i said hey _____________________?

whats going on?

our life has been laid back. i am quite sick of riding in the car. in the last two weeks we left ny to go to indiana for an interview and made a surprise visit to jenny's dad for fathers day. i was able to see some really good friends (brooks, steve and michelle, their two kids, michael and manda). we then left indiana to head to maine. since a this past sunday we have traveled to bar harbor for four days, and my father and i went into boston yesterday for the sox game. we bought tickets from my uncle who shares season tickets with some other people. they won 2-1. tonight we are back in houlton. all in all i have been in the car 51 hours give or take. which is about 1/7 of my time.

it has a ll been good times and for the most part very relaxing. we still havent hear from bethel college about the job there. it has been 10 days since the interview and i am wondering what is going on with that. luckily i am a patient guy but i am assuming that they arent going to offer it to us or they would have by now. they did say they had a few more interviews to conduct so maybe that is the case too who knows. i will let you know when i know.

as far as the rest of life all i am considering at this point is what i will do first when we get to the cabin on east grand lake monday; water skiing, kayaking, knee boarding or tubing? decisions... life is rough at this moment.

other thoughts i have had the past week:
where will we end up?
that was the best burger i think i have ever had.
should i go to the outdoor or indoor pool?
where are we eating tonight?
what am i going to order?
i think i might be allergic to cats.
fenway is the greatest ballpark
jenny is hot

as you can see life is good. but i am starting to get restless. as much fun as i had this week. i am realizing i am a long way from retirement. i really need to be involved in something with a purpose and a deeper meaning. i need to have a ministry. there is a ministry position out there whether it is at bethel or somewhere eles waiting to be filled. now i need to find it. in the past i have made comments about the position needing to be a paid position and i feel that comment is limiting something of great potential. i do not want to limit God on wheree we will end up. today my friend jr mentioned something about going over to the nazarene church. all i know is i do not want to limit God.

new blog

check out the blog of our summer. we will take a minimum of 6 weeks off and we will see from there what else we will do. i will continue to update this blog and jenny will tell everything from her side.

http://www.livinginourvan.blogspot.com/

or check out the link of excellent adventure to the side

leaving

tomorrow is my last sunday at pulaski wesleyan and to bluntly tell you how i feel about leaving, it sucks. my heart yearns for this place. i was hoping to stay here for years to come. in the last year i have seen teens transformed. to look at them a year ago and to look at their lives now i am so excited to see what God has for them. i have seen the church grow immensely over the past two years and want to see where God will move in the future. the last 6 months we have had a vision committee meeting and talking about what is next in the building process here. i have seen three successful mission trips to new orleans (going on the first). i have seen babies born and start walking and running. it has been an amazing journey while here. and that is why it sucks so much to know God is leading us else where. i dont want to leave, this has been my home and i could have been very comfortable here in my position.

that is possibly the reason i need to leave. i am not sure what God has planned for us in the future. it is pretty scary. but i know if God is asking us to leave a place we love then the place he has for us must be pretty amazing. i see doors starting to open. i see God moving. but not necessary on to many of the details at this moment. that is okay, still scary but okay.

sunday is the annual church picnic and jenny's and mine last sunday here as youth pastors at pulaski wesleyan. we already had our tear jerker of youth service yesterday. they presented us with a scrap book with a different page made by a different teen.

boxes are starting to be filled and moving is starting to be a reality. mat kearney's song "where we gonna go from here?" has been played quite a bit and is also my prayer for now.