News from Away - November 3rd

Greetings all,

So things have settled down, although I say that in a bit of a qualified way.

For example: work. Neither of us have done it yet. I know I said Alyssa would be working on Wednesday but that fell through a couple hours after I so triumphantly posted it. So we both waited by the phone the next morning, and this morning, to no avail. Ah, the life of supply teachers. It's not just that there isn't work, though. We've had a couple rather short conversations with the folks at the agency about readiness and process and the like. And we've been getting calls and leads on some more permanent teaching jobs that could start in January. Not to mention taking down phone numbers for a few different agencies.  So we're waiting, a little tensely, to see what God will do. He didn't pull us over here and smooth everything out before us to let us starve. We'll be fine.

As for church, we're thinking about visiting a new one this Sunday. We had plans to go to a small group thing through Hillsong tonight but it's been since Sunday that we signed up and nobody's called or emailed us to tell us where to go. And we've found something just around the corner that looks quite promising. We'll see. Maybe we'll double-dip, at least for this weekend.

Right now we're sitting in a McDonalds about a 20 minute walk from our flat, since we didn't feel like paying for beer just to not insult the folks at the pub with net access. And we're being good, even though it's lunchtime, and not buying American fast food in the UK (again) because we've got bagged lunches waiting for us at home.

In general, I find myself remarkably less worried than I thought I might be. Much less than this time last week. God has proved himself and His provision so much recently and so ham-handedly that I can't help but look for blessing around every corner. Which, I'll maintain, is a much more sanctified way to live than looking for burdens instead. Your prayers over our work situation are always welcome, and if there are things we can pray for you for, email one of us. We're finding that, with all this waiting by the phone, we're getting a lot more time than we're used to for reading our bibles and praying.

Incidentally, we signed up for library cards today at our local Islington public library. So were pretty committed.

Cheers!