A'ight....
so i haven't posted anything new in the past little while, because honestly i was running out of things to post. or rather, my life is so exciting i simply can't keep up with it all, that's more like it , haha!
anyway, what has been happening recently? me and joe and em were supposed to go to PEI this weekend to the wedding of the lovely christine and micah, but unfortunately, circumstances intervened which made it impossible, but we are super sad that we missed it, and hope everyone had a great time. i'm pretty sure they don't read this, but congratulations anyway!!

it also has rained CONSTANTLY for the last week, like torrential downpours, which severely put dampers on our camping and canoeing plans, or even just sitting outside in the park! hopefully someday we will get to go!!! poor joe has to mow lawns and whipper snip in the weather, he gets home drenched every day, so i'm praying for sunshine!!

i guess the weekend was actually pretty uneventful, but it was nice for joe to be home, and we got to hang out a bit, and we saw lindsay and hoon and the baby, and sandra, sarah b., alicia, and my sisters of course. the boys went for pizza, so we had some good girl time when they were gone, which made me realize that it's been a long time since i did that, so we made plans to do it again soon!

so probably the main reason why i have not posted much recently is because i (still) don't have a job, yes, i think this is coming into the seventh week we have been in hali, and still nothing. and i mean absolutely nothing. except.... i have an interview at smitty's today. however..... i think there is more for me. i seriously do, and i've been waiting for it. of course, i feel terribly guilty for not contributing to the financial side of things, and i hate not having a job, but i really feel that God is using this time for me to find some things out about myself, and to discover what i actually want to do, and where my spot is in this world. so i've been doing some soul-searching, and some bible searching. i've just had this feeling the whole time. not that i'm always confident about it, these feelings are usually interspersed with bouts of crying and doubt, but it's coming :)
also, in the last month, at various church services and bible studies and readings, joe and i have both heard the verse " For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope" (Jeremiah 29:11) and it continues on after that too. well, we have probably heard it 15 times, so i think God is trying to tell us something!! it was the verse given to my parents when they packed up and moved to canada, and while we know that it is not financial prospering that we are promised, it is great hope for the future.
well, yesterday in church, that verse was used again, so joe and i were smirking about it, because it has come up SO often, and the pastor came up to us after church to talk to us. he asked if we had found jobs yet, and we told him that joe had, and that i had an interview at smittys today. he asked me if that was what i wanted to do, and i answered with a direct 'no'. i have zero desire to waitress. so then he said that he felt God was telling us just to ask him for what we want. for what i want to do. just ask, and wait, and that he has something for me that i was designed to do, something that i will enjoy, somewhere that he wants me to be. just to ask for what i want. so i'm trying to hold back the tears as he is talking, because that is exactly how i feel. i hand out resumes right, left and center whenever i hear something is open, but i have no desire to work in most of these places. I just KNOW that there is something just for ME. that is really hard to hold onto when we are very tight financially, and it's been seven weeks, but i just know it. and i understand that jobs have to get done, and someone has to do even the crappiest job, but i don't care about that. if God tells me to work as a garbage collector, then i will work happily as a garbage collector, because i know that is MY PLACE. however, i haven't found that yet, or had a peace about any job, so i'm still waiting. at this point, i don't care anymore what people think, or if i feel bad. God will take care of our finances, and we will give me a job that i was made to do. i'm confident of that...
so, i'll keep you updated :)