Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain

Things are starting to settle down a bit, so I thought I would take the time to write an update! For those of you who don't know, Mark and I moved to Oklahoma two and a half weeks ago. God sure does work in mysterious ways. Oklahoma is truly the one state that we always thought we would never move back to, and we were pretty sure about that when we left. But a little over a year later...look where we are! We loaded the moving truck and left Louisville on September 5, arriving in Prague, OK on September 6. It took a total of about 15 hours. Mark drove a 24ft moving truck towing his car, and I followed behind in the other car. The whole trip went well except for a cracked windshield. Mark started working on September 8, as the full-time music minister at First Baptist Church of Prague, OK. Mark is loving every minute of it and is doing a great job. I am enjoying it as well, but am still getting used to small town life. We went from living in the very large city of Louisville, to a small town of two thousand people...it's quite the change! The people here are wonderful, though.

We do not yet have a place to live, but we have been blessed to stay in a small efficiency apartment outside the home of one of the church members (who also happens to be the mayor of Prague). They have been very kind and hospitable to allow us to stay here as long as needed. We have looked at several homes in the area and actually had a home inspection on one yesterday. The inspection went very well and we are now praying about what to do next.

I would appreciate your prayers about a job for me. I am needing a part-time job, and in such a small town there are not many job options. I have a bachelor's degree and really don't want to work at a bank or substitute teach (I have never had a desire to teach in any way). A job like that sort of makes me feel like college was a waste, but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do. Please pray I will find a job that I will enjoy.

Many of my previous blog posts have been about adoption. Most of you know that Mark and I have experienced infertility for over two years now and were in the process of pursuing adoption. When we found out we were moving to Prague, we had to put that process on hold until we get settled here. Please continue to pray for us regarding this. We are not quite sure when we should resume that process. Also, we truly feel like we are supposed to adopt overseas from Ethiopia, but the financial aspect of that is really starting to scare me. I know that if it's what God wants, He will provide the finances...but it's really scary knowing that we need to pay more than half of a year's salary in order to adopt overseas.

Well...that's the quickest update I can give without writing a novel. A lot has happened in the past month! We appreciate your prayers!