Soooo Tired of Moving

I had all day training on Saturday for IKEA. The morning part was ok (even though it started at 8...ugh), but after lunch it just tanked. It was amazingly boring. I felt like I was in high school again--sitting there listening to a series of lecturers talk at you, repeating things way too many times, about things that you just really feel like you'll ever use or need to know. But, that's the life of a new employee. I don't work again until next Tuesday (the 19th).

We started a new series at church on Sunday. One of the bigger churches here in the area--Crossroads--(which incidentally is where Andrea works) every year puts together a 7 week all church journey. Every single part of their church shuts down (in the sense that it abandons all of their own topics/programs) so that the entire church talks about or focuses on the exact same thing. This includes all the kids stuff, college age stuff, etc. Along with that they demand (or ask very forcefully I guess) that every single adult in their church join a small group only for those 7 weeks. After that they can quit.

At any rate, Crossroads also provides their materials to any of the local churches that would like to do the same thing in their church. So, LifePoint is doing so. The series is called Consumed and it revolves around money. Thankfully, it's not one of those "sell all your possessions so you can give it all to charity and live the life of utter simplicity." Instead, it focuses on the fact that God desires for us to be blessed and to have nice things (although not necessarily everyone with the same amount unfortunately). What that means is that the goal is to learn to enjoy the blessings you have rather than being consumed by them. Learning to be free of the bondage of money and finances so that we can truly enjoy them and enjoy life.
As a part of that, we decided to host one of the small groups. But, we must have cooties because only 2 other people signed up--Chris and Dawn Owens, our worship minister and his wife. We are actually really enjoying getting to know them.

(Small side note--on the topic of cooties, everyone must view THIS VIDEO)

And finally, as the title of this blog suggests, Eric and I have decided to move once again--although thankfully not far this time. We had been contemplating moving this summer to be a little closer to Oxford (to cut down Eric's drive time). But we decided for sure it was time to move when our apartment complex decided to raise our rent. Unfortunately, that means we need to find a new place to live and be moved out of here by the beginning of May. We'd like to find a house to rent or something like that. And, on a couple of different occasions the topic of buying a house has been brought up. That thought scares the crap out of me. On the other hand, we're having a very hard time finding a place to live with cheaper rent that will allow us to keep out dog.

So...if you think about it, please be praying for us. That we find a nice place to live--be it renting or buying--and that we make wise decisions...