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July 26, 2005

Great is Thy Faithfulness

So we were house sitting last month for our friends in East, and they returned last Tuesday the 19th and we had to vacate. By the 15th when we still didn't know where we'd be headed, we let some people know. Funny how he works sometimes, God waited until we swallowed our pride and asked for help before he revealed that next step to us. The next morning, my (Carrie's) childhood pastor got ahold of my parents trying to track us down because their house was about to be vacant and they wanted somebody living in it! Jim and Sharon, before living in Ellsworth and shepherding the Belltower flock, used to live in Mexico. They were in Ellsworth my whole life, until about the same time that I graduated from HS, when they went back to Mexico. That was 10 years ago (oh my gosh, are we getting old or what... I've been out of high school TEN years??). As of two years ago, 3 of their four children had moved to Zeeland, MI, and as interest rates were SO SO low, they decided to buy a house in that area for when they would one day retire. Since they bought their home they've never really unpacked there, only staying there while home on short visits, and the house has only been lived in by people who needed it for the short-term. I think one woman was there for a month, and a single youth pastor for 6 months. Anyway, as of the 16th (the day AFTER we asked for help), they were getting frantic to find someone to occupy their house beginning the 19th, when they were to fly to Mexico. This was the very same day that we needed to vacate our previous place! Just in case it wasn't obvious enough, God made it the same date. So we are sub-urbanites now, and looking for work in the area of Zeeland. My "kids" leave tomorrow. I'll drive them to Chicago and say goodbye as they are whisked away back to Spain. It has been a whirlwind of a month and, though I will be happy to have some rest, I will miss them dearly. I've had a really great group of kids!
See our resumes: Dan's and Carrie's, and spread the word if you know anybody that could use our talents.

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July 02, 2005

Long Term Goals

I was asked this past week what my "long-term goals" were. This got me thinking, and here is what I have come up with: My long-term goal is to stay in one place for 3 weeks. I know this does not sound long-term at all, in fact, it probably sounds extremely short-term. However, to us at this point, three weeks is long term. For the past two months, the longest we have stayed in one place is two weeks, and that was only Carrie who was there for the full two weeks, as I was in da' UP with Matt and Vicky for part of that time. We have given ourselves the title of "Urban Nomads" because we have been moving around so much. I will tell you what, we are getting awefully good at packing up and living out of a suitcase. Presently we are house/dog sitting at the home of the VanderKolk's while they are away. They have wiFi... yippie!!!

As Carrie has already relayed, she is working with a group of High School students from Spain for the month of July, taking them to various activities and sights in the area. I am still in search of a job, preferably in Surveying. Potential Employers, check out my resume.

So far I have had only one offer, and it was in the far reaches of da' U.P., and was not enough to ensure that we would not starve (or freeze) to death. We still have little-to-no idea of what is going on in our lives, and living this way is not getting any easier. We have started a club/support group, which we are calling "inFlux", for people who are in transition and don't know what's next. We were thinking to have T-shirts printed up, but then we realised that T-shirts cost money, and we don't have any... so I think we will just borrow a magic marker and write it on. Our friend Chad, or maybe his wife Kris, offered a motto of "I don't hear voices, but I'm listening" which we adopted even before we had a name for our group. All this being said, we are very busy moving and shaking, or at least moving. We greatly appreciate your thoughts and prayers during our time inFlux. If you wish to join inFlux, please send us an email (or post a reply here) stating your intentions, and find a magic marker and an old T-shirt!

Waiting and Wondering,
DAN

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