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August 22, 2008 |
I bought a new camera when Katie and I got back from Ukraine this summer. I had been saving up for over a year to make the jump into an official 'Wannabe Professional' position. I've really fallen in love with photography over the last few years, and I was kind of at a stand still with the equipment I had.
So I've been learning a lot over the past couple of months on how to be a better photographer and been killing myself to shoot in manual mode. It's been mildly rewarding, but mostly just a pain in the rear. I do love it when I get a good one though, and those are the ones that keep me moving forward.
Katie is always so patient with me. If you were a fly on one of our walls you would often see me taking tons of pictures of Katie while she goes about her business, totally not paying any attention to me doing it. I will even get real close to her face and she won't budge. I love it because she knows I'm just trying to learn, and she trusts me to delete the bad ones.
Every now and then we do have a more official photo session, and that's always a lot of fun; while I learn about taking pictures Katie learns more about being a model.
Anyway, I guess I just want to say that her patience and support in my photography is one of today's reasons why I love her so much.
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August 19, 2008 |
Katie's had a bad cold the last few days, but she's feeling better now. Things here continue to move forward, even though it feels like not a lot is really happening.
We're both trying to find a part-time job right now, which is challenging. AIM stuff keeps up pretty busy until around 1:45 every day, so finding a flexible job weekday afternoons isn't the easiest thing to do. And, adding the hypothetical part-time paychecks up makes us wonder if we should try and seek some supplemental support so that we can work with AIM in the way that we want to. A part of me feels like that's cheating, another part knows that I want to work with AIM more than anything else right now. Anyway, keep us in your prayers. We have had a couple of promising job leads, but we're still waiting to hear back on those.
I was able to go and visit our new area church out in Lockney, Texas this last Sunday. "Area Church" doesn't start until next Sunday, but we wanted to go and meet some people and make sure things were all set for our trip out there with the AIMers. Katie actually felt her worst on Sunday, so I ended up having to make the hour-long drive up there myself.
Toby Ryan (the guy playing the guitar in my sidebar) performed at a local coffee shop this last Friday night. I was able to tape the performance, and shoot a few pictures. He is very good and I (still) can't wait for him to release his first album. Anyway, here's a picture I caught from that night.
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August 13, 2008 |
Timbra's comment on our last post reminded me that Katie and I have not mentioned what our plans are now the we are back to the states. I have forgotten about this small detail, I think, because we have been telling so many people about it, I just kinda figured everyone knew.
Katie and I were only sent to Ukraine for one year, and that year was up this June. Though we have dreams of returning there to work, we are here in the states to live for now. We are now living in Lubbock and working with the AIM program once again, and intend to do so for at least this school year. As we are no longer on support, we will be working side jobs to support ourselves. We are also going to begin looking for our next long-term foreign mission opportunity. We know the Sunset world to be a very mission-minded place, so we decided this would be a good place to start looking for teammates.
So there it is. Questions? Comments? Leave them below. :o)
This year's AIM class is in full swing now. They all arrived on Saturday, and we are having fun trying to memorize everyone's name. It is so good to be involved with this work once again. It is good to be around such a large group of spiritually minded people all the time. Though Katie and I are very disappointed at returning to this fast-paced society, where we have to drive everywhere to get anywhere, it is good to have a job to do.
Our unpacking is going incredibly fast. It's good to finally be out of our suitcases and back in our own bed.
Here are a few pictures from the last few days (click for descriptions).
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August 06, 2008 |
We are truly blessed with some incredible friends. I can't believe we got everything moved and out of storage today — a whole day before we were even supposed to move in. Special thank you to Robby, Carla, Josh, Alisha, and Lily. We COULD NOT have done it with out you.
One of my favorite parts of the day was watching Katie get happier and happier as we moved stuff in. As the minutes moved on and I was feeling more and more tired and irritated about moving, all I had to do was look at Katie for a smile. She was so cute as she seemed much too happy about all the boxes. But she loves making our house a home, and she was excited about getting that started.
I'm sitting here with my computer set up at the kitchen table and am so happy to be sitting in front of this thing again. Hopefully by this weekend we'll have an actual desk to put it on.
Our house is an absolute mess, so I'll be sure to post some pictures soon.
Anyway, just wanted to let everyone know that we're in, exhuasted, and relieved.
(And pretty homesick for Ukraine.)
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August 05, 2008 |
Though we've been guaranteed our apartment by Thursday, they told us that there may be a chance we get to move in tomorrow afternoon. We both sure hope so.
We had a great staff retreat this weekend, and I am really excited about the people we'll be working with this year. I feel like we all fit well together, and that is exciting. I did come home from the retreat with a really bad head cold, and spent most of Monday sleeping.
This morning I woke up feeling fine, and all the assistants went to work at the AIM apartments, finishing final cleanings, and getting furniture moved around. I can't believe AIM starts in just three days. I also can't believe it's been seven years since I went to AIM.
This weekend, along with AIM starting, Katie's mom and grandma will be driving in, as well as my mom, dad, and uncle. Saturday is going to be crazy, for sure.
As soon as we get settled, we will most definitely get back to posting more frequently...don't you worry! :o)
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