, this was one of those times when you realize you have absolutely no control and God has all control. Over the course of the next few days, I interviewed, observed and was offered the job. This was all happening as the school year had already started by a few days. It was a little crazy and I still am not entirely sure about this but it is going very well or so I have been told. It just blows my mind when God shows up in a big way for even something as simple as a part-time job. So I am now a prekindergarten teacher.