Tough Issues

I've been dealing with a lot of issues in the past month. Everything from juggling work with speaking appointments and house sitting for a couple from my church to worrying about money in several ways (phone bills that are outrageous, finances for my trip, and food and gas for two instead of one). It's been a struggle. I've struggled over my devotional life, which is wonderful now. I'm finally back on to a regular devotional schedule where I read a few chapters a morning and spend serious time in prayer. I've struggled over time frames in my relationship with Rebecca, including whether or not to go to Macedonia first followed by marriage or the other way around. Then once I realized God's call on my life (again really) to got to Macedonia first, struggling through Rebecca's calling for that time with her. It's been rough. Ever heard of growing pains? I think there's such a thing 'cause growth really does hurt sometimes. It's straight up painful! In the end though it is rewarding. God has really pulled us closer to him through everything that we've been through. It's funny though 'cause it seems Rebecca and I change perspectives almost on a weekly basis and are stretched in a different area. I guess that happens when you have a short amount of time in your relationship to be physically with someone and learn about them (physically observing and getting to know them) before you have to revert back to a long distance thing on the phone and over the internet and snail mail or whatever other long distance communication option there is out there (I'm sure if we don't know about it and yet it exists, we'll find out about it soon!). Things get overwhelming so easily these days. Every thing said or done has potential to be a negative issue that we have to struggle with, so I thank God for the times of quiet. Especially those times when I get to just hang out with Maggie (a small border collie), Finneus (a schnauser), and of course my beautiful girlfriend down at the house I'm house sitting at.

Before I go to bed I thought a rundown of my next week's schedule should be included.

I am house sitting and will be for the rest of this week and only Lord knows how long into next week.

I will be travelling to Castroville, CA on Saturday (a 7.5- 8 hr drive) to speak in a church Sunday morning. After that service, I'll travel NW to Morgan Hill to speak at a church's small group sessions (3 to be exact). Then on Monday morning I'll be driving home.

Monday night, I'll be doing night security at a teen camp for a friend of mine's camp. I'll be doing that at around 8PM-2/3AM every night through Thursday. In the day time starting Tuesday, I'll be working either part or full time.

On Friday, Rebecca and I are going to try and go to Clearlake for the weekend with my aunt and uncle. We'll probably kayak on Saturday then come home.

On Sunday we'll be teaching the pre-teen class again that we started today at church, then on Monday I'll be at work again full time.


That's it for now, but I may end up scheduling something else in there. Yeah, I know... you're wondering how I might manage that, but you're not alone. I'm wondering the same thing already!