a long overdue update

This will be brief as it's been a long day and several more like it lay ahead.  Joel left today for California, just arriving a few moments ago.  He will be there till Saturday and tomorrow and Wednesday will be arranging for the transfer of our container which arrived last week.  He has to get it from the shipping company that shipped it from Indo to the shipping company that will deliver it here to us in Michigan.  Lucky guy couldn't get a ticket back using his frequent flyer miles till Saturday so Thursday and Friday he'll spend bumming around LA and lounging at the beach, while I, Bethany tough it out here with the boys alone!  He owes me now, don't you think? 

 

We are settling nicely to our house here in Jackson.  We feel so blessed by how God has taken such good care of us here.  We had a warm welcome when we arrived and have just been surrounded by great people.  We haven't posted lately because, well you've heard it all before, the Potters are settling in…again!  Things will pick up again when Joel gets back and we get this next round of boxes unpacked.  I am guessing that midway through next week he'll start working over at the school.  He is taking over for a guy who is leaving  so he'll be learning the ropes from him as to what his days will look like.  Joel is super excited about this ministry and can't wait to get started.  For the boys and I, the rest of the summer will just see us settling into a routine.  I am learning to enjoy being home all day with them, with only Joel, the boys and the house to occupy my time.  A few weeks before school starts, I'll begin working a few hours in the office and then when school actually begins, the boys will start into the childcare program in the mornings while I work in the office. 

 

We have already begun getting excited to see who God will bring our way as far as the students go.  With Joel leading the worship team, we think that God will probably have them be our focus for the first semester at least.  We can't wait to meet them, have them in our home and just be able to plug into their lives.  I know we'll learn from them as much or more as they will from us!

 

So that's our life in a nutshell right now.  Thanks to the annonymous commenter for reminding me to update the blog.  Sometimes we need a little kick in the pants to get us going!

 

Bethany