Since our last post all of our car trouble has been resolved. School is going well now, but I got off to a rocky start. Last semester we were eased into the schoolwork, there was orientations, newsletters, etc. This semester we just hit the ground running, no “hi, how you doing” or nothing. I was caught off guard but all is well now and I'm loving my classes this semester.
This weekend we will be traveling to Virginia to meet up with Mine and Katie's parents for a little while. We're really looking forward to getting away for a little bit plus we haven't been shopping for over three weeks.
Please keep on praying for me, my workload seems daunting but I'm doing the best I can. We are making really great friends down here. Keep Katie and I in your prayers as we look for where God will have us minister in the future.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Car Trouble
School started on Wednesday and I'm almost back into my routine. The first few classes have gone great, but I certainly have my work cut out this semester. I can honestly say I expect twice as much homework as last semester. Going over the new syllabi became a scary endeavor but the Lord was gracious and gave me the courage to face new challenges head on.
School has been good but our cars have been really frustrating lately. For some time now Katie's car has been leaking water into the back seat floor. Before our Christmas break we wrapped her car in a tarp to keep the water out and we didn't drive the car for about a month. I obviously expected the battery would die, but I didn't anticipate needing her car any time soon. I was wrong. On Tuesday Katie and I decided to have lunch at the Chinese buffet down town. We drove my car down, enjoyed lunch and sat around to chit chat for about an hour. When we tried to leave the restaurant parking lot the car would not start. It wasn't the battery, the battery is brand new because of car trouble back in December. Long story short we need a new starter. We had someone pick us up so we could get to work on time. Then we had a friend pick us up from work that night. The next day I unwrapped Katie's car and got it jumped so we could get around town. We made a trip to Wal Mart and it barely started back up to get us home. The Friday I went out a little early to warm the car up for work because Friday we had a high temperature of 1 degree. The battery was dead again. My jumper cables were nestled safely in the other car stuck at the Chinese buffet. I had to find a friend who didn't have class and had jumper cables so that we could get to work on time. We worked our normal 1-8 shift on Friday and when it was time to leave we came out to another dead battery. The mall security guard helped us get it charged. Katie's car has a most peculiar problem: the water that leaks into the car evaporates during the day and gets onto the windshield, at night it freezes. Of course, the heat in her car is also broken so in order to drive it we have to scrape the inside and outside of the windshield. Unfortunately the scraper was also locked in my other car at the Chinese buffet.
We're home now, on Friday night planning for tomorrow morning when the battery will surely be dead again. After we get off work at 4:00 we're going car shopping!
At least we have some nice snow on the ground, even if it has been -4 degrees and the weather is wreaking havoc on our cars. Pray for us with the car situation, we have no doubt that God will take care of us as he sees fit. Please pray fervently for my schoolwork this semester, I would like to keep my 4.0 GPA but I realize that may be unrealistic with some of the classes I have.
School has been good but our cars have been really frustrating lately. For some time now Katie's car has been leaking water into the back seat floor. Before our Christmas break we wrapped her car in a tarp to keep the water out and we didn't drive the car for about a month. I obviously expected the battery would die, but I didn't anticipate needing her car any time soon. I was wrong. On Tuesday Katie and I decided to have lunch at the Chinese buffet down town. We drove my car down, enjoyed lunch and sat around to chit chat for about an hour. When we tried to leave the restaurant parking lot the car would not start. It wasn't the battery, the battery is brand new because of car trouble back in December. Long story short we need a new starter. We had someone pick us up so we could get to work on time. Then we had a friend pick us up from work that night. The next day I unwrapped Katie's car and got it jumped so we could get around town. We made a trip to Wal Mart and it barely started back up to get us home. The Friday I went out a little early to warm the car up for work because Friday we had a high temperature of 1 degree. The battery was dead again. My jumper cables were nestled safely in the other car stuck at the Chinese buffet. I had to find a friend who didn't have class and had jumper cables so that we could get to work on time. We worked our normal 1-8 shift on Friday and when it was time to leave we came out to another dead battery. The mall security guard helped us get it charged. Katie's car has a most peculiar problem: the water that leaks into the car evaporates during the day and gets onto the windshield, at night it freezes. Of course, the heat in her car is also broken so in order to drive it we have to scrape the inside and outside of the windshield. Unfortunately the scraper was also locked in my other car at the Chinese buffet.
We're home now, on Friday night planning for tomorrow morning when the battery will surely be dead again. After we get off work at 4:00 we're going car shopping!
At least we have some nice snow on the ground, even if it has been -4 degrees and the weather is wreaking havoc on our cars. Pray for us with the car situation, we have no doubt that God will take care of us as he sees fit. Please pray fervently for my schoolwork this semester, I would like to keep my 4.0 GPA but I realize that may be unrealistic with some of the classes I have.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
That City Air
This is just a quick note to say that our new year is going good. Last Wednesday we joined the remnant of married students at the student lounge to play some games and watch the ball drop. We arrived at about 9:30 and had fun for a couple hours. At 11:50 Katie and I both felt we had reached our limit, we were very tired and our contacts were bothering us so we headed home. We got home just in time to watch the ball drop then trudged upstairs to pass out it bed. This break has been great and relaxing but I'm now looking forward to getting back to a regular schedule.
Sunday, after morning service, we took a day trip to Charleston. We had to pick up a friend from the airport at 10 PM so we just decided to arrive early and see the sights. It was so refreshing to see the city. Charleston has it's share of large buildings and corporate offices but it is modest in size. It has that city air that I've come to miss but isn't too big to be overwhelming. We shopped, shopped, ate, shopped and shopped again, then it was time to pick up our friend Drew. The little one terminal airport broke it's only conveyor belt for the baggage so we waited an extra hour for Drew to receive his luggage before we could leave. We had a great day and weren't at all worried about getting home late because we took off on Monday.
This is the last full week before school starts. We are getting some extra hours in at work and enjoying our time at home before i have to hit the books again. Keep us in your prayers as we embark on a new semester, i hope that this one goes as good and even better than the former.
Sunday, after morning service, we took a day trip to Charleston. We had to pick up a friend from the airport at 10 PM so we just decided to arrive early and see the sights. It was so refreshing to see the city. Charleston has it's share of large buildings and corporate offices but it is modest in size. It has that city air that I've come to miss but isn't too big to be overwhelming. We shopped, shopped, ate, shopped and shopped again, then it was time to pick up our friend Drew. The little one terminal airport broke it's only conveyor belt for the baggage so we waited an extra hour for Drew to receive his luggage before we could leave. We had a great day and weren't at all worried about getting home late because we took off on Monday.
This is the last full week before school starts. We are getting some extra hours in at work and enjoying our time at home before i have to hit the books again. Keep us in your prayers as we embark on a new semester, i hope that this one goes as good and even better than the former.
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