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Next week I get to go home for a visit. Rob and I are going to a wedding on memorial day weekend. I'm going early because I want to visit some with my family. Rob can't take off work because of his schedule, he'll fly out on Friday the 22nd. I'm excited to get to spend time with my family and then see friends on that Saturday. We'll be heading up to my parent's house in the Poconos to spend the weekend. The wedding is only an hour and a half from there. We'll have to leave on Monday to return back to Michigan. We're driving the car we are buying from my brother. It's a champagne 2004 chevy cavalier. It has all the requirements we were looking for in a car. Good gas mileage, under 100,000 miles, excellent condition and safe. Any review I've read on this kind of car has been positive. This will help my brother out too since he wants to buy a bigger vehicle for work.

I'll be visiting my family, especially my grandfather, because he has been ill the last couple of months. My parents are afraid that it might get worse even though he seems to be doing better. He just sleeps a lot. He had to have a liter of water taken out of his lungs on Monday. He also doesn't weigh very much and is weak. I want to be sure to spend time with him while he is well. My parents seem to think he won't be around much longer. I miss home anyway and we had planned this trip for a while (the wedding part).

I'm learning a lot about trusting God again. I think this is definitely a life long lesson to struggle with. We always have to struggle between what we want to happen and what God's plans are. I know I have a hard time when it comes to not knowing what will happen. I may not even have a plan, I just want to know what will happen. I always have had this thirst for knowledge and wisdom. I want to know what will happen and how to handle situations that come along. We're in a strange spot right now where we want to leave Michigan but have no other options around us. All the doors we thought we would walk through seem to be closing. I know something will open up soon. I want to have a deeper sense of hope and trust. . . the kind that has full confidence in God and his ability to take care of even my basic need. I don't want to have to worry if we will be able to pay bills or afford insurance.

Thanks for listening...

PS: maybe I'll try to get Rob to write something on here.

New stuff...

Well, not much has happened since our first post. The call center position didn't work out because the temp agency wanted to use transfers instead of new employees for this particular department. They said they would keep me in mind for the next training class but are not sure when that will be. I'm still waiting to hear from the library to see whether or not I got the job. It's been 5 weeks since I interviewed, 2 since I last called. It's only part time, but with my previous library experience I think I would enjoy it. It provides two things we need at this point: a chance for me to get out of the house and some extra income.

Right now, it seems like we're struggling more than we thought. We expected to have two incomes by this point. Sometimes we have to dip into our savings (not something we would like to do) in order to make ends meet. I don't want to complain about it because I know we are still blessed beyond measure. It could be way worse and is worse for so many in this country right now. We are trying to be grateful for what we do have. We have each other, our family, our breath and we can afford to eat and live. I think the lesson for us is to learn to be more thankful and to trust God to provide the rest.

In other news, we found a church that seems to be a good fit. We've gone there the last 4 weeks. It's right down the road, a literal 2 minute drive. The topics are interesting including marriage, family, worry, regret and other life issues. The pastor is pretty dead on with his messages and they are biblically sound. It has been really helpful and applicable to ours lives at this point. It's a place we both enjoy. We enjoy the music and worship. It is a larger and more modern church than we are used to. It seems that they have a place for everyone. We are hoping to become more involved soon. We would like to join a small group and maybe some other activities they have going on. Even though we don't know how long we'll be in Michigan (hopefully not all that much longer), we want to connect while we're here. I want to leave knowing I knew some people.

So the conclusion is that I'm still looking for a job, we found a church we like, and we might be leaving the state soon. Pray that we can connect more in our community while we are here. It's so nice to be around people. Pray also that we will trust God to provide our needs.

First Post

So we have a blog now. Thought it might be a nice way to let people know what we've been up to lately. Sounds like a great way to keep in touch!

The Basics:
We were married on January 3, 2009 in New Jersey at Gabbie's home church. Ever since, we've been living in Michigan. Rob works as a flight instructor at a local community college. Gabbie has been actively searching for work and will start a customer service position in about a week.

Being married has been a very exciting adventure so far. It's not always easy, but we have a lot of fun together. That's one of the very many perks of marrying your best friend. We love to laugh together, watch movies, play board games and just hang out. We're hoping to become more involved in our small community through church and other activities.

Please keep us in prayer as there are a lot of new and tough decisions we have to make in the next few months.

Thanks for checking out our blog!
-Gabbie and Rob