Alone but not Lonely

So I was walking to work last Friday thinking about life in Red Deer. I was thanking God that even though I only know about 10 people who I can get there name right on the first try I am not Lonely. I know in Fredericton even though I had people I knew and people I hung out with I still often would have times of feeling very alone. I was praising God for not allowing me to feel alone even though I spend much of my time by myself. It has been good.

That all changed Friday night when I got some news from home and I needed to talk to someone but there was no one I felt I could call in the city. How do you start a conversation with my parent's have separated after 36 years. There is a lot of history that has happened over even just the last 8 months that I really didn't want to have to go into. I do thank God for the telephone and that I have great friends who took the time out of being with friends to talk to me that night when I phoned and took them by surprise with this news.

Work has been going well. I am getting to know the people and the needs of the youth. I keep praying for people to come along side me in the ministry. The people have been great in calling to welcome me and seeing if there was anything they could do to help. On sat we had a going away for Rector Derek and his wife Pauline. For those of you who don't know Derek was elected Bishop of Calgary and will be ordained on Sept 29th. It was a nice evening but there were some tears. I was thinking about my own goodbye only 2 months ago. Saying goodbye is always hard.

So that has been the excitement in my life. This weekend could prove to be yet another fun time! My mom is going back to the house, she thinks to spend the weekend with my brother. So I will keep you posted.

Reasons 567 & 209 I like living in an Apt!

# 567- you can do 3 loads of laundry all at the same time!

# 209- you never run out of hot water!

Reasons 456 & 897 I like living in an apartment

456--- NO MORE CUTTING THE GRASS


897--- YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL FRIDAY TO THROW OUT STINKY GARBAGE

All things new

Well here I am sitting in my new office on my new laptop wondering what have I got myself into??? Starting a new ministry is exciting and great. Only having one month with the Pastor here well that is not so great. But the people here are wonderful. I have had more people just call to see if I was making out ok. They call at work they call at home, they really want me to feel welcomed.... and it's working. I really feel like they are excited for this new position. Which also puts the pressure on. But they have said over and over again that they know that building a youth ministry takes time so that's good. Now if I can only take the pressure off of myself we will be fine.