Fall Busyness

We have now adjusted to our school schedule. While the carefree schedule of summer was nice, it's good to be back into a routine. I have discovered that I actually like schedules. I enjoy knowing, for the most part, what each day holds in store.

School started at the end of August for both David and Angela. David is taking 4 classes at Palm Beach Community College this semester. He will take one more semester in the Spring to complete his AA. He has classes on Monday morning, Monday evening, Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning plus an online course this semester. Due to one of his co-workers having a scheduling conflict with one of his college classes he is now working on Wednesday evening, Thursday evening and the morning shift on Saturday and Sunday. He's happy to have his Friday nights free for this semester. Angela is taking a heavy schedule at the high school this year. She has Advanced Placement U.S. History, Advanced Placement Psychology, English honors, Biology honors, Geometry honors, and a teacher aide at one of our Elementary schools. Both of busy with school work, but are diligent in their studies.

As for me, I'm enjoying working for our new pastor and excited to see our church kicking off the fall schedule of youth ministries, children's ministries, mission ministries, small groups and outreach. Our kickoff for small groups was last Tuesday night and we have 33 taking part in the 2 groups. Our first meeting is tomorrow night and I'm excited to see how God works through the small groups. Our associate pastor has done a wonderful job of organizing the small groups, as well as working with our youth department. He has incorporated the help of several members to help work with the youth and it's great to see some new faces within that department. Our mission ministries will be kicking off the first Wednesday night in October for adults and children. We will be meeting separately as men and women (Brotherhood and Women on Missions) the first Wednesday night of each month with the focus being on missions. Our children's missions ministries will be co-ed this year and we are praying that we will see some of the younger ones back when that gets underway the first Wednesday in October. Next Monday night we will begin going back out to visit members that have not been with us as well as visiting those that have visited with us.

We are also having a new roof put on the house. Due to the previous hurricanes and tropical storms our roof took a beating. Unfortunately it didn't stop at the roof, but did some damage to several of our walls inside the house. We will be getting those repaired (the work on the inside starts this week) and once they are done the painting adventure will begin. When you live in a mobile home the walls are prefab walls so to replace a wall you end up having to paint the entire room for it to match. Since we are painting I figured it would be a good time to replace the carpet that has been damaged by pets over the years. I'm thankful that we have a friend from church that is willing to replace the walls, which will save a tremendous amount of money, and that I can paint the walls myself. Not to mention that once it's all completed it will be like living in a new place.

We are keeping busy and enjoying the fall.