April 3rd

I stopped my "one a day" postings with the move. Life was pretty chaotic. Let me recap for you:
The Jetta had it's first run to the "emergency room", it was unresponsive and therefore needed to be taken there by "ambulance". The driver/medic didn't know what he was doing, and therefore left the Jetta 3/4 of the way out of the parking spot in the waiting room. We found out it was something with the ingnition assembly or cynlinder, something that needed to be ordered by VIN number (yay laser cut keys!) from Germany. We got a rental from the dealership, a free upgrade from Enterprise and were on our way, expecting our car in two to three weeks.
Becky's family came Friday to help us load up and pack up and clean up. Some people showed up and helped us fill the truck (the closest I have ever come to filling a truck last weekend, when we opened the doors in Spokane, stuff fell out... we barely fit in the 16' and it was packed solid, wow). After a stickler from the apartment management came in, we were off.
6 hour drive got us into Spokane, saw family, slept a little, then came to the apartment to unpack. Saw my dad and grandpa, my long lost brother Daniel and had Becky's Aunt, Uncle and a couple cousins as they helped us move in.
We saw Rich and Bonnie a couple days ago, returned the truck and just have spent the last couple of days unpacking.
Our place is great. Great layout and just nice. We've had maintenance up here more times than Tom would like, but it's fixing all of the kinks. The next thing we need to do is figure out why the people above us let their animal pee on the deck (which means it leaks onto ours, GROSS!).
Today I finally started to miss God. The last 2 years have been the hardest years of my life so far (this is not an invitation for harder God, though you know more than I). I've been spiritually dead, not a good thing for a pastor to be. I can easily blame the situation I've been in, the difficulties I've encountered and be fully justified in doing so, but that isn't what I need to focus on. "... lay aside every encumbrance..."
What I need to do now is fix my eyes on Christ again. Look to Him as I am candidating. Ask them tough questions to ensure we are going to a healthy Church.
I spent about half an hour just reading Hebrews 12 this morning and it's fun when you finally stop and talk with God (listen more specifically) and He shows up. I had told Becky I wanted to be a morning person. Well, no better time to start new habits than when your life is starting anew.
That's all I have to say. Pretty long and for that I apologize. Pray for Monday, April 9th. I have lunch with the pastor at 1130. It's tough because God has told both Becky and I that He is taking us to this Church. I am so afraid of getting hurt though, I have so many questions to ask. Look ahead, right?