Making "Head"lines

My hair has made it’s own friends this week. Our neighbor Emily made the comment yesterday that her husband(Drew) thought he and I would get along well because I have a faux-hawk. For the older crowd, a faux-hawk is a merge of the words faux-a French term meaning imitation or fake and Mohawk-a haircut where the sides of the head are shaved and the top is spiked. It refers to my hairstyle which has a little spike in the front.

I guess the way you do your hair says something about your personality. What does your hair say about you? Are you outdated and haven’t changed your style for decades? Are you uncreative and lacking originality? There are also certain hair cuts that say specific things, for example:
Mullet-you must be an outdated country star to legally possess one of these. A mullet is the perfect fusion of business in the front and party in the back.

Bowl cut-you must be a has-been child movie star to wear one of these. It says I know I’m cute and I love my inner child.

The George Washington-In past times these were frequently donned by judicial figures, political leaders and bald men. It says “I am a powerful and stylish force to be reckoned with.”

Folks, these are just three out of a myriad of examples. Do some soul-searching find out what your hair says about you. I know I did and I’m happy with the results.

On to a more serious note, today marks the first full week we have spent in Beckley. The more we explore the more charm we uncover about this little town. At first glance all areas of interest appear to reside on the main road (rt. 19), but digging deeper many other attractions are unearthed: churches (some of monumental proportion), nice little neighborhoods, shopping centers, etc.. Beckley is starting to look like home and that is a relief, because our original impression was of a small, remote, hick town.

We may have found our church. We visited Maxwell Hill Baptist Church this morning by the recommendation of our neighbors (the ones who made the hair comment). We loved it, it had exactly what we have been looking for in a church. It has about 250 members, a good age blend, plenty of young married couples and ABC students, it’s not legalistic and the preaching was exceptional. We went back for the evening service, making this the first church to be visited more than once.

My mom and step-father came to visit. The 6 hour hike from Baltimore had taken it’s toll on them when they arrived at 11:40 pm Friday night. Regardless of a late bedtime the kids (Timmy 5, Lily 3 and David 1) still woke up at 7:00 am on Saturday morning. Needless to say the kids weren’t the only ones who took naps on Saturday. We spent the day guiding my family around the ABC campus and the town. Unfortunately they had to leave soon after church Sunday morning, but not too soon to treat us to lunch at Cracker Barrel. Glad they keep their priorities in order.

The job search continues for us. Yes, it is a bit unnerving to wait for a callback after we have already been out of work for over 3 weeks. But we are trusting God to provide for us because he has never given us a reason to doubt.

Thanks for reading, Katie and I hope you have enjoyed the humor and insight into our lives. We would love to hear from you either in a comment on this post, a phone call, letter or e-mail. Stay classy my friends.