Saturday, April 07, 2007

Easter Blessings

Thanks Anitra for the prompt to get us blogging again :) I am doing really well! I just finished my 2nd full week at Family and Children's and I am loving it. My official title is Family Support Specialist and basically and I am the social service side of the educational component that the child receives in Head Start. Before getting hired I was getting really depressed and down, but God does work in mysterious ways and has come through yet again. Resurrection experiences abound!

Anyway, that's about it for now. I hope you all are well. I miss you my friends!

Christ is Risen!

Thursday, April 05, 2007

News from Wilbur




Hello friends -









Finally some news from Wilbur. I am sure you were all waiting with bated breath :) Everything is prepped and ready for Holy Week. Now all I have to do is lead the services. One of my parishoners that was on the PNC asked if I was planning on giving the Easter sermon from my DVD when they hired me. I took that as a sign, as she was really interested in the rest of the congregation hearing it, so that took some major pressure off. So on Sunday it will be "This is Easter" again.




Lars and I continue to enjoy Wilbur. We are eagerly awaiting Spring. I have lots of greenery coming up from my bulbs but no flowers yet. When they arrive I will post pictures. Lars and I are trying to grow a lawn and that is proving to be harder than it looks. We have sprouted some flamingos though (a fundraising event for the Miss Wilbur pagent.)

Lars is working as a cook most evenings. It is going ok. He is on the lookout for something better and will probably work at the pool this summer.


I am doing ok. Ministry is so much work. Note to self - don't try to write all the Holy Week services that week. Lars and I are headed to Kennewick to visit my folks after church on Sunday and are taking a few days off there which is good. On the whole I am happy, but also feeling a bit tired. I am looking forward to things slowing down and some vacation time in the summer.


Around the house, our new dog Milo keeps us all entertained. He is always on a lap or bugging a cat. We sure enjoy his bright spirit in the house as we await warmer weather.


Well, I hope that everyone is doing well. Easter blessings to you all!


Tuesday, April 03, 2007

A new member of the SFTS family

Hey everyone~
Here's some good news I just got ahold of. Rich, Becky and Austin Poole have a new addition to their family. I don't have the details except that his name is William. Maybe someone can bug Rich for the details and a picture.
Missing you all this Holy Week and hope you all are having a wonderful one.
Blessings
Cheryl

Hello - anyone out there?

Things have gone quiet lately but I imagine there is much going on in our lives. Has Alex & Heather moved yet? How goes the work with Family Support, Jen? Heather and James and Harold - this is your first holy week as pastors! Going well? Good enough? Watcha doing to celebrate the high holy days? Stephanie - send more pictures now that the snow has melted? Are the birds back on the pond? Cheryl, Bob - log in - how goes the search? Robert Hattle - finish signing up and tell us good news from Ghost Ranch! Aimee - send up more news - what is day to day life like in Switzerland?

And for everyone who is reading:

What is going on in your life that feels like Good Friday?

What is going on that feels like Easter?