The News!!

Well I have been quiet over the past couple off weeks. There are two reason,

One being that I'm indexing a book for Mike which is sapping every spare (and not so spare) moment that I have, it takes about an hr to do about 8 pages.

The second being that I have been getting over the disappointment of Mike being turned down for the job in Australia. And I didn't want to post really bad and emotional posts and not very nice things about some people.

2 weeks ago we had the dreaded phone call that left our world shattered, reason that I won't post but at this stage we are not coming home .. to Zion, the promised land as Mike calls it...

At first I was very depressed.. I think I cried for 3days. I have been very angry and frustrated with how things happened. I have really questioned God as to WHY we have to go threw such an awful thing. Why when all the door seem to be opening that we get so close and then it all went pear shaped. I am still angry, but I am praying to be able to overcome it. We are continuing to pray about where God wants us. We feel so very blessed by all our great friends here who have sad that they are sorry we aren't going but I thrill that we are staying. We feel really loved and cared for. So today I will be playing catchup on post and see how many more I can do for the blog off end today.

21 hrs

Mike arrives back home in just 21 hrs. He has been in Australia for the past 12days to meet with guys at a college and have an interview for a job. But I just missed my man, looking forward to seeing tomorrow. We are all counting.

We'll keep you posted onthe outcome!!!

Mike in Brisvegas

I spoke to Mike this morning, he has arrived safely in Australia 37hrs after leaving Inverness. He arrived in Brisbane where he will not have much of a chance to get over his jet lag before flying home next Monday.

He will the opportunity to spend some time with His mum and brother which he hasn't seen since 2007. Eat a big steak...actually I think he will try hard to consume his weight in steak over the next 7 days, if you want to catch up with him offer him steak and he will go weak at the knees!! Enjoy the warm weather, mind you we are getting close to warm weather here yesterday was 18c. Catch up we some friends new and old, for chat and I'm sure plenty of red wine will be had.

AND then on Thurday the big day. Mike will have a job interview for a job in Brisbane. It is a big day for him with chapel, lunch, leature then interview. We are praying that this the path that god has for us. It would be good to be able to return to Brisbane and train locals for the ministry, such an honour!

And on Sunday for all those Brisbane people, Mike will be preaching at Aciacia Ridge Presbyterian church in the morning if you want to go and hear a good sermon.

Please lift him in pray this week

• that he will not suffer to badly from jet lag
• for his time with the people from the college, that they will see the passion he has for the gospel and train of god's people.
• for God to be working threw Mike with his Sermons and Leature
• Most importantly that GOD's will be done.

And please don't forget me...at home with 3 kids!

A Wee Break

Well tomorrow I'm off to hospital to have my gallbladder out....good riddance I say i can live without that pain. But getting ready to go has been a military operation, which is just how mike likes to operate. I'm surprised he hasn't asked for it all to be done in a power point or on a spread sheet. The hardest thing will be leaving my boy, I've only ever left Markus for 2 hrs before. But I just have to have faith in Mike that he can cope without me. Myra our pastors wife is going to have Markus for most of the day, and I know that she will cope will having had 5 kids of her own and a trained midwife, but a mother is the one who know their baby best. How they like to go to sleep, be held, what to sing, I need to let go.

Please pray for us all, that I can relax and enjoy the break, and Michael will manage it all well.

BTW... Mike will be Australia for the 24th May till the 1st June. He will be preaching at a church Brisbane yet to be confirmed on the 31st May. Just wish I could go too.

the job...

As I said in this post Mike had an interview for a college in Australia. We both felt it went well (I listened in with the baby monitor) and they now want Mike to fly out to Australia at the end of this month (May) for a second interview (and boy am I jealous). I did offer to go in his place but he has reminded me that we want to get the job. So if you see a red head walking around Brisbane at the end of the month and it's not Mike's twin (thankfully there is only one of him), he is out and about. We think they may get him to preach while home if so I let you know where and when.

We really have this pull home right now, we just don't see what God has is store for us. At this stage I'm feeling very unsettled and a bit down. I just want to know so I can move on. I just keep reminding myself Patience..Patience...Patience. I know that God doesn't give us more than we can handle but I feel right at my limit right now. At bible study this week this verse popped out at me

Prov 19.21 Many are the plans of man's heart but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.

Please pray with us that we are moving in God's will, may we be patient, willing and open to what he has in store for us next.

I'll keep you posted.

Job interview

Well I said in a recent post that Mike had applied for a job back in Australia, well on Tues (21st April) Mike will be interviewed by a college in Australia (via skype). So we ask that you all pray that the Lord's will be done. We would dearly love to return home but only if it's God's timing. So please lift us in prayer the week. May Mike be able to speak clearly and openly and be understood by the interview panel and give us patience as we await the out come of the interview.

My New Job

I promised you weeks ago that I'd fill you in on how first day at work went. Well.......

I LOVE IT!!!!!! Working at Craft Central is like putting a kid in a candy store. The Ladies I work with are very nice and can handle my Aussie sense of humour. Did I mention that I LOVE IT!! We are ENCOURAGED to play with all the great toys/machines and make things on the job. My favourite is this one, i think that I'll have to get one when I go to Boston USA in November (that's for another post). It is just been such a blessing for both Michael and I. Michael is forces to take some time out (which is a good thing) because he has soul responsibility of the kids and can't spend half the day reading... That's my life being Married to an Academic.. and I can get some much needed me time and creative time that I don't get normally..I LOVE MY JOB. Tomorrow is my 4th Saturday as a working girl (not that kind) and I'M LOVING IT. Can't wait till pay day to get some better shoes, my feet just kill me at the end of the day. I'm really blessed It's my dream job....because I wasn't actually looking for work, but we needed that extra income. And of course God took care of it all. Thank you LORD.

Must go and get my beauty sleep, so I can go and have FUN tomorrow.

BTW.. Did I tell you that I love my JOB???

Love and Blessing to you,

Naomi

I'm joining the work force again.....so look out!!!!

Well today I did something that I haven't done in a long time.... I had a Job interview and got the job on the spot. It has been 9 years since I have had to interview for a job, I can hardly believe I have been out of the paying work force for that long. Being a mother has been rewarding, stressful and a great blessing, but it is time to start the process of re-entering the work force. We I can hear you all ask What's the Job?? Doing my dream job of working in a craft store call "Craft Central Ltd" , and even better it is only Saturday work. So I'm not having to look for childcare, it will be a Daddy Day. I'm really excited about doing this work, I start this Saturday (16th) and work a full day 9am-5:30pm.

Thanks to those who knew about the interview and prayed for me, I had planned on posting about the interview but I only dropped my CV in on Saturday so it has all happen very fast.

Must go, Mike has invited some of his students arround for dinner tonight, so I must get cooking.