Prayers Requested...

Just a quick note to ask for prayers for some friends of ours from church. They just adopted a family of four children that were in foster care. The oldest is 6 and the youngest is 3 months. We can't even imagine how hard it is going to be for both the children and the parents to adjust to this change! We really admire them for what they are doing (they couldn't have children on their own) and we really pray that their family will be happy and healthy...

By the way, the oldest has flaming red hair - we totally feel for them. Or at least, Sharon does :)

Drywall Dust, Oh My...

Well, we promised to update you on the laundry room remodel when we were done, but it's going slower than anticipated - so here's a picture to tide you over. Haha!



It's going slower than anticipated because Sharon got a temp job at Canfor and is working 8 hour days, while Frank is back at school (with one class, but also a TA job and probably a funded project with a prof). But we should make some great strides this weekend.

The election is coming up fast (but not fast enough)! We only have peasant vision (ie 2 channels), so most of the time ALL we hear on TV is politicans bashing each other - we're getting pretty sick of it. But make sure that you get out and vote! Even if there isn't really a political party that you like (which is pretty easy this election...) Traditionally, the Conservatives are the automatic choice when you're a Christian, but man - Frank has issues with their social policies and Sharon's pacifist views really throw a wrench into things... But who else is there? The lying Liberals? Or the NDP who would put us into crazy debt? Hm. The Conservatives do have some interesting ideas about tax breaks for students and subsidized transit, and they seem to actually care that some mothers choose to not send their children to government daycare. Sometimes the lesser evil is the one you have to choose, even though it seems a crummy way to choose who to vote for. 

Learn to Trust...

Well, things are looking pretty awesome right now. Yesterday I got a call from the RCMP - I have a job! And a pretty awesome one at that. My offical title is "Senior Technical Analyist"...sounds snazzy, eh? I was almost positive that I wouldn't get the job, the interview was very intense (they gave me an hour long exam on my technical knowledge, and many of the questions I didn't know) and then I didn't hear from them for over a month. So the phone call yesterday was certainly a surprise. The only thing is that I can't start work for about 2 months, because they have to do an extremely long and expensive background check on me. You should see all of the paperwork I have to fill out!

Sometimes God really slaps me in the face with the knowledge that if I just relaxed and trusted Him, I'd be a lot better off. The days since Christmas were some of the most stressful days ever, with me freaking out about finding a job. And then along comes this perfect job, and I get to take a 2 month break before I start and finish up all of the various side jobs I have going on (webpages, etc.). Wow. Remind me of this when I start freaking out about whether I'm good enough for this job in about 2 months, okay God? Ha.

Sharon

2006 is here...

Well, it's 2006. 2005 sure left with a bang - what a busy Christmas! We've picked out a couple of photos above to tell the story...we ate tons of food at Sharon's aunt & uncles (saw a ton of family), ate dinner with our small group, saw Frank's brothers (& Tea!), Sharon caught up with some high school friends at Second Cup, we spent some time at Camp Morice at a young adult retreat, opened lots of gifts (we're waaaay too spoiled), and just recently started a major reno of the laundry room. And that was just some of what went on!

We really enjoyed the retreat at Camp Morice - though being the only married couple at a retreat about Theology of the Body made us somewhat of an anomaly. Some really good discussion happened, and we gave a talk about our experiences with married life, which seemed to go over pretty well. One of the biggest differences we've noted between the people we know from our 2 different church groups - at Westwood, we know soooo many married people our own age, and in the Catholic circles we're practically the only ones even in a relationship! But we learn a lot from everyone, regardless of relationship status, and really enjoy hanging out with all the people we are blessed to be friends with.

Well, the never-ending laundry room reno beckons. We'll post pictures when we're done...