7-14-07

She said yes!

Donate blood

Last year I blogged about donating blood, how important I think it is, and why I love the Florida's Blood Centers. Well, I heard today on the radio that they are critically low on blood. If that's not reason enough for you to brave the needle and give a pint, they're also offering a $10 gas card for those who donate before July 20. Plus you earn punches toward Darden gift cards. So any of you living in Central Florida, go give some blood. You'll save lives and get some gas money. I know we are all busy and some of you aren't particularly fond of needles, but how often do you have the opportunity to save lives and get money, and all you need to give is maybe an hour of your day (depending on how busy) and a little bit of pain. Me, I'm going this Friday.

Been awhile

OK, I know it's been a REALLY long time since I blogged. When I do think of something to blog about, I don't have time, and when I do have time I can't think of anything to blog about. The later is the case now, but I thought I should at least post an update. Work at the church has been going well. I've been keeping very busy on several different projects, and in a few weeks will start mowing the lawn. I started a class online with Asbury called Basic Christian Doctrine. It's been going really well and we've had some really good discussion. I have also been really busy and involved with SomethingMORE. It's the young adult Sabbath School group at the Hospital Church. We took a leadership retreat in June that was really great, I've been working on updating our website, and trying to help jump start things. It's been going really well, and I'm really glad I'm involved again. Everything else is going well. I can't think of anything else to say, but I will try to post again at least once this month :) .

Found a job!

I've actually been meaning to write this blog for several days now, I just seem to be a lot busier since I moved to Florida. Maybe it's just trying to spend as much of my free time with Susan as I can. Either way, I do now have a job. I will be working at the Florida Hospital Church doing maintenance, grounds, set-up, etc. Basically I'll be in charge of mowing, edging, and trimming the grass, helping with maintenance and upkeep on the building, set-up of the rooms for the next day, and who knows what else. Not a career move obviously, but is something I think I will like and something that will pay the bills. In fact, they were willing to pay me a little more than what they originally offered so that I could pay all my bills (rather than just picking my favorite ones each month). The church is used throughout the week by all sorts of different groups, and the church wanted to have someone be there into the evening while groups were there. And after the group leaves, I will have to tear down, clean up, and reset it up for the next day's events. So my normal hours will be like noon to 8:30 pm Monday through Thursday and at least 2 hours on Sunday. I will have to adjust that a little in the fall when I begin classes at Asbury. I will be taking 1 class online all throughout the summer, and I will have a one week intensive class at the end of August. I had hoped to take more during the summer, but that's a whole other story. I will begin my new job next week and will be working a different schedule as I shadow the other maintenance guy to learn the ropes. It should be interesting.

The job-hunt

I am continuing to search for a job, but without much success. I had sent out resumes to many places before I even came down here, and have done even more since I got here. I'm becoming a connoisseur of online applications. But each time things seem to fall through. There are still some hanging out there that could fruit, but it's hard to say. It's getting very frustrating and difficult to constantly get my hopes up and then always be disappointed.

On the bright side, I have found some temporary work. One of the guys from church (Danny Howell) needs some help moving things around at his work. It's just basically grunt work and is extremely dusty and dirty. But it's work. I worked there all this week and have probably another week or so more. It's been a Godsend to have some work and money coming in. If it wasn't for this, I would be really freaking out about money by now. But this gives me some money while I'm still looking for something. I know that God has a job prepared for me and He is getting me through until then. And I'm still putting in applications and talking to people and never know what will pan out.