Tuesday, January 29, 2008

A cute? Or acute? Either way, it hurt.

So Sunday night I was hanging out with my students and I started getting some stomach cramps. No big deal, I thought. It's just gas and they'll go away on their own. Had the same thing a couple months ago when April and I both got the stomach flu.

So about an hour later the cramps are so bad I can't stand up and there was no way I was driving home. After one particularly bad cramp, April decided I was going to the ER. So I go to the ER and found out it was either appendicitis or kidney stones.

So yesterday morning I had my appendix out. Fun Fun. Not.

Saturday, January 19, 2008

And Now The News..

Ok, so that last post came on December 28th, 3 days before life went crazy.

Long story short:

I got a call from a pastor I know near Muskegeon. His church is what we call a 'multi-site' church; that is, different congregations meet in different areas. His church meets in Muskegeon and they have another congregation in Ravenna, about 15-20 minutes from there in a completely different setting.

Anyway, he called to tell me that they were looking for someone to pastor the church in Ravenna, and wanted to know if I'd be interested in coming to take a look at the church and to hear about what they had going on there.

So we were there on a Tuesday, interviewed there on Saturday and got offered a job on the following Tuesday.

So I am now the Sr. Pastor of the Moorland campus of the Lakes Community Church of the Nazarene.

Here's a look at the inside of the church:




As I look back on the way God has 'broken into' my life, it's always happened quickly and in a way where I have had to be completely dependant on him.

Chalk this up to one of them.