It’s Been a While

Time has been speeding by and I didn’t realize it had been so long since I last posted. Oops!

To quickly recap: 

We’ve been busy with work, but we’ve also had fun on our time off. We went one weekend to see the latest Batman movie on an IMAX screen. It was quite an experience! That same weekend we were given free tickets from our friends to go to our first Rangers game! It was a wildcard game so it was all or nothing. Unfortunately they lost and ended their season.

Go Rangers!

Our pre-game view

Last weekend we went to Celebrate Roanoke. Tons of booths were set up down the main drive in town and there were a lot of family-friendly activities taking place. It was neat, especially for free entertainment. 

Wednesday I got to take our dog Petey out on a doggie play date. I’m a little disappointed that he wasn’t very social with the other dogs. He wasn’t bad, just not very playful. He was exhausted by the time we headed home though.

David teaches Bible class Wednesday nights to the high school students. I’m the assistant in the cradle roll (children under two years old) class on Sunday mornings. I’ve taught a couple of times when the teachers were unavailable.

I’m working with our preacher’s wife to help plan a ladies’ retreat in January for the women of our congregation. I feel like a planning queen with all of the coordinating I do for work and the church.

Sadly we haven’t seen our families in three months, but this past week I got to FaceTime with my mom. It’s not the same as seeing each other in person, but it’s closer than a phone call. She’s not great with technology so I’m impressed we accomplished the video chat.

We have another fairly busy weekend ahead. David’s giving the lesson at the high school devotional Saturday and I’m teaching Bible Class on Sunday.

A Busy Weekend Ahead

This weekend is going to be filled with lots of great things. I’m leaving Friday afternoon to head to the Westhill Ladies’ Retreat in Salado. I’m very excited to see some friends from preaching school and newer friends from the Westhill congregation. I know I’ll be hearing good lessons from Cindy Colley.

Saturday I’ll head home and try to make it back in time for the two events our church is having. First is ladies’ Bible class. There has only been one class since we’ve lived here and it was beneficial for me. Right after that, maybe even overlapping, is the junior high and high school devotional. David’s giving the lesson, so I really want to be there to support him.

David is preaching on Sunday. I never get tired of listening to him teach about God. If you’re in the north Texas area, stop in and worship with us in Roanoke at the Roanoke Church of Christ.

Settling in to Roanoke

About a month ago now, we moved a little north to Roanoke, Texas for David’s job. The move wasn’t the hard part; it was the packing. 

I should have listened to my husband, but instead I rented a 20 foot U-Haul truck. It didn’t fit all of our stuff. Oops. But it all worked out because we had to go back down the next week so David could teach the adult class at Family Bible School in San Marcos at University Church of Christ.

Thank goodness the movers we hired in Austin were experienced, because they had the truck filled and packed so tightly that we literally couldn’t add a broom to it after they left. I’m so grateful we could afford to hire movers both in Austin and Roanoke. Especially in Roanoke since we live on the third floor.

We’re getting settled in up here in Roanoke. We don’t have quite enough room for all of our furniture in the living room. I’m still trying to figure out how to make it all fit without breaking our backs moving it around.

Preachers are typically known for having a lot of books, and David is definitely one of them! We need to buy at least one more full-sized bookshelf for him to be able to fit them all. Right now there’s still quite a few books packed in boxes. 

I don’t have room for a desk like I did in Austin, so I’m weeding out things as best as I can. It will probably take us a little bit to figure it all out, but we’ll manage for now. 

We’re really looking forward to having members of the church over! Everyone has been really helpful and friendly. Multiple people are even giving me lots of ideas for places to look for work. We are definitely blessed to have them as a church family.

Like I stated earlier, we hired movers, but we still had a few people from the church come and help us move in. And they bought us some groceries so we didn’t have to go grocery shopping right away. I was blown away by everyone’s generosity! 

Have I made it clear yet that we are really loving it up here? :) Even our dog is happy. He loves to follow us around the house all day, and any chance he gets, he jumps up into my lap. Here’s a picture of him sleeping on me.

Next Wednesday will be David’s first time to teach at Roanoke. He’ll also be preaching Sunday the 19^th and Wednesday the 22^nd. I’m excited for him! Please keep our preacher’s family, the Davis’s, in your prayers as they travel to Tennessee for Polishing the Pulpit this upcoming week. We’ll miss them while they’re gone.

That’s a good idea of what’s been going on so far. We’re staying plenty busy, in a good way.