What's new mine and my families lives...

Hello friends,
carson is at the tail end of his nap so i thought I could squeeze in a post before he wakes up.

I thought I would just give a little update of what's new in our lives...
Currently I placed a hold on my schooling at Grand Canyon University where I was getting my teaching credential/ Masters degree. The program was completely on line and the flexibility it provided me was great! However, more than 12 units into the program I realized that my particular program is really geared to students who are also currently teaching or have their own classroom. It became really annoying that for every assignment that began.."in your classroom how have you..." I would need to go ask my friends who are teaching. This was no big deal in the begginning but after awhile I really felt like what i needed was a real life teacher who has expereience teaching whom i could have face to face contact with teaching me masters level subjects. So currently I am trying to transfer into Hope International University's program that is also a teaching credential/ masters program. I am hoping they accept all my units.

Right now I am working part time for Brians Brother-in-law who is a graphic designer, as his executive assistant.

I have been praying about my future alot, and if I am really honest with myself and God I know my TRUE passion is teaching children in a church setting about the amazing love thier Savior Jesus has for them rather then teaching in a classroom setting about reading writing and math.

However I know that furthering my education will only help me in what ever children oriented postion i end up getting.

I am just going to keep my eyes on the prize (jesus) and see where he leads me.

Brian and I have been attending Mariners church (where Brian's Family attends) It took many months of prayer, and talking with him and my family over making the switch over to Mariners full time on Sundays. We are really enjoying it there and I am excited to be able to get involved in their children's ministry and attend their service in the same Sunday. Hopefully my volunteering will lead me to a position in their children's ministry.... but that's up to God.

It was truly a difficult decision to switch over to mariners full time on Sundays and to leave UP, a church that means so much to me. Brian and I have been torn since I moved back in February of this year about this decision. But I know it is whats best for me and my family. Brian gets excited each week to go and be apart of worship and hear the message at Mariners, and its great for him to go to the same church as his family. I am excited that both Sat night and Sun morning their are two services in which I could serve at one and attend the other.

MOst of you who know me well, know how much I love volunteering and being involved with the kids on Sunday morning and how important it is to also be able to go to church and be fed myself. Unfortunatley UP only had one service that made that not an option.

During my 3 years on staff at University Praise and my 1yr and 4 months of just being a member of the UP community I have made many great frienships with amazing people. The friends I made at UP church have helped me through a lot of really hard times in my life and been their to celebrate many good times with me as well.


For a second I felt as though if Brian and I stopped attending UP on Sunday Mornings then I would be losing friendships with so many people I care so much about.
Then I realized the frienships I have made at UP go way beyond Sunday morning, and that the love I have for them and them for me is not shallow or conditional on where I attend church on Sunday mornings it is uncoditional, like Christ's love for me and that is why their friendships means so much to me in my life.

I am not sure what lies ahead as far as my future employment whether that be at Mariners church, at an elementary school, or some other church, But I full confidence in my God that as long as I continue to turn to Him for guidance and direction that he will set my paths straight.