This blog was primarily created to give me an outlet through which I could let some of my thoughts get out into the open. As you can see since this is the first post, that hasn’t really happened. But I am hoping that, at some point in the near future, it will.
This is a time, though, in which I feel that I need to use this blog to let you, the reader, know what is happening in my life because I’m a couple thousand miles away from most of you and there are a few matters that co
uld use your prayer.
As you most likely know, I am engaged to an amazing young lady named Leslie Payne. We are in Mill Valley, California attending Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, where we will be pursuing our Master of Divinity degrees. I am in my second semester and Leslie is in her first.
During my first semester, I was blessed enough to quickly find a steady job at an outdoors store that is predominantly a ski/snowboard shop called Any Mountain. Leslie, however, did not find a job so quickly. Despite applying at jobs almost constantly for which she was actually very well qualified for, nobody seemed to ever call her back until The Container Store, which is not giving her enough hours to pay for her dorm rent.
Before she even moved to California in January, Leslie had noticed a job opening at a programs camp in the eastern side of California, probably about three or four hours from the seminary campus (depending upon how much snow is on the roads). Well after a couple months of job searching in the Mill Valley area, she happened to notice just recently that the job opening is still there. This job is perfect for her because it is something that she did at Riverbend Retreat Center in Glen Rose, Texas. Now, this is a full-time position that would require her to live at the camp grounds, but we discussed it and decided that we could be commuter students if she was accepted for the position.
Interestingly enough, Any Mountain will be opening a new store not too far from where this camp is located. I may be able to transfer over to that store to be one of their opening staff, possibly even as a manager. Whether the manager thing happened or not, this would be a sweet deal on so many levels. Including the fact that through Any Mountain we get free season passes to go to Heavenly Ski Resort, which is also about two hours from the camp. The only downside to this is that my commute to work would not be the little five minute trip that it is now…
Anyway, this is where your prayers could really be helpful to us. Please pray for the job situation. Whether Leslie gets this camp position or another job she has applied for in the Marin County area, she just really needs one. If she does get the position, prayer would be welcomed for wisdom on our part. Moving away from campus with gas prices like they are is kind of a big deal, not to mention that weather in that area gets a little intense in the fall through spring months.
Thank you so much for reading and especially for your prayers. They are very much appreciated!
but we also realized that it makes a whole lot of things easier other than the fact that she still needs another job. That will have to wait, though, because she leaves for Texas this Saturday to finish up all the wedding planning and such.
