Lately

Well I have fallen behind on this blog yet again. haha.  It has been a series of long and busy days, it is amazing how quickly things picked up for us.  I am getting settled in at my new job and finding new challenges every day.  I feel so helpless sometimes when faced with the many sad stories and situations in these teens lives.  I have begun to pray for them by name and ask God to use me as His mouth piece because there are so many times when I have no clue what to say to them.
I miss my family so much more now.  This is the longest I've ever been away from them and it is so hard.  I just can't put into words the longing inside I have to hug them, to see them in person again.  I am thankful for my recent busy schedule because it keeps my mind from dwelling on how much I miss them.  Its giving me a small insight to what some of the kids at work feel though, the family situations vary there but all of them miss home, as do I.
Mama and meredith are supposed to come visit at the end of April and I am praying that they are able to come.  I am so looking forward to having them here! I have already started planning the things we will do and see.  The weather has been spectacular this week and the sunshine has really helped me begin to like it here.  Winter was way to cold for me but spring is wonderful here.  Louisville has a good many parks and I really enjoy going to Cherokee Park.  The flowers are really beginning to bloom now and the brown is beginning to turn green and come alive.  It's hard not to smile when the weather is this perfect. :)  

BUSY BEE

Wow it has been awhile since I've updated the blog.  My life has sped up quite a bit since the last post.  I now have two jobs and no time to lounge, haha.  I officially started my full-time position at Home of the Innocents today but I've been training since Feb.28. I am a resident counselor there working directly with the teenage girls.  It is really challenging work but I have enjoyed it so far.  I also have been working part time for my new friend Ms. Harmon, she is my first official Louisville friend and she just happens to be 83yrs old.  I guess I just have an old soul, haha.  I drive her around town for various outings and clean her house.  When interviewing me and describing the things she would need me to do she referenced the movie "Driving Mrs, Daisy" and giggled, I knew then she and I would get along great.  I really enjoy spending time with her though so it doesn't even feel like a job.  I also got my first photography job from one of her neighbors so she is helping me more than I help her. She has lived here for over 30yrs so she is teaching me the back roads while were driving around town and showing me the yummy places to eat and where to go for fun and where to shop etc.  She is really great.

 Louden is still enjoying school.  He has a ton of reading to do almost everyday, I don't know how he does it all.  He has also landed a full time position working nights at a facility similar to the one I work at.  He starts training this Wednesday.  We haven't found a church yet mostly just because we are having trouble waking up and going on Sunday morning because he works til 12am on Saturday night at his valet job and honestly I have been turning off the alarm clock while I am still asleep when it goes off.  I've done it twice now :(  We have found a church we are very interested in though called 3rd Avenue Baptist Church. They just got a new pastor in January I think and his name is Greg Gilbert.  Louden knew who he was because he had already read his book titled "What is the Gospel?".  I just started reading it and it is really good, worth the read and it isn't long at all.  The people at the church were also very welcoming, which was really nice.  I do hope we can get a routine down soon and begin joining the church. 

Sorry if this post is really boring to you all, haha.  I will get my act together with the next post and have something worth reading. ;)