What to do...

Right now i am sitting on the stairs outside my apartment enjoying the afternoon sun. these stairs are starting to become one of my favorite places. we live on third floor and the stairs by our door lead to nowhere (a.k.a. the roof). so, i sit on them to catch some rays, have phone conversations, or just to get out of the apartment for a second. it just so happens that i get internet on these stairs too. and, if you climb over the barricade to the roof you can see fireworks at night. it's pretty great.

i'm starting to get established here, little by little. i just started working at the coffee shop across the street from our apartment. the people there are really laidback and hilarious. i think i'll fit in just fine ; ) i also found a great church and have been going to some of their community offerings. last night i went to some guys house, along with thirty-some other people and we talked, sang, and discussed past sunday's sermon. the people there were all really welcoming and genuine. they meet every tuesday and i think i'll get to know people really well through that group. there's also a sunday luncheon for newbies at the church, so i'm going to that too. and, in two weeks i'm going to mexico to volunteer in an orphanage and play with the kiddies.

mexico is 45 minutes away b.t.w.

i really feel god is guiding us during this time of transition. i mean, we got plugged into a church so quickly and we already feel like it's our church home. it's really encouraging.

as for the job search...i am still seeking and not finding. BUT with this coffee shop job i'll be able to get some income and not feel completely worthless...plus i'll get to know people and form a network of some sort. the lord has been really tugging at my heart in many ways since the move. i have had to trust him, and i'm still having to, more than i can ever remember trusting before. i don't know how long it will take me to get a full time job. i don't know how i'm going to pay rent next month. i don't know when i'll establish good friends here. but i do know the lord is good. he brought me here. and i feel him more now than i ever did in NE in the past 6 months.

i am encouraged. and i finally feel like i live here. p.s. we get a couch this weekend. i am so excited! we've been sitting on the floor for 3 weeks. ha. i'm also excited to go home soon and get the rest of my stuff, including my car. our apartment still feels so empty. soon that will change. this process of starting over takes a while. i'm learning how to be patient...really patient.