Thoughts from somewhere strange

March

2009-02-22T21:26:00.001-08:00

So March is right around the corner already. It is hard to believe.

I was driving home from picking up my wife's purse because she left it at a friends house tonight and I realized that March is kind of a significant month for me.

There are two event in the month of March that have altered the coarse of my life forever.

5 years ago I told my wife that I interested in her. I was not going to do it, however circumstances developed that kind of led/cornered me into expressing my interest.

Those that know me, know that I cry at just about anything that involves emotions to any degree.

haha.

It kind of makes me feel ridiculous.

Anyways, I was practically sobbing as I tried to spit out to Kirstin how I felt about her. I look back and I just laugh at my self with a sort of regret in my stupidity of emotions.

March 7 years ago is when I became a Christian. By far the greatest and most life changing event of my life.

My life was in just one instant changed from my old self to a new self. Which for many was an answer to prayer.

I am thankful for those prayers.

A friend used to say, "Joe is the only person I've know who led himself salvation!" A joke of coarse, stemming from how I became a Christian. I showed up to this bible study and not one person knew who I was until the person who invited me showed up late.

Very uncomfortable by the way.

For some reason at the end of bible study during our prayer time God saw fit to change my life. It was emotional and authentic and I could say that I really was a new man.

What a great event in my life.

In the 7 years I have been a Christian I have been through a lot. There were a couple of years of unhindered growth. Those days were a real amazing time in my life. There have been many more years of struggle.

The struggles have varied and they have come in different intensities.

In my darkest hours I have experienced deep depression with a gnawing relentless hopelessness. There has been some deep moments of ruthless temptation and often I buckled under its weight.

I have been plagued with sin

Yet, there has been moments of victory. Some small and fewer big, none the less they were victories.

Through some of it I had friends that helped me along and many times I was alone left to fend for my self.

I have also had moments of deep hurt from the church, and yet also moments of deep love for her as well.

There has been moments of great doubt and belief that God cares or will have any thing to do with me. But, there has also been moments where revelation/illumination of the scriptures have given great hope.

I have seen some come to faith in Christ, I have seen others fall deeper in love with Jesus. Sadly I have also experienced and seen friends believe in a christianity that is not taught in Scripture. Burned by the church, so they say. So they let go of truth for social justice and cultural relevance

Even more devastating, some of those friends deny Christ his Kingship and Deity. They have lost all faith in Him.

One of those friends was quoted(paraphrased) above.

Reflecting back on 7 years of Christendom I see many struggles and I continue in the same battles. I am certain I will continue to know these struggles, but one thing I can say more confidently than ever before, Christ is King! There is but one God and He exist as three distinct persons with different roles, but all three are equally one God. I stand confident of this, that the work that has been started in me will be completed when Christ returns. I know that there will be many who deny Christ and they will know His wrath and judgement someday, for that I am met with sorrow. And so I urge those who can not claim Christ as their one and only Savior to take heed to Scriptures warning; Christ is Coming Back!

Please be ready for His return! If you are unsure, you better make sure. Please ask me about if you are unsure.

----March----

PINK VACUUM!

2009-02-06T08:21:00.000-08:00

Lately it has been really cold on KY. More cold than I would have liked, however, the huge ice and snow storm we had not to long ago was wonderful! It brought me back to a winter in MI! Many lost power in the storm and I certainly don't wish that on anyone, but I was fortunate to not have lost power thus allowing me to enjoy it more.

The semester started recently and glad to be learning at a seminary where the truth is sought for and held to the highest standard. What a blessing it has been in my life. The class I am taking isn't what I thought it was going to be, or at least not to this point it isn't. However, it is still a great class to take; Biblical Hermeneutics. Just by pure science, I am learning, that we can rely on and know that many of the good modern text of scripture are accurate to what the original authors wrote.

My new job is kind of crazy, my facility is really busy. I am enjoying learning a new Computed Tomography(CT) scanner. As well as developing my skills as a CT technologist. I am gearing up to and working toward taking a test that would certify my in CT. It will be some grueling studying after I get all my competencies fulfilled. I will have to re-learn my physic and math portion plus learn new physics and math portion specific to CT scanners. As well all the other things I will need to refresh on. That stuff should be easier since I use it all the time in my day to day working environment.

I have been losing weight! which is a wonderful thing. I am trying to get my life into healthy limits again. This is my second attempt this school year to lose weight, the first time I was around 255-260. I dropped down to 245ish and then the holidays hit. I went back up to 250. Now I am down(as of this am) to 235.5. This time though I have a commitment to getting healthy that I have not had in along time. The realities of my life are hitting me harder as I get older. I don't want to be an unhealthy father or husband.

This semester I am all going to start going to biblical counseling. There are alot of issue in my life that I think come from my life growing up. My issues are negatively affecting how I view my family(the hills)/my wife/my birth family/God/friends/fellowship of Believers. Anyways, I am both super excited to start dealing with this stuff and very much nervous and afraid of what is ahead of me.

Our vacuum died a couple of weeks ago. So I took some pieces off it to discover that our belt had broke. So like a responsible husband I went on-line and ordered a new belt for it. When they came in I put the new belt on and tried it out. Just seconds after turning it on we were again smelling burnt rubber. I looked again at the belt, it too was broken. I ventured to touch the motor the belt was connected to and it was HOT. All this to say, we got a new Vacuum this past weekend. It is a DYSON! We had been research them for awhile and have been keeping out eyes peeled for a good deal on one for quite some time. Although we did not expect to buy a new one for awhile. needless to say, we did find a great deal on one at target and bought it. the bad part about it....it is pink. That is why we got a good deal on it. It is a special addition for breast cancer. Anyways, they seemed to have an over abundance of them, thus the really good sale. Needless to say, it is a great vacuum! Far greater sucktion power than our previous vacuum. I wont mention the brand we previously had, **cough, cough, bissell, cough, cough** as we were not happy with it at all as far as it's cleaning abilities.

how about that for a new blog.

Traitor

2008-08-26T19:50:00.000-07:00

So those of you who do read my blog if you just happen to take a look because I never post anymore, this blog is for you. Haha
Although, I think all of you are pretty current as to what has been going on in my life so maybe this will just be boring to you. I do however have alot to blog about, however I do not feel like blogging about all of it. I will just get started and see how far it goes.

So last week I started seminary, which by the way was a huge blessing. I have been nervous and excited about the whole thing. I did have some new student issues to work through (i.e. getting registered for classes properly, getting my student id(which I have already lost and need to get a new one), buying my books, etc.) So far things are going ok with it, I did have a few obstacles but I am making through. I started out going to take Personal Spiritual Disciples and I even started reading for the class, but I had to make a switch at the last min. and now I am taking Systematic Theology 1. Which by the way is and awesome class. Oh and one of the people I went on summer project with her dad is my prof. Small world?! Anyways, I will admit that it is strange to go to a class where we pray before class and we open our bibles all included with information that I am interested in. It is way different than undergrad so far. I have to read alot but the thing is I want to read this information, so it does make it so bad. As far as other feelings about the class, I feel very unlearned. I feel somewhat out of place. Seminary is a culture shock to me. Alot of people who know alot about alot of things. ( i know there were alot of "alots" in that sentence). It is funny also that there tends to be name dropping. You know the type, "this professor, this", or "this professor, that". I have decided to do my best not to be a name dropper. These profs are great men to lookk up to, but they are just as human and fleshy as me. Anyways, I do like my class thus far.

I am also in the process of transitioning to a new facility with in the jewish system. I will be moving to the medical center that kirstin is working at. It is called Jewish Hospital Medical Center East. I am very excited to make the move, as it is very close to my home, kirstin and I both work there, and I will have a more opportunity to learn. I have been taking alot of flack at work about it. They have been calling me a "traitor". Oh well, all in good fun.

Ok...my wrist and fingers are starting to hurt...I think I will end this blog for now. I have no typing longevity. haha

You all have a great day.

Shaken tea

2008-06-02T21:31:00.000-07:00

So I am not sure how I am going to start this blog off so maybe I should begin with the events of the day. I had today off from work, which was really nice! I slept in until 11am or so. When I sleep-in I usually do not sleep in that late. However, this week I will be working some third shifts so I am trying to get my body on that schedule a little more before I have to actually work. Once I got up from bed I bummed around a bit just doing small things, but really I didn’t do much. I did get into my bible and studied the first part of Philippians 3, which we studied last night in small group. I wanted to hit back on it again as well as write a little about it in this blog. It will help me meditate on it more and thus being able to focus my thought on things above.
Back to the event of the day before I get back into Philippians 3, after my pretty uneventful morning I got ready for my 3 o’clock interview at the University of Louisville Hospital for a full time CT position. I should know by the end of the week if I got the job. Anyways, once I got home my wife and I talked some and I read some article in a magazine and kirstin messed around on the computer. I took her to work and then went home to eat as I watched a episode of Extreme Home Makeover on the computer. Then I went out and brought kirstin some food to her at work. Followed by some good old exercising at the gym. Now I am at Starbucks drinking some wonderful tea, listening to some awesome music, and writing a blog.
I got their “shaken tea”, which I have never gotten before and let me tell you…IT IS AMAZING! Some of the best iced tea I have had. I am so glad that I found out about this creation because every time I come to Starbucks and get a coffee based drink I am usually disappointed, as I do not like strong coffee. All of Starbucks’ coffees are strong blends. So this usually leaves me with only a few options. Now I can add more items to my list of things I like at Starbucks.
It is interesting to come to Starbucks by the way. Because we are relatively close to the Seminary I usually see a lot of Southern Seminary students here reading/studying and socializing. Really, I think at the various Starbucks near the Seminary they are the most concentrated places to find students other than the actual school. Just something interesting I observe every time I come here. Also, the staff are really nice here like tonight I was given not just ONE free drink but TWO! Can you believe that? Awesome!
Anyways, I think I will stop talking about Starbucks since I have written almost as much on Starbucks as I did on the rest of my day. I will get back to Philippians 3. I want to add the scripture I was reading today but since I do not want to pay for the Internet here at Starbucks I think I will just type a section of it.

(2) Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh. (3) For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh – (4) through I myself have reasons for such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: (5) circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; (6) as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for legalistic righteousness, faultless. (7) But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. (8) What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ (9) and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ -- the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. (10) I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

The first thing that stands out is the instruction to “watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil”, but what really gets me is the reason Paul uses. It is the next verse that Paul makes a distinction between a christian and a non-christian. There is a sense of pride in identifying with Christ. It gives us the feeling that we are set apart for something different. In contrast to what we might be set apart for Paul writes that he had every reason to put his confidence in his flesh and not to believe in Christ. He was a Jewish stud. He was passionate, smart, born of the best blood line, and he followed the law to the T. In his day he was at the top of his game, with a brand new car, nice home, people liked him, he had valuables, he was looked at as someone to imitate, the grass was defiantly greener on his side of the fence. But Paul writes, “whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.” Isn’t that interesting, he understood that he was set apart of Christ. He had it ALL, but he considered it a “loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus”. Literly he lost it all. Paul was sitting in jail with no possessions, no nothing. Because of what?, because he identified with Christ and he understood that he was set apart to “glory in Christ Jesus”.
His sole desire was not doing the God things, but God Himself. I think the conviction behind Pauls words in verse 10 say it all. “I want to KNOW Christ”. I don’t know, Paul is one crazy dude and intense. I certainly hope that I can be just as crazy and intense. I think that Paul is still a stud, not because of all his fleshly qualifications but because he has ONE desire; Jesus Christ. Can you really count all of life’s stuff as a loss to knowing Christ? What a stud.

I certainly want verse 10 to be true of me.

“I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.”

Memorial Day Blog

2008-05-26T09:01:00.000-07:00

So yesterday Kirstin and I went to the movie theater to watch the new Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian. I throughly enjoyed the movie. It was good not only for entertainment purposes but also for spiritual reasons. There were several lines in the movie that were very convicting. At one point I broke into tears not because of a sad scene or the expression of love between two lovers or the intense joy of character, but because the Lord reminded me of my relationship with Him. He reminded me of truths I so easily forget. Even the character development in each of the four kids portrayed aspects of my self as I have related to Christ. There were displays of ungodly pride and unbelief. There was scene where susan depicts the idea of getting comfortable back in england, just as I am so often comfortable with the worlds way of living. However, there were displays of lessons learned, courage, faith, and focus on the one who really takes helps us win our battles and not our selves. At times these things have been true of me and I long for a day where they are true of me again. Needless to say it was a good movie. I have never read the actual books, so kirstin and I started reading them together last night. I want to have the entire story not just the movie version.

In other information, kirstin has a few people interested in her night shift position so hopefully she will soon be able to move to a day shift. The new person would still have to get trained and all, but it would be nice have someone in place so we can get a date in place. Kirstin is really getting tired of working the night shift and it is really taking a toll on her body. Plus it would be nice to see each other more.

As far as jobs go I have an interview on tomorrow(Tuesday) for a full time CT Technologist position, first shift at the University of Louisville. For several reasons I want to land this job. 1-It is a first shift position. 2- It is full time job. 3- It is in CT (Advanced training). 4- There is probably no better place to learn this modality. However, the hospital is not somewhere I want to work. I do not like the facility at all and it seems really dirty. I am willing to forgo that concern to become a good CT technologist. So I am hoping I land this job.

Kirstin and I are moving on June 21. We are moving to a bigger apartment with-in the same apartment complex. It has a kitchen twice the size and storage as our current kitchen which I am super excited about. Also, it has a fire place and a much bigger deck than I current apt as well. However, the real reason we are moving is because my brother in law is coming to live with us so he can go to school down here. We need more space and we needed rooms on opposite sides of the apartment for privacy sake. Long story short...we are moving. Oh and I getting a grill for my birthday so I can enjoy the large patio with some awesome food!

You know there are so many things I want to blog about and I often tell kirstin that I want to blog about whatever it was we just experienced. However, most of the time I think about the blog in my head, but when it comes to writing it I just don't want to think about it anymore. So there are ALOT of blogs that have been written in my mind that you all never see. oh well. To bad I forget what most of them are or I would give you a snippet for the sake of having a laugh or two, but I just can't think of the anymore. Oh oh, I almost forgot I also this past week sent in my application to The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. We will see how that goes. I still have to get one letter sent out for a recommendation as well as request my transcripts to be sent to the school but other than that I have done most of the leg work needed to apply to school. Which by the way my last blog entry was something I had to write for the application. I just though I would make a blog of it just so you could have something to read because I blog so few and far between. Ok I think I am done for now.

Spiritual Autobiography

2008-05-23T11:28:00.000-07:00

Spiritual Autobiography
My spiritual autobiography begins with one word: providence. Throughout my Christian life, I have always felt that I have been graciously chosen to serve the Father. It is clear to me that God had my story mapped out before I was born. Even my name, Joseph Martin, demonstrates His providence. Joseph means “increasing faith,” or “God will increase,” and Martin means “from another place or planet,” much like the word “mars” or “Martian.” I do believe that God is constantly increasing my faith—just as he did with Mary’s husband Joseph during the difficult circumstances they had with the Virgin birth. I also firmly believe that I have been made for a different place than this earth and that I am not to conform to the ways of this world but to anticipate the life I will live with with my Father in heaven.
I did not, however, always live with that mindset. From the beginning of my life, it seemed I was headed toward destruction. Born into a drug addict’s home, I had a few years with my biological parents; shortly thereafter, my father divorced and remarried. I continued to live with him and his second wife, but it was not much later until he went to jail for shoplifting and his second wife divorced him.
I was in second grade when I went to go live with my aunt in a small town. Things were going to be okay. I had a cousin my age to play with, and my aunt had a college education and a job to support my cousins and me. That only lasted four years, which took me to sixth grade. I was twelve when my aunt lost her job. She was worsening as an alcoholic and finally went into a mental health rehab facility. My cousins had a father to go to; I had no one left—or so it seemed, but God had a plan.
During the four-year period in which I lived with my aunt, I was introduced to church. A kid I did not like very well asked my cousin and me to go to Sunday school with him. It was a strange experience, but it was a place where my cousin and I found love and attention, so we continued to go. At the church we met a particular teacher and his wife and their three kids. Ironically, the three kids were the same kids my cousin and I used to throw snowballs at when walking home from school. One day, their mom had a talk with us, and she had her kids pray for us. Little did any of them know what God had in mind: it was this family that took me in after I had to leave my aunt’s house. They became my family. And because of their influence in my junior high and high school years, I came into contact with a real God and a real Jesus. I learned what it meant to become a real Christian—however, I did not become a Christian during this time. I wanted nothing but to be a part of the world and its idea of fun: drinking, smoking, sex, and etc. I remember times in which my youth pastor would walk in the front door of the house and I would walk out the back door—all so I did not have to talk to him. I still had much to learn.
During my senior year of high school, I went on a trip with Youth for Christ. After one of the group gatherings, we had a cabin discussion just before bed. At this time I confessed to my group, friends, and youth pastor that I would be willing to go to the lowest place in life if that is what it would take for me to follow Christ. It was the same year that I stayed up at night crying before God because He was calling me to follow Him and I just could not do it. My friends were way too important to me, and I could not give up my lifestyle. I told God, “No.”
My freshman year of college (about a year after the Youth for Christ trip) found me depressed and feeling lost. I had just gotten out of a really bad relationship, I was getting drunk all the time and I was experimenting with marijuana. I was at the lowest place of my life. I remembered that a classmate had invited me to Bible study one particular week and decided that I would go. It was during the closing prayer that I unexpectedly gave over my life to Jesus. I didn’t expect my response to the gospel! My life has been changed from that point on. It is because of Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection that I was instantly given a new life and new desires. Over the course of the next several years I plunged into the Christian life: leading small groups, attending prayer meetings, going to campus ministry events, sharing my faith with non-Christians, and discipling and encouraging other Christians to seek after God. I am a perfect picture of God’s grace and how He can work through anyone, no matter where they come from.
Since the very beginning of my conversion, I have felt a strong leading to do God’s work. It was about a year after becoming a Christian that God started stirring within me a desire to do full-time ministry. I developed a passion to see adult Christians being continually transformed by God. Seeing people’s lives transformed by the Gospel of Jesus brings abundant joy to my heart; that is why I am pursuing higher education at Seminary. I chose Southern because I learned of the quality of faculty. I feel very strongly that I have much to learn from these leaders. I want to develop deeper disciplines, while also learning ministry essentials. I believe an education at Southern Seminary will aid me as a man of God who will lead others in ministry. I trust God’s providential handiwork to continue to increase my faith as I follow in obedience to His commands, and I anticipate what God will do in and through me at Southern.

Winters, Yonkers, and Rousselle

2008-03-26T08:33:00.001-07:00

I was reading one of the comments I made on one of my friends blog and the blog was about punctuation. Anyways, she is a little bit freakish about grammar. Which is ok by me, what ever floats her boat. Anyways, a long story short, My comment was only two or three sentence long and there were SO many mistakes in it. I bet she was feeling nausea just looking at my post. I am completely horrible with any sort of grammar.

After having five days off in a row I have to go back to work tomorrow and begin my ten days in a row working stint. In the five days that I have had off I have been bored like no bodies business but I am dreading having to go back to work tomorrow. Why is that? I hate it when I am tired of time off but don't really want to go back to work either. It really is a sickening experience. The way our schedules have worked out Kirstin and I have not had the same days off. I really am disappointed with how that works out. But I guess that is what needs to be done to pay the bills.

Speaking of jobs Kirstin applied for a first shift job at her current facility. We really hope that she gets it. It would be so much better for her health and for us to be able to spend more time together. At this point all we can do is pray about it. My jobs situation is kind of up in the air. I am starting monday at a new organization for another PRN position. Unfortunately I am not full time at either of them and I really am unsure of my hours. I am glad to have job opportunities in my field which I was not getting at all for the longest time. I will just keep waiting to for that full time position. It will come eventually.

My car has been broken for the past few days, which is no fun at all. I went to replace my starter...but the new starter is not lining up properly. So we will see how all that plays out. Infact, I think I am going to go work on that right now. Today is perfect out side and I need to take advantage of it. Plus I really don't feel this blog. Which leads to boring reading

"Chicks, Ducks, & Bunnies"

2008-03-20T18:12:00.000-07:00

Easter is coming up this weekend and it has come quick. I have been thinking about Easter the past day or two and what it means. Superficially some thoughts have included the idea of Spring and all that comes with Spring. Things like flowers, warmer weather, bright sunny days with a cool breeze, longer day time hours, color coming back to the trees and vegetation. Also, other things have come to mind like the idea of new life. Spring is a time when the animals have babies and eggs are being hatched. Spring seems so fresh and new opportunity appear to be more abundant. Spring brings hope. I am not sure what about Spring that brings hope, but it almost seems as those it is in the air. I had the door open the other day and let the air come into our home. It was refreshing and it brought a new atmosphere to our house...Hope. It is interesting that God has guided us to celebrate Easter in the Spring. I don't know how it all came about or why we do it in Spring or even if it chronologically lines up with the actual resurrection of Jesus, but I do know as Spring brings new life, so does Jesus. In fact, that is exactly what Jesus did for us, to those who trust in His name and confess with our lips that Christ is God, He gave us a brand new life. The bible teaches us that the old is gone and the new has come. "You used to walk in these ways in the life you once lived" Did you get that? The life you ONCE lived signifying that there must have been a change. You now operate in a NEW way. That new way is a new life through Jesus. Jesus says, "I am the way, the truth, and the LIFE. No one comes to the Father except through me". So this weekend we celebrate the actual event where Jesus physically made it possible for us to come to GOD. Do you hear that? Jesus paid a very real, historically accurate, physical death, burial, and Resurrection that made it possible for you and I to come to the Father, our Creator. So...Easter, really celebrates the one event that sets Christianity apart from all other religions; the Resurrection, the conquering of sin and death, the triumph of life over death, and the Hope. Do you have Hope this Easter? My resolution for this Easter? Finding my Hope in the Resurrection of Jesus, and re-discovering my New Life, as I have so flippantly let it go to the way side.

Does anyone know what I got my title from? I know Kirstin will know.

Torn Iris

2008-02-26T14:45:00.000-08:00

Today is a gloomy day. The clouds are covering the sky and it is cold and damp. Oh well. Once again it has been awhile since my last blog and there has been alot going on in my life since. I will try not to write such a long blog. As for last time I did not get many comments, prolly because people were tired of reading it before they finished. Just in case you don't know, I LOVE comments on my blogs, if there is one way that I am loved it is by words and people responding to what I have to say. Just a side note to encourage ya'll to leave comments! Haha.

Last week our cat and dog were messing around and the cat somehow scratch or bit the dogs eye. He ended up needing to get emergency eye surgery. Lucky for us there is only one vet qualified in the state of KY and she practices in Louisville. Anyways, it cost alot of money and all I get out of is a dog with a cone on his head that has been puking all over the place. As well as laying down a "log" or two. Makes me wish we didn't have the dog. I do love that darn dog, but I am a little frustrated right now with the situation if you can't tell.

In less than two weeks we will be heading back up to MI for a friends wedding. I can't wait to see all my old friends again! What a time it will be.

Just wanted to also write a blip about our friends blog, she has all these pictures and nice writing in her blog...I was very impressed. Don't expect such great things out of me. haha

Last weekend we also joined a church for the first time for both of us. It has been a blessing to go through the process and the people have been so kind to us. We do look forward to serving in what ever ministry God has for us.

Speaking of serving in a church, Kirstin and I both took a spirtual gifts inventory. It was interesting to say the least. According to the inventory my gifts are: Giving, Serving, Shepharding, Hospitality, Leading, and Discernment. Those of you who know me, what do you think? Does that match what you know about me? Part of me was hoping for one of those gifts that everybody sees and knows about like prayer or preaching or something, but that is not the case. God knows I prolly would not handle all the attention very well so He gave me more behind the scene gifts. Really though, I am happy for such gifts if they are true of me. We wanted to get a little direction before we starting serving in the church. We will see how it all works out.

Anyways, I will end this for now. I don't want to make another really long blog.

A BRAND NEW BLOG!!! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!

2008-01-28T16:46:00.000-08:00

ok, ok, ok...so it has been awhile since my last post. Actually it has been over a month. My brother Josh even told me to update my blog! That means I really need to update when He tells me to. Anyways, this will be an attempt at filling you in on what has been going on in Kirstin's and I's lives as well as maybe some spiritual in site as to what has been going on in my own heart.

ok, where to start? First I will start with what I have found out with my job situation. It has been a long process and I have been waiting on the Lord for quite awhile for this, but I was finally offered a job at Jewish Hospital Medical Center South. It is kirstins sister facility and it a great place get back into x-ray again. The job is a PRN job, which means that I will only be working there on an "as needed" basis. Although I would love to find a job full time job, I am so happy and thankful for the Lords provision for this job. The manager is a hard working, expects alot type of lady and I am always please to work for such people as it pushes me to work hard! I have not started that job yet. I go through orientation Feb 4th & 5th. In the mean time, I am still working and will continue to work for Gardner Denver as the Inventory Coordinator for their facility. It is a new position for their campus and I was recently promoted(I applied for it) to this position. I have been honest with them with the other job situation and they have been very kind to me and still gave me this new position not knowing whether or not I will stay or go. The job it very interesting to say the least and I am learning things from a practical stan point that I learned educationally in school. It is a very very entrey level management type job. I do not have authority over anyone, but I am definitely learning skills that a manager would perform.

Let me share next something about kirstin. Last monday she went in for "emergency" surgery on two of her wisdom teeth. The days proceeding the extraction were quite painful for her and we found out on Sat. when we took her to the ER that she had an infected tooth. That is what happens when you put off getting your wisdom teeth pulled. needless to say we actually tried to get her scheduled awhile ago but our dentist at the time was off because he was getting his own surgery done. To make a long story short, we were able to get her to an oral surgeon and get her fixed up! She is doing much better now and we think we might even have found a drug that will help her with her migraines which is a blessing because all the medicines thus far have not work well for her.

I am continuing with my Spinning Class. For those who don't know what that is, it is a group indoor cycling class intended for intense work out. I am starting to notice in my cardiovascular system, but I have yet to shed pounds. That is ok. My main goal is to get my vascular system back into shape and drop some cholesterol. I am also very interested in learning more about road cycling and maybe even joining a bike club or something this summer. We will see. Over all i am happy to be taking the class and even though during the exercise all I want to do is get off the bike, I feel so good afterwards! That is why I have the gumption to write this long blog! I did my time at the gym today.

Recently, we got kirstin's car fixed. We had to replace all the break pads and all her struts. Turn out to be a pretty expensive job. But, it is worth it! I do not want anything bad to happen to my baby while she is on the road, especially if it was because of car neglect. So while it was painful to see all that money go out the door...I am very glad to have gotten her car fixed! Money well spent as far as I am concerned. Funny story that goes along with getting her car fixed. We went to go pay for the services and it turns out that our Debt cards have spending maximums. haha. That very same-day we just ordered new checks so we were out of checks to write and we no longer use credit cards. Needless to say we did not get the car back that day. The next day we were going through all our old files that we have gathered since we have been married and re-organized our filing cabinet. Filtered out the old stuff to be put into longerterm storage and kept all the current stuff in the filing cabitnet. Anyways, I happened to find one single check from an old check book that we must have skipped over and so we were able to go pay for the car. Well, I finailly get there and pay for the car and I go to get it home and the battery is dead. Haha. We now have the car home and it runs and everything seems to be working on it so far. What a laugh now, but let me tell you kind of frustrating at the time.

Ok...so what have I told you thus far? Got the job stuff, got kirstin's surgery, talked about the car fixing, and also my spinning class. where does that leave me? Oh, ok...so kirtin and I have been trying to figure out what church we would like to commit to. The choices have been Bethleham Baptist (nice church, more traditional, great sunday school teaching, decent pastoral teaching, worship not what we tend towards, over all a pretty basic southern baptist church) and Sojourn (larger church, no sunday school classes, younger crowd of people, urban, very missional, good teaching, worship more trendy, over all another good church) . It has been on my heart as of late to learn what it means to be a missional christian. To think of where I work, where I go to the gym, where I live my life just like a missionary would think of his mission field. This leads to being friendly with the "locals", making friends with non-christians, loving Jesus, being a little bit more culturally relevant that most churches today, and the list goes on. Pastor Mark Driscoll has been a huge influence on me in recent months and I have really enjoyed his godly teaching and ministry at his church in seattle. Anyways, Sojourn is a church plant from the Acts 29 ministry that Driscolls church supports and I believe started. So, as you would imagine I have this very large desire to go to Sojourn to learn, grow, and serve with those believers. However, we have been attending bethlehem for awhile now and have recently started to get more comfortable with the people at small group and sunday school. We have felt that God has used that church to teach us new things each week and do believe that God is at work in the lives of the believers there and especially the small group we are apart of. So you can imagine that it has not been an easy descion to decide upon a church. We did decide to continue with bethlehem and believe that God has something for us at this church. I am sad to not get plugged in at Sojourn, but I am confident that God is going to grow me and teach me where I am now. I will wait patiently on the Lord to give me a chance to someday be apart of a church like Mars Hill(driscolls church) or Sojourn. In the mean time, I will gladly serve were we are at and do my best to get real with the people God has placed in our life with our church. God has been so so good to us and no matter what seems to not go our way or things that just don't seem fair, God always seems to know what is best.

Which kind of leads me into my next topic. God is continuing to work on my heart and breaking down the walls of legalism and religion in my heart that I have held on to for so long. I am learning that to be a follower of Christ you need to believe in Him and obey. That is it. Just listen to what He is saying to me and do it. Oh, how much He loves me and wants me to find my rest in Him. He wants me to lay my head down on his lap, just as a child would a father. He wants me to come to Him and find joy. He has made me for Him, I am His bride and He longs to be with Me. Jesus, is so much more than following all the right rules, and commands, or doing doing all the right things. He is Jesus, my hope, my friend, my comfort, my strenght, my passion, my every longing. I can not say that I always see Jesus this way all the time, but that is who He is showing Him self to be to me. It has been a real up and down journey, but I do know that for the first time in a real long time, Jesus is once again increasingly re-captivating my heart. This time, it is coming with a sense of compassion for lost souls and a feeling of desperation for those who are not only going to go to hell, but are missing out on having a love relationship with Jesus. Please, don't be mistaken, I am still such a small child in my christian walk and although these things are true that I have spoken, I am such a large work in slow progress that I do not claim to be holy or perfect or anything of the sort. Jesus surely has BEGUN a work in me and I do long for the day of completion but I know I am still a ways away, unless of course He brings me home sooner than expected.

Anyways, this has been a really long Blog...I hope those who read it enjoy it. I am going to post it for now. I do not feel like editing it, I will do so later. So for now I guess you all had to suffer through the bad copy. I am sorry. I love you all. Peace

Early Morning!

2007-12-20T04:07:00.000-08:00

It is now 7:10 am...I just got done spending time with Jesus and I will soon be out the door. But I just wanted to write a quick little something...Just to say GOOD MORNING to everyone. I mean...it will prolly be later when you read this...but hey....that is the great thing about blogs...I can write what ever I want! haha. ok...I have to go now...need to finish getting ready. Peace!

Something new!

2007-12-18T18:11:00.000-08:00

So...the last blog I wrote I told people about going to the gym. Well So far I have stuck with it...the class is SO intense, every time! My hope of getting healthy might just happen. Although, since I have started doing the class, my hunger has gone into over drive. Which I have responded in a bad way. EATING TO MUCH...so I have to get that under control and I will be well on my way to getting healthy!

Anyways, today I went in for a interview for a hospital job. I was called last week by the HR person, to my surprise might I add. Over all I think it went well...I am not waiting to hear from the Manager of the department so I can set up another interview. All in all it will be a three interview process. I really hope I can make a good impression. But more important I am hoping that I will just look to my Jesus! What a blessing to have a personal Savior!

My in-laws are coming down on SAT! I am supper excited to see that them. This will be there first time here besides Jeremy and Abby who came once this past summer. I absolutely love them to death and I can't wait to have them here. Some people think I am strange for enjoying my in-laws so much...but that is what happens when all parties love Jesus! The week following we are heading up to MI to see my side of the family! Which is also really really exciting for me. My extended family on my mom's side, we see about once a year...so I look forward to seeing all of them. But I am mostly excited to see my sister, brother and parents! What a blessing to be apart of their lives...

OK...I am going to cut this short....to be honest I just want to watch a little boob tube before bed! It has been a long day! Please pray anyone and everyone who may read this...that God will leading me in my Job situation.

Peace,

Joseph

Going to the gym!

2007-12-01T19:00:00.000-08:00

(this blog has not been edited or re-read, sorry for any mistakes)

I just got reading my sisters blog. I had to catch up on a few because she has written several since Thanksgiving. Good thing they were short.

Last night I went to the gym for the first time in a long time after I found out that I could not cancel my gym membership because I was in a year contract. So since I now have to pay for the gym since our 6 months of free gym are over I figured I should at least go every so often. Anyways, I was encouraged to get back into the gym more regular. Also, I have been concerned for my future health if I don't do something about my weight now. So I decided that I would start going to the spinning class they offer. Spinning is a group stationary cycling class. It is very intense. I am very motivated by a group effort versus trying to be self motivated to get to the gym for one thing and then pushing my self while I am at the class for another thing. I was not pushing my self hard enough when I was going in the past. Plus, it is VERY expensive to get a personal trainer. I would just love something like that. With a personal trainer three times a week getting me focused and working hard...I could be cut in know time at all. Too bad. Anyway, the second best option is a group class of some sort. So here I am taking a spinning class. My goal? To lose weight, lower my cholesterol, and to get into shape for some out door biking this next summer. side note...I ended up puking during my first class. At least I made it to the bath room!

The reason why I have been thinking about my future health recently is because I have had some pretty weight stuff on my mind lately. Thing like being a real man of God. I have felt pretty cowardly for some time. I have been listening to alot of Mark Driscolls sermons lately and if there is one thing that he is teaching me is what it mean to be a man of God. I have been so concerned with a lot of non-sense that I have lost sight of what it really mean to be a Christian. It is about Jesus! No more, no less. Jesus should be the reason why I do anything. Quite frankly I have not been living like that. Thus, my lack of discipline in all areas of my life. I have not served the church for Jesus, I have not spent time with Jesus, I have not been the most sensitive and loving husband because I have not loved Jesus, I have not worked on being a man of integrity to honor Jesus, I have lost sight of Jesus! So, I am working on serving Jesus by trying to be more disciplined in more areas of my life so that I will grow to be more like Jesus. This includes my health, which I have a responsibility given by Jesus to take care of my family and be a provider. Which includes the children I do not have yet or future of those God will entrust to me. So...I may fail, but I am not much concerned about that as long as I trust God to extend His grace to help me to keep getting up and working toward Jesus.

I have also been learning about contentment. Kirstin and I have been working on your budget for 2008. It would be nice to have some more money as we see the money get assigned to all these things and not necessarily where I would prefer it to go. So, this time in our life is about waiting...waiting for certain things, waiting to have financial freedoms, waiting for things that would be nice to have in our lives. It really co-insides with me not have a job in my profession. Because I have made some commitment to work toward bettering our family, I have recommitted to continue applying for jobs and trusting in Jesus along the way. It has been good. As I am learning to be content, God is giving His grace. I need so much of it! haha.

One last thing I have been really learning lately is religion versus true Christianity. Religion has destroyed alot of God has made for good. It goes all the way back to the pharisee and continues today. I have to say I am guilty of practicing religion. The truth is, Christianity is about Jesus. His truth and not all the things we like to add or take away from it. Jesus is not a religion, He is someone we have relationship with. He is the one we put our trust and hope. He created us and everything else for Him self as a result of His perfect unity and fellowship and joy He finds in His Tri-unity with Him self. So, as I am striving to reject religion in my life, I am hoping to add true Church fellowship and unity with my fellow believers as a response to Jesus's intercession in my life. Jesus...what a amazing thing He has given me.

Ok...I am going to sign off for now...please will you give up a short prayer for my continued perseverance in striving to and for Jesus. No reservations!

Peace,

Joseph

(this blog has not been edited or re-read, sorry for any mistakes)

Making dinner, cleaning house, watching tv

2007-11-12T15:26:00.000-08:00

So right now I should be cleaning the house up while dinner is cooking in the oven, but instead I am watching tv and typing a blog. At this current moment I feel that the blog is more important because I have the gumption to actually write one! Anyways, this week kirstin and I made a fake stick and berry arrangement for a vase this week. It turned out prettty nice. I have to say it was kind of fun putting together the various colors, shapes, and textures. I know, it seems kind of fem for a male to do, but I guess that is just who I am! Haha.

OK, so maybe something more product in my blog...today I put in for a new job at my current place of work. If I get the job I will be able to do some more professional work. Although it is not managment level or anything, I will still be able to develope some of my management skills. The pay will be increased by a little, which is a plus. I am not sure when I am going to get interviewed and then who knows if I will even get the job. Worth a try I guess. I am still apply to hospital jobs and to no avail...but I guess I will keep on trying. Who knows maybe one will go through for me. I just need to be trusting the Lord and keeping my eyes on Him!

This past weekend I went shopping for Kirstin's birthday gifts! It was fun...In fact I could not wait to her birthday so I made her open one of her gifts already...haha. I am worse than she is about it and the gifts are for her and not me. lol. I can't wait to give her the rest of her gifts...hehe. Anyways, Kirstin is going away this weekend to visit her frieind in MN. So I guess it will be easier to hold off giving her gifts to her when she is not here.

ok..now I am talking to talk. I don't really have anything to say. I guess I will end this blog for now.

peace

Joseph

It has been awhile.

2007-11-07T17:34:00.000-08:00

ok, ok, ok...so it really has been awhile since I last posted a blog. This is due to two reasons: 1) My new cell phone allows me to check my mail. My e-mail was usually the only thing that drew me to my computer. But now I go to the computer less because I have the e-mail at my finger tips. 2) I didn't blog all that much in the first place. In my last last blog I was wondering how many people actually read my blog. I have a total of 6 people who read it and respond. Although that is not much, I guess I will try and keep writing in it.

As of late things have been kind of boring. There really has not been much going on. I have continued to work at Gardner Denver as the UPS shipper. It is not a bad job and God has provided something for me to do while making a decent wage considering the type of job it is. I am glad to have some work to do. I do look forward to the day in which I will be able to switch jobs, but for now this is where I am at and I am positive God has is under control.

Kirstin and I have been going to the same church for some time now and really enjoy the Sunday service. We are still struggling to get connected as we don't know that many people yet, and the small group we belong to is very nice, but they seem to have there cliques and we are reluctant to just invite ourselves to things. I am sure that things will work out. I do not mean to speak bad of them, because that is not true, they are all friends and have been doing things together for awhile. I bet it just doesn't cross their minds to invite us along on things. It will happen in due time. Anyways, in the small group time we are going over a financial study. It is really good and Kirstin and I really want makes some improvements on how we handle and use the money God has given us. The study over all has been really convicting and I am feeling more and more the importance to be good stewards of our money.

Personally...I have been learning about alot of things. Most recently I have been learning about suffering. Mark Driscoll did a sermon on it that was really good and as a result of his sermon I have been thinking about it and in my devotional time God has shown me a few things about suffering. It is interesting to note that multiple times when the bible talks about Joy it also talks about suffering. Driscoll says that we should not 'waste' our times of suffering because they are times in which God can draw us closer to Himself. Thus, making our Joy complete. It is easy, at least for me, to whine and complain and to act out against God in times of suffering. Christ calls us to something greater and that is to abide in Him and to find Joy and satisfaction in Jesus. I have a long ways to go to be a good sufferer. Haha...not sure that is a word.

One last thing I want to share with you before I end this blog...it comes from John 16:33 : "These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world"

Just let that sink in...

Love you all...God's Blessings

Joseph

2007-09-29T17:38:00.000-07:00

So I want who ever reads my blog to leave a comment. I have this feeling that no one reads it. So why write it. Please leave a comment if you read it...just so I can take a small inventory

2007-09-25T15:42:00.000-07:00

I am not sure if it is Fall or Summer around here. On one hand the leaves are starting to turn colors and fall to the ground. However, the other hand gives us 90 degree heat and warm winds. I hope that we will get the cool winds before all the leaves fall. As mentioned before, there is nothing like a nice cool Michigan Fall. Anyways...just a little blurb about the weather.

I started a job last thursday working at GardnerDenver in their shipping department. I pretty much retrieve parts and then pack them up and get them onto the UPS truck every day. Over all it is not a bad job, although it is a job I will be glad to be done with when God allows me to move on to the next job. I have been really struggling with my job situation and how much I am making given how much I know I could make per hour. I am learning to trust God and to wait patiently while I am learning the lesson He has for me in my current situation. It has not been easy, but I believe when it is over I will be pleased with the results that God created in me. Those who read my blog this is a huge prayer request...if you would not mind. The Lord knows I need every bit of help I can get.

Also this week Kirstin and I got together with some people around our age that also just moved to KY. They are an amazing Godly couple and we are so excited about the possiblities that a friendship my bring. I actually had kind-of known the girl from when I went to Ocean City, NJ for a summer. I just happened to discover that she was living in Louisville one day while I was going through some of my facebook friends profiles. You know the friends that you have on there that you really don't talk to. You just have it because it adds more people to your list of friends. Haha. That might just be me. Anyways, I think it was God that I just happen to run across her facebook page and notice where she was living. They are a neat couple and I thank God so so much for having us get together! what a blessing!

I have developed a new resolution to lose some weight. I am trying to take it slow this time. I want to make small suddle changes so that I wont fall back into old habits out of frustration. I have already lost 3lbs just because I started working at the new job and I am on a consistant schedule. Not eating as much because I am bored all the time. That helps too.

I think I am going to sign off for now...

the blog I can't write

2007-09-14T20:08:00.000-07:00

well I had a song I sang two weeks ago at church that I wanted to talk about, but I was one day to late and Kirstin threw out the paper with the song on it. No fault to her, because I had left it out on the dinning room table with out telling her about my intensions for it. Oh well. You win some and you lose some. This one was a loss. ;) Anyways, I will get something good in here soon. Unfortunatly becuase I can't type on my song anymore I am unprepared to type on anything else. Peace

Joseph

small update

2007-09-09T19:39:00.000-07:00

Currently I am in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan...which is totally amazing! I am so glad my in-laws live up here because it is so beautiful up here. In fact, just being up here really makes me miss Michigan. I miss a cool Michigan fall. Although I don't really know what a Kentucky fall is like. There is just something about being in Michigan during the fall season. The smells and the colors are just something amazing. I suppose it is similar in a lot of places. Anyways, I miss Michigan.

Things have been kind of crazy lately, I started a job several weeks back working in a gas station...which was not to bad of a job. Although my schedule was really horrible. I was tired all the time and never seemed to be able to get anything done do to my sleep/wake schedule. However, my boss and I did not see eye to eye on some things. Needless to say I am no longer working there anymore. I have mixed feelings about the whole situation. On one hand I am glad for both he and I that we are out of the situation we were in with each other. On the other hand I feel stressed out that I do not have a job and Kirstin and I really need for us to both be working. Both of our cars need work done on them and there are various other small things that need to get done that we have not been able to get done or pay for. We are doing are best to try and get involved in a church and that has been a slow process. Kirstin and I NEED to get involved with a church. I can't wait until we are fully plugged into a church! Needless to say there has been a lot on my mind lately. Also, I have been thinking a lot about some spiritual issues and ideas. But that is going to have to be saved for another blog. I have been wanting to express some issues in writing for sometime now and I just need to get organized. Sometimes my thoughts just seem so jumbled around. Anyways, I think I will end this blog for now.

Family...

2007-07-28T21:37:00.000-07:00

Today my family made the trek home after spending a few days with Kirstin and I at our new place in KY. This mourning after a breakfast of french toast we spent some time praying. My parents have all ways been spiritual
leaders to us kids and have shown us how to live holy lives...but today
was something different. We didn't just pray together before a meal or
after a short devotion before school started or on a mission trip, we
prayed today as a family for each other. It reminded me of the joy I
find in meeting before The Almighty with others. It was a blessing to
be a apart of.In fact , I think I really needed it, not just prayer for
me, but praying for my family and just being apart of it. Kirstin and I
have not had a church home for quite sometime and we have yet to commit
to a church here in Louisville. We need otherChristians in our
lives...we can't do it alone. That is what God taught me this
mourning...and oh how I hope Kirstin and I can find a church that is
most like a family and not just a place ofcongregation on Sundays. God will provide it...He always provides!

Anyways,it was pretty fun having my whole family here, even Amy (who lives in
China) made it! We spent some time down town at the city waterfront
park, playing around with thefrisbee and soccer ball. And I can't fail to mention that we took ALOT of family pictures. We also went over to the Indiana side of the river and went to the Ohio Rive Nature Perserve...that was a crazy time! We had alot
of fun. The following day we ended up heading south toward cave
country...needless to say we were all pretty dirty at the days end. But
we did make it home and finished it with a late dinner and a movie.
Over all we had a lot of fun and I was so glad to have seen my family.
We don't ever seem to have enough time together, but I guess that is
growing up.

2007-07-14T07:33:00.000-07:00

In the recent months I have been reading a lot more than I have in the past. Which leads me to the point that I was in the book store the other day first to spend time with God (date w/ Jesus) and second to pass some time while kirstin was a work. After enjoying a nice chia frappe and studying God's word I started looking around the store in various interest groups and I came across a book that is solely written confessions. Random people and the secrets the have. No one knows who they are, but the author puts together a book of pure honesty from the darkest areas of our lives and mind. I will admit that some of the confessions were good and were a blessing to read. It really is scary what some of the people were confessing to. It shows how much people really want to express what is plaguing their minds but are afraid of what people will think about them or afraid of dealing with the consequences that come with such an expression of pure honesty. Murder, Suicide, sexual exploits, sexual fear and abuse, eating disorders, hate, and the list goes on. It really makes you think about what kind of world we are in. America, the land of the free...there is no freedom when you are a slave to sin. That is what all this is about...sin. Hopeless sin. People are losing hope and are looking the wrong direction desperatly trying to climb out of the pit of hopelessness. It is so sad that they are missing the ladder that is right be hind them...the ladder God offers to get out of that hopeless pit. Anyways, it made me think about what kind of secrets do I hide...what is in the very depths of my mind that if the world only knew...

writing...

2007-07-12T19:15:00.000-07:00

I am not sure what I am going to write about today...I just feel the urge to write something. In fact I have had that urge on a grander scale for about a year or so. It has been a growing desire of mine to someday write a book! At this point the possibility of me writing my own book seems strange and foreign on account of the fact that I do not know enough about any one subject to write a whole book on. Nor do I feel that I have the right tools to do so, as I am pretty ignorant to a lot of what is proper for writing something so big. On a smaller note, I have also had a desire to write out my entire testimony from the very beginning of my life to where I am at currently. More like a story rather than a quick summary of my coming to Christ. I even started out to do it once, but in a failed attempt to do so, do to my lack of focus at the time. Currently though I have the focus and desire at the same time, which leads me to this blog. Maybe I should start on my story. Hmm...

Anyways I am intrigued about the many responses I have received about my writing. Whether it has been a professor, friend or family member I have had several good comments about my writing. It is most strange to me because I have always been terribly bad at spelling and grammar or any sort of english or literature. In fact, if you were to hear me read aloud you would find that I am even poor at reading. Please don't get me wrong, I am not bragging about my writing, nor am I convinced that I truly do have a gift for writing. If I do possess a gift of writing, it leads me to wonder how might God have me use it? What does God want me to do with it? I often think about a sermon I might preach someday or a story I want to share/tell to someone with my words laid out perfectly the way I have rehearsed over and over again in my mind. Some how those words never make it to my mouth for a variety of reason...(never in a situation to do so, fear of what people with think, not a pastor, etc.). But maybe if I can harness those thoughts onto a sheet of paper somebody could read them. I don't know...God will have to create in me a calling to do something with my writing if it truly is a gift I possess. Anyways, I think i will end this blog for now.

Jobs

2007-07-10T10:15:00.000-07:00

Well...today I went in for a second interview at a Nissan car dealership and I still have to meet with one more person. I am not sure how I feel about working at a car dealership, on one hand the thought of selling cars to people sounds like a lot of fun. I think that I could do a good job with it. However, the hours really are not that exciting and I would have to work every sat. with minimal time off. Also, I have been talking with a fella that owns a low voltage security systems and he wants to hire me as a sales person as well. I would not have to work holidays and most weekends! However, I would not have any time off at all the first year and only one week after the first year. Then I would get up to two weeks after two years of service. Maybe I hoping for to much, I guess I was spoiled in healthcare. The job would allow me to be independent and depending on how I do there will be opportunities to grow. The idea of selling cars seems alot more interesting to me than security systems, but I really don't want to be working those long hours and weekends all the time. Anyways, this blog is kind of boring; I promise they will be better in the future. Right now I am just trying to find something to do.

My First Blog in this Sight...

2007-07-08T12:02:00.000-07:00

This one is short...I am only writing it so that I will have something on my blog site. Anyways, my sister Amy Inspired me to have a blog site. Just incase anyone is interested in what I have to say or learning about what it going on in my life. I hope to be consistant with it...we will see.

peace